#FridayFeeling 🎉Enjoy Free dance 💃🕺& music 🎵! Watch BALAM Dance Theatre's enchanting new program, Baroque Dance Fantasies about England, France & Spain, which received thunderous applause & 2 ovations at Gotham Early Music Scene's Midtown Concerts in New York City. Live castanet performance! 🎭.

🎉 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLsIhYd7gQ

Photo Credit: Julie Lemberger

#dance #NYC #Baroque #classicalmusic #free #GEMS #classical #arts #castanets #ballet #earlymusic

I guess I'm still a Liberaltarian since I think
* advanced high schools are awesome
* gov-run grocery stores are crazy
* more rent control is a great way of preventing housing supply growth for the non-rich
#nyc
http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/Liberaltarian

I wrote a few giant MetaFilter comments about the #NYC Democratic primary election instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour
https://www.metafilter.com/209332/Amid-the-gloom-glad-tidings#8738520

A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork #NYC #NYCMayor #ZohranMamdani

#ZohranMamdani 's policies will (mostly) not bring abundance to #NYC https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/zohran-mamdanis-policies-will-mostly

#NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to make city buses free—the way the Staten Island ferry is free.

I'm not sure if he could actually pull that off, but I like this guy's style—about as much as I *dislike* everything about Andrew Cuomo.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-race-viral

The other winner tonight is ranked choice voting.

#NYC #RCV #USA #democracy

#NYCElections recommendations for Manhattan Borough President, Manhattan DA, City Council District 3, and Bronx Civil Court by Aditya Mukerjee @chimeracoder : https://bsky.app/profile/chimeracoder.bsky.social/post/3lseebyfcrc2j [thread]

#NYC #NewYorkCity #election

Going to be 100F today and the dew point is already over 70F. Stay inside today, #NYC

"Here’s everything we know about this year’s primary results, from how the votes are counted to when we can expect to see unofficial and official results:"

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/election-results-explainer-boe-mayoral-race/

- @THECITY

#NYC #NYCElections #NewYorkCity

https://harihareswara.net/posts/2025/2025-nyc-primary-election-recommendations/

My recommendations for the #NYC Democratic primary #election tomorrow - including judicial races in Western Queens, and the comptroller & public advocate races.

#NewYorkCity #NYCElections

Abolishing #ICE Is the Bare Minimum

ICE agents aren’t out of control. They are performing their designed role as #fascism’s #StormTroopers.

by Jack Mirkinson

You have probably seen the video of ICE agents violently arresting #NYC comptroller & mayoral candidate #BradLander.

#law #Trump #Gestapo #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/abolish-ice-brad-lander/

I'm not at the official #UNOpenSourceWeek events, but I live in #NYC and I love talking shop with other open source maintainers, executives, trainers, etc. and talking about what I've learned about open source sustainability, digital infrastructure, governance, etc. Tomorrow evening (Thursday the 18th) maybe some of us could get together for an unofficial get-together someplace with outdoor seating?

#Immigration police making their presence known at #NYC -area Home Depots https://gothamist.com/news/immigration-police-making-their-presence-known-at-nyc-area-home-depots

#NYC Comptroller #BradLander arrested by federal agents at immigration court https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-mayoral-candidate-comptroller-brad-lander-detained-by-ice-campaign-says

JFC #ICE just detained #NYC Comptroller and Mayoral candidate Brad Lander, who has been escorting people at immigration court for their protection
https://bsky.app/profile/gwynnefitz.bsky.social/post/3lrsv6nm5r22v
#FuckICE #USpol

… by the way, this video includes an *awesome* story of a tree-planting old-lady activist I hadn't heard of (tho' apparently she's famous in #NYC ). Enjoy!
#bloomscrolling

Radical Acts of Gardening! 🙌 #seedBombs!

How radical gardeners took back New York City: 💚🌼🌱

https://youtu.be/_g2CaF12xxw?si=AT2isI2ToVBqUT9f
#nyc #newYorkCity #bloomscrolling #gardening #randomActsOfGardening #gardens #bloomstodon

Alt...

Several brightly coliured plant pots stand on a sidewalk, holding with common white and red garden flowers. Each bears a bumper sticker: PRACTICE RANDOM ACTS OF GARDENING

The only minority ruining this country is billionaires.

#nokings #nyc

Small dicktator energy, #fuckICE and #fucktrump.

#nokings #nyc

I don’t know how many people this is, but it stretches for about 20 blocks down 5th Ave from Bryant Park down to Madison Square Park at least.

#nokings #nyc

No Kings
No Crowns
No fascist Clowns

#nokings #nyc

#nokings #nyc

#nyc supports immigrants.

#NoKings means:
ICE out of our communities
The military out of LA
and
The TACO Emperor out of the White House

Thanks @gregpak for https://gregpak.net/2025/06/11/my-nyc-democratic-primary-comptrollers-debate-live-posts-brannan-or-levine/ this analysis of the #NYC comptroller election, and why Pak is choosing Brannan over Levine.

#NYCElections

I am glad Brannan is straightforwardly calling Medicare Advantage a scam.

Overall I'm definitely seeing Levine being more careful and consultative, Brannan being more brash and fight-y in demeanor. My own temperament is more Levine-y but I also want to be careful of that tendency in myself!

#NYC #NYCElections

I appreciated Levine's careful, technocratic answer regarding the proposal wherein every agency pays out lawsuit settlements from its own budget.

When moderators asked what each candidate admired in the other's achievements, I did like Brannan's answer better - less jokey, more substantive.

#NYCElections #NYC

Surprising that Brannan was against congestion pricing before it went into effect; I hadn't known that, and it makes me think a little less of Brannan's foresight and judgment.

Not great that Levine tried to make it sound like they disagree on whether the city should hold Israel bonds, when in fact they agree. If that was an error, it speaks to mental sharpness; if he was deliberately trying to deceive, that speaks to integrity.

#NYC #NYCElections

So far Brannan has been less impressive to me - twisting Levine's words into smears, giving fewer numbers in his answers.

I do wish the debate moderators followed up and asked for specific answers when the candidates pivoted into broader answers.

#NYC

boosting @THECITY :

TONIGHT: THE CITY, alongside NY1 and WNYC, will host the Democratic debate for candidates vying to be the city’s financial overseer.

Watch live, at 7 p.m., here:

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/01/watch-primary-debate-comptroller-june-10-ny1-wnyc/

#NYC #NYCElections

Hats off to the organizers of Pride, who've really gone the extra mile this year.

#rainbows #nyc #photos

Alt...

A view of a large suspension bridge and a park beside a large river. Behind the bridge can be seen half of a double rainbow, the outer arc much fainter than the inner one.

💫 Don't miss this mesmerizing #Free #dance program on June 5 performed by BALAM Dance Theatre in the preeminent Gotham Early Music Scene's Midtown Concerts Series in #NYC. Watch it live in person or virtually.

Details: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BALAM-Dance-Theatre-to-Present-BAROQUE-DANCE-FANTASIES-FROM-ENGLAND-FRANCE-AND-SPAIN-2025051451?utm_source=newsletterregional&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&uuid=1853563&utm_content=zid-1853563

#Baroque #classicalmusic

And:

commitment to and residence in *this city*, New York City, as in, do you actually live here and have you lived here for several years recently? (relevant: https://gothamist.com/news/where-is-andrew-cuomo-living-the-nyc-mayoral-candidate-calls-luxury-midtown-apartment-home )

Still, I'm very glad the quiz helps surface things like:

#NYC issues I know little about
candidates I know little of
the possibility I am wrong about what preferences I believe I have (a topic on which I would like to consistently check and correct myself, even when it's embarrassing)

3/3

Wow, the kava bar in the East Village is closed and has a big Trump campaign flag in the window. That's a story I don't know if I want to know. (I wasn't on my way there.) #nyc

#NewYorkers say they would never do these things in #NYC https://pix11.com/news/new-yorkers-say-they-would-never-do-these-things-in-nyc/

A couple Apaches (?) just flew by. #NYC

Who’s Running for Borough President — And Why You Should Care #nyc https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/22/whos-running-borough-president-candidates-manhattan-bronx/

Special Interests Spend Big to Reshape #NYC City Council https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/22/airbnb-uber-real-estate-board-city-council-citizens-united/

This simple change could make #NYC ’s #subway feel safer https://www.fastcompany.com/91333588/this-simple-change-could-make-nycs-subway-feel-safer

Mexican Navy tall ship #Cuauhtémoc collided with #BrooklynBridge a few hours ago:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/17/us/manhattan-brooklyn-bridge-ship

Based on videos:
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/videoboat-collides-brooklyn-bridge/3617132/

…it looks like the ship went under the bridge and then hit the shoreline here:
https://osm.org/go/Zct8EqDG?m=&relation=175905

Which means it was going *up river* when it hit the bridge.

That doesn't make sense, it was supposed to be leaving #NYC.

The videos also show it was going backwards. My guess would be loss of control?

#Sailing

After years of dysfunction and court battles, a judge has seized control of Riker’s Island prison in New York City. Read more from @ABCNews@flipboard.com
https://flip.it/UW6RvV
#Prison #NYC #Judge #NewYork #Rikers #RikersIsland

But if they kissed up to the administration and to Trump?

They wouldn't be suspended.

1st Amendment,anyone?

#nyc #columbiauniversity #barnardcollege https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05/09/barnard-suspends-wkcr-and-spectator-reporters-who-covered-butler-library-protest/

#NYC suing the #Trump administration over $53.5M cut to federal #housing funding https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-suing-the-trump-administration-over-535m-cut-to-federal-housing-funding