“For me, this is a joke. You don’t even treat an animal this way.”
I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter.
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Posts by Alex Krales
black and white photo of Prince sucking a lollipop and wearing a headscarf and high collar
10 years ago, Prince left this planet and it hit me like a truck. I still miss him all the time.
in his honor, I’ll be listening to housequake on repeat. please do something sexy in remembrance, he would love that ☔️
"'The hours are so long and the conditions can be dangerous and risky,' said Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Worker Alliance. 'All of that makes it more difficult for women who are usually primary caregivers.'”
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“Everybody was like, ‘Oh my god, a woman cab driver!’” recalled Dorothy Leconte, a taxi driver since 1987. “Until today, I still hear that.”
🚕 🚘 🚙
As Midori Valdivia takes the wheel of NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, 6% of all TLC trips are by women drivers. NEW: www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/21/w...
From behind the wheel to leadership roles in NYC’s for-fire vehicle industry, women are making inroads in the sprawling field that carries many New Yorkers.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📸 snaps in @thecity.nyc by @alexkrales.bsky.social & @fractenberg.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Housing Authority says it will find space in senior-only buildings for 24 holdouts who refuse to be transferred out of a Chelsea building slated for demolition. Mayor Mamdani backs the plan.
The five boroughs are home to at least 47 varieties of cherry and cherry-esque blossoms, 15 varieties of magnolias and 26 varieties of crabapples.
Check out our map to see where they’re blooming near you.
Meet the petal protectors of Roosevelt Island making sure visitors don’t shake the blooming cherry blossom trees.
The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.
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New in @thecity.nyc: Only 42% of likely NY-13 voters support re-electing Rep. Adriano Espaillat, per an internal poll from the @darializaforny.bsky.social campaign. Take it with a grain of salt, but it’s the first look at where voters stand ahead of the June primary www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/20/e...
In Albany this week, lawmakers are debating legislation that would restrict collaboration between ICE and local governments.
Court records reviewed by @thecity.nyc showed 3 dozen cases where local authorities were alleged to have helped in a handoff to ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/16/l...
The rest and e-bike charging base at City Hall Park opened its doors on Tuesday, nearly five years after officials first promised to build it.
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Big promises, great expectations: Mayor Mamdani has made headway on free childcare, while a promised rent freeze won’t happen before the summer — if at all.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/09/z...
One hundred days into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, crime is down, the police union is suspicious, the DSA is impatient — and key promises are unfulfilled.
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A change in policy proposed by the Mamdani administration this week could make it easier for New Yorkers to cancel subscriptions.
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🌺 💮 NYC IN FULL BLOOM 💮 🌺
My colleagues Haidee Chu and the aptly named Lilly Sabella mapped out all the 🌸 hotspots - it’s good stuff, as they say in the trade.
Check it out, check it out, check it out in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/08/s...
I am so proud of this! <3
Robot cars are no longer being put to the test — for now — on New York City streets.
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About 450,000 New Yorkers are set to lose their health insurance July 1. Here’s what experts say you should do to prepare now.
The long-awaited rest and e-bike charging base at City Hall Park opened its doors on Tuesday, nearly five years after officials first promised to build it.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/07/d...
The two elevators that service the No. 4 line’s platforms will not be open for several weeks, the MTA said.
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our logo for THE CITY but our pigeon has a cupcake and our C is wearing a birthday hat
[[earnest alert]] THE CITY has been publishing for seven whole years as of this morning.
very proud to be one of the originals. journalists working independently on a nonprofit model without a paywall are endangered species these days, so each year we make it, I thank my lucky stars www.thecity.nyc
“I’m out of breath and I have asthma,” Cola Capers, 65, said after taking the station stairs up to 161st Street shortly before one surface-level elevator went back into service. “But maybe I’ll be using the train more now.”
📸 by ⭐️shutterbug @alexkrales.bsky.social 📸
ICE has released details on "collateral" arrests for the first time, through data obtained by @deportationdata.org. In NYC, more than 800 since August were deemed "collateral," about a quarter of arrests.
reporting w/ @haidee.bsky.social for @thecity.nyc
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A retired New York City police sergeant was among four people charged Tuesday in connection with a bribery investigation that also involves a City Council member and a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, according to a report and documents.
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