This is how you deal with pedophile protectors.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HMkZXty7MIg?is=uzPPMyu_iOpc9GKe

They attempted to call it anti-semitism . 😆

#nyc #mayor #epsteinFiles

Turns out you can go to your first hard techno night of your life at age 48 and it’s all fine. Not sure I’ll do that specific type of music too often, but because #NYC has such a huge dance music scene, it turns out, I have many other options.

Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78.

She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, a radical Puerto Rican human rights group modeled on the Black Panther Party, which Oliver-Vélez was also a member of. She later became the first Black female program director in public radio and taught at SUNY New Paltz.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/17/denise_oliver_velez

#DeniseOliverVelez #RestInPower #YoungLords #BlackPanthers #CivilRights #PuertoRican #NYC #SUNY #Activism

@Saltssaltgirl as a parent and former professor: always make your state university your #1. if you live in #nyc, make #CUNY or #SUNY your #1s. we passed legislation here in the city and state to make sure kids graduated with the least debt.

private colleges cannot compete with almost free college education, so they use the same tactics of a time-share or MLM huckster.

your kid can transfer to a private college to finish their BA, BUT! save the money for a Masters instead.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

"The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for a reason. He should be arrested and stand trial.

My administration examined every legal avenue available to determine whether New York City could execute that warrant. The law is clear: we do not have that authority. The federal government does.

So we are calling on the United States to uphold international law, cooperate with the ICC, apprehend Benjamin Netanyahu and transfer him to The Hague to face justice.

We cannot end this genocide on our own. But we can use every tool available to defend humanity and uphold justice.

That is the responsibility of this city. And it is my commitment as mayor."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuV5L0QL04

#NYC #USpol #Palestine #Genocide #Israel

Last night's #theatre was Death of a Salesman. Worthy of its Tony win (again), but I never expected to see Willy Loman as a failed Trump-like character. The play's words with this direction amplifies its damning indictment of the American dream. Lies, exceptionalism, bluster, that all ends in tragedy.

#NYC

Air quality worsens in #NYC due to #wildfire smoke, city makes masks available https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-libraries-giving-out-masks-as-wildfire-smoke-sinks-air-quality

From p. 135 of a 949-page compilation of comments to the #NYC charter review commission https://www.nyc.gov/assets/charter/downloads/pdf/COGE-BATCH-1_COMBINED.pdf .

The last few sentences, on peace, really speak to me.

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[Screenshot of a web form.] Public comment: MAMDANI, PLEASE READ THIS BECAUSE THE LAST THING I NEED IS SOMEONE IGNORING THE FACT I'M DOUBLE SURE THAT EVERYONE WANTS FREE VISAS AND AN ACTUALLY GREAT PIZZA PARTY ON THE NIGHT OF THE WORLD CUP. SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHAT IS A WORLD CUP IS THE WORLD CAN'T EVEN FUCKING REACH THE US ANYWAY? I NEED SOMEONE TO MARCH OVER TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND GIVE TRUMP A MASSIVE SLAP TO HIS FACE! WHY CAN'T ANYONE VISIT THE STATES ANYMORE? I LIVE ABROAD (NOT SAYING WHERE, CUZ PRIVACY), AND I WANNA VISIT NYC SO FUCKING BAD BUT GETTING VISAS IS HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRDDDDDD. ALSO, I HATE POLITICS! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO AFFECT CIVILIANS ON A DAILY BASIS! AND IN ADDITION, THE ICE HAS TO MELT AT SOME POINT! FREE THOSE IMMIGRANT KIDS ALREADY! I DON'T NEED ANOTHER NIGHTMARE OF A CHILD REPEATEDLY CUTTING HIMSELF WITH A PLASTIC KNIFE! CAN WE PLEAAAAASSSEEEEEEEE PAY ATTENTION TO HOW KIDS AND TEENS ARE BEING TRAUMATIZED DAY AND NIGHT? I WANT PEACE. ABSOLUTE. FUCKING. PEACE. IN NEW YORK! AND THE STATES! AND THE WORLD! EVEN IF IT WERE FOR A FEW HOURS! IT'S TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE! AND I WANT A CHANCE FOR THE WORLD TO REMEMBER PEACE AT SOME POINT!

Fun flight path into LGA last night #NYC

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Photo of view from a plane over Manhattan from about 4000 feet looking north. The skyscrapers of midtown and Central Park are clearly visible.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116909666295511851

today’s #altTxt #yaddayadda because this will make living in #nyc 100% better:

❝ MAGA is apparently now boycotting going to NYC because they hate the mayor. They say they will never go there again. I mean is this guy fucking amazing or what? That place is going to be a fucking paradise now.❞

FUCK YEAH! i get to live in the great #antifa republic of #Mamdanistan

#ZohranMamdani #socialism #democracy

Bill Seitz boosted

Vee » 🌐 2026-07-12 / 2026-07-13
@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social

Time to head to the Big Apple!

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❝ MAGA is apparently now boycotting going to NYC because they hate the mayor. They say they will never go there again. I mean is this guy fucking amazing or what? That place is going to be a fucking paradise now.❞

The quality of the build and engineering looks so poor on that #NYC Pfizer remodel, so greedy in developers desire to maximize profits, those beams looked thin and made of lead instead of steel.
I would never want to move in to it. I’d be so nervous that the whole thing is just a ticking time bomb, built without integrity of any kind.
How the fuck did it get approved?
It looks treacherous.

OMG so many applauded here in #nyc

#IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly

am sorry, but a wedding at Madison Square Garden is the height of tackiness.

there, i said it.

#nyc #hollywood #tackistocracy

#NYC #theatre -goers : I saw Titanique last night and laughed harder than I have at a show in a long time. I actually saw the show off-off Broadway a few years back and it’s even funnier than I remember. Jim Parsons is having the time of his life, but all the cast - old and new - are great.

If you want to have some over-the-top camp fun I definitely recommend.

Decades-old #NYC policy requires #NYPD to open public pools, leading to frequent delays https://gothamist.com/news/decades-old-nyc-policy-requires-nypd-to-open-public-pools-leading-to-frequent-delays

Adams said the migrant crisis would ruin #NYC. His top aides allegedly reaped a windfall. https://gothamist.com/news/adams-said-the-migrant-crisis-would-ruin-nyc-his-top-aides-allegedly-reaped-a-windfall

Whitman in Love is a beautiful presentation of 12 poems in Leaves of Grass, originally published among other poems, that Whitman wrote and identified as a statement on same-sex love. John Kevin Jones reads the poems interspersed with letters to, from, and about his lovers and would-be lovers (including Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde). It is open for a little while, and is presented in the garden behind Merchant House Museum. #nyc #pride

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A paper fan with the playbill of Whitman in Love, showing the poet as he appeared in the frontispiece of Leaves of Grass in his 40s.

Judge blocks Trump admin. from getting medical records of minors who received gender identity care at NYC hospitals ~

#MyThoughts –
Why is the US president and his people trying to access young people's private medical records?

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#USA #US #USpol #trump #trans #transgender #GenderIdentity #law #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NY #NYC #privacy #HIPAA
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https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/medical-records-minors-transgender-langone-new-york

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Judge blocks Trump admin. from getting medical records of minors who received gender identity care at NYC hospitals UPDATED 17 MIN AGO V By Devan Cole REFER 10 NYU Langone - Health NYU Langone Hospital Long Island Mineola, N.Y.: Photo of NYU Langone Long ... V

RE: https://wikis.world/@legoktm/114741527688457140

One year ago today. Zohran's primary win was so dramatic and unexpected that he didn't even have a victory speech prepared. (And I suspect most people on Fedi didn't yet know who he was!)

Today the socialist & left bloc in NYC is challenging at least 5 U.S. House seats, 2 state senate seats, 9+ state assembly seats to prove this wasn't a one-time thing.

Voting is open until 9pm; resources and recommendations in 🧵 below.

#NYC #NYCpol #ElectionDay

A lovely thing just now during a #NYC Charter Revision Commission hearing (https://nyc.gov/COGE ):

A high schooler started to testify, reading from a clear, cogent, pre-written speech. She was speaking pretty fast. There's a three-minute limit for each speaker.

The chair, Patrick Gaspard, broke in to say: I promise I will let you finish what you have to say. You don't have to race.

She apologized.

He said: no need to apologize. "You got this."

She continued, a little slower.

It was nice.

people in #Queens #NYC: didn't there used to be an express 7 line? the current MTA site suggests that the 7 just runs local everywhere now. Am I missing something?

Now available: One-page summary of my 2026 Democratic primary endorsements, in PDF and image

hyperlinked table of contents at https://harihareswara.net/posts/2026/2026-nyc-democratic-primary-election-endorsements-all-in-one/

a quick recommendation of Aber Kawas in State Senate District 12, and of AOC in NY-14

in the comments in http://harihareswara.net/posts/2026/2026-nyc-primary-election-congress-assembly-senate-comptroller/ , three things that would help change my mind about State Senate District 13

Edited 20 June to update image as I've updated my SD13 recommendation

#nycpol #elections #NYC #voting #endorsements

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election recommendations - text in the post whose URL is in this post

Few #NYC public schools have #librarians, data shows https://gothamist.com/news/few-nyc-public-schools-have-librarians-data-shows

My research & recommendations https://harihareswara.net/posts/election-assessments on New York state comptroller, the #Queens judicial race, and several central/western Queens Assembly & Senate races and Democratic Party position elections for District Leader & State Committee.

#nyc #primary #nycpol #election

Ever wonder what’s in a citibike kiosk?

This one was just sitting open. I wonder how they connect to the internet- the receipt printer is really neat! #teardown #citibike #nyc #electronics

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A Citi Bike rental check out kiosk. The small screen on the kiosk is off and a large door on the side is open, exposing the wires and electronics.

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The inside of the kiosk is mostly empty. The lower portion consists of the receipt printer. The upper portion has the main boards, presumably that controlled the screen and connect to the Internet.

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A closer view of the receipt printer, which has a large roll of paper with the Citi Bike logo pre-printed on it

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A closer view of the PCB and electronics

🗣 JUST ONE TURNOVER

do you know how difficult that is in this age of the 3-point orgy?

am a huge GS #Warriors fan, yet turnovers ALWAYS bites them in the ass. they have little passing discipline because it’s all about the shooting ―a bad #NBA habit not even started by Steve Kerr but by fucking Mike D’Antoni.

so yeah, huge props to Mike Brown. he’s figured out how to support Jalen, KAT, and Josh talents and set rebound and passing discipline to the whole crew.

#nyc #Knicks #NBAFinals

🗣FUCK YEAH #NYC

#Knicks 105
#Spurs 95

#NBAFinals #basketball

If you would like to get a URL stuck in your head, you can check out the five different jingles competing to serve as advertisements for a #NewYorkCity childcare program:

https://www.nyc.gov/content/jingle/pages/

Voting requires one's physical address including ZIP code, so they *might* filter out votes from outside #NYC, but in theory people in Dubuque and Orlando and Juneau and Fort Worth could all have your say in which PSA blares from radios in bodegas and catches parents getting off the 4 train at 125th St.

@evan Yes, if they come from upstate. Or they come from another section of the city. #NYC is big enough.

#NewYork #NYC

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Zohran Mamdani has now officially banned hotel junk fees in NYC. This is expected to save New Yorkers over $46 million per year.

Today is installation day, so let's see how this idea of showing archival materials and books together with my drawings, in a historic house museum, plays out. How much will we need to spell out in the signage or object labels? I like to let viewers make their own connections, but historic museums tend to be heavy on the explanations, so we'll see!
#Haiti #NYC

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"Golden Legacy" Illustrated History Magazine The Saga of Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Birth of Haiti Illustration shows the General on horseback with two soldiers and a cannon in front of him and a fort like building behind him on the left. The sky is orange and some palm trees place this as a tropical scene.

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Flyer with black text on yellow, with the coat of arms from the Haitian flag near the top. "Revolutionary Echoes: A panel on the Haitian Revolution and Modern Art" Friday May 29, 2026 6-7:30pm Join us for a panel exploring the Haitian Revolution and its lasting cultural and political impact. Panelists include Rejin Leys and Obden Mondesir King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Ave 11432 Kingmanor.org

Currently reading: "Cop Cop: Breaking the Fixed System of American Policing" by Mac Muir and Greg Finch, published last year:

https://zandoprojects.com/books/cop-cop-hardcover

The authors were "senior investigators at the largest police oversight agency in America, tasked with policing the police in New York City. They are our eyes on the inside, and this book takes us into their world.

Cop Cop lays bare the web of real cases investigated by the authors over nearly a decade working for the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)...."

I'm only a tenth of the way through but I'm learning a lot, such as the basic historical timeline of police accountability reforms and backlash in NYC, and some exposition that feels like the missing manual every NYC resident should get about the fundamental structure, composition, and size of the NYPD.

#NYC #policing #NYPD #books

❝ One of the smartest things Mamdani has done is to find quick and practical ways to improve quality of life.… The New York Post doesn’t seem impressed, quoting a Republican saying Mamdani is just doing his job… but the problem is that lots of politicians are not doing what they’re supposed to be doing. ❞

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/19/when-i-look-zohran-mamdani-jealous-of-new-yorkers

#nyc #Mamdani #Mamdanistan

Cut the crap: Bills aim to eliminate dog poop from #NYC streets https://gothamist.com/news/cut-the-crap-bills-aim-to-eliminate-dog-poop-from-nyc-streets

to quote https://bsky.app/profile/nickpinto.bsky.social/post/3mlvzck6tg22v :

"Bowery sculpture, Bronx tortas, Knicks benchwarmers, a Brooklyn judge arrested, punks in color, the city budget explained...

The hellgatenyc.com homepage is full of so much good stuff this week, and it can all be yours—cheap—because our sale runs through Sunday.

www.hellgatenyc.com/membership "

#NYC

This Saturday, I make my time-traveling baseball team debut. Come to Governors Island, Parade Ground A, 11am-2pm, to watch. And maybe join me.

Context: In 2024, I got to see a vintage base ball game -- hobbyist re-enactors using old-timey bats and baseballs, wearing period uniforms, and playing baseball with the 1864 rules. (Including: Catching the ball on a bounce is an out.) https://nymutuals.com/rules-and-differences

#NYC

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A pitcher, standing on a patch of dirt, pitches underhand to a batter near a catcher. In the background is a fielder standing on a grassy field, then many lush trees beyond. All the people are in old-timey clothes and hats; the pitcher's shirt has a big H on it. Photo from https://hobokennine.jimdofree.com/2026-photos-videos/