NYC urgently needs your help:
Tues night is the annual HOPE count, when 1000+ NYers fan out across the city to identify the # of people experiencing homelessness
This year's count was rescheduled due to snow storm. And now the # of vols signed up is only 50% of last year
Join here: nyc.gov/hope
Ever wondered who the people behind NYC’s street names are?
A new interactive map reveals the stories behind 2,500 co-named street signs honoring famous New Yorkers—and unsung heroes—across the five boroughs.
Check it out here: on.nyc.gov/4iIjQvY
Emergency alert being pushed out to phones in NYC:
The PlowNYC tracker has now been activated.
Shows you how recently any street has been plowed. Check it out at nyc.gov/plownyc.
Thank you to the 1000s of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers out there battling this blizzard.
NYC public schools will be CLOSED tomorrow, Monday 2/23 due to blizzard. Fully closed, not a remote day.
Details: on.nyc.gov/PublicSchoolCalendar
Mean. You can see median here:
bsky.app/profile/mark...
Data from: elliman.com/media/Rental...
NEW: Monthly data are out on rents in NYC
Avg for market rate units, as of Jan 31 (w/ increase over past year)
Manhattan: $5,711 (+11.3%)—All-time high
Brooklyn: $4,264 (+7.5%)
NW Queens: $3,997 (+10.6%)—All-time high
We urgently need to build vastly more housing, especially affordable housing.
Our increasingly unequal economy summed up in two headlines
If your landlord fails to meet these standards, report it immediately to 311, or online at portal.311.nyc.gov.
More on these rules and how HPD responds to complains: www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/ser...
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Reminder ahead of this weekend's frigid temperatures...
Landlords in NYC are legally required to provide:
* Heat-- At least 68 degrees during day (6am-10pm) and 62 degrees at night (10pm-6am)
* Hot water-- At least 120 degrees
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Map of proposed subway expansion is from NYU Marron Institute's Transit Costs Project
NYC used to consistently build 5-10 new subway stations every single year.
Since 1990 we have built 4. Not 4 per year, 4 total over 36 years.
We need to get back to building transit on a grand scale. This is what our system could look like:
Read my full letter to Palantir:
comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/lett...
NYC's pension system is a significant shareholder in Palantir. We are using that leverage.
I have made a formal request for the company to secure a third-party assessment of the legal, reputational, civil-rights & human-rights risks associated with their work with ICE.
NEW: You now have free unlimited access to @nytimes.com online at all NYPL branches, with no library card or login required. Just connect your device to library WiFi or use one of their computers. Includes news, games, cooking, The Athletic, Wirecutter etc.
One more reason to love our libraries!
It's Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
And yet, in America:
41% can’t identify Auschwitz
45% can’t name a single concentration camp
32% believe fewer than 2 million Jews were murdered
Antisemitism rises amid ignorance. The cause of Holocaust education is more urgent than ever.
Live view of how recently streets have been plowed across NYC.
Green = within past hour. Blue = within 1-3 hours.
This is thanks to the extraordinary efforts of @nycsanitation.bsky.social workers driving 2,000+ plows.
Get a live map of plowing in your neighborhood: nyc.gov/plownyc
NYC has an excellent tool to see how recently any street has been plowed. Check out PlowNYC at: nyc.gov/plownyc
Thank you to the 1000s of hard working men and women at @nycsanitation.bsky.social who are out battling this storm.
NEW: Due to storm, NYC has just opened warming centers for anyone who needs to get out of the cold.
Two in each borough. Open round-the-clock through Monday.
Locations:
Another horrifying death at the hands of ICE.
This is not an unforeseen tragedy.
This is the PREDICTABLE result of sending 1000s of unaccountable, poorly trained, masked federal agents into an American city.
Those who made this possible must answer for what followed.
NWS is out with updated forecast for tomorrow’s storm in NYC:
* 10-14 in. accumulation of snow & sleet
* 2 in./hr at peak, with near whiteout conditions
* Wind chill down to 2 degrees overnight
* Wind gusts up to 35 mph
This will be serious. Plan to avoid travel tomorrow if at all possible.
Now would be an excellent time to rewatch “Borgen”
Please enjoy this animation of weekday subway service in NYC
(by u/superandywaffle)
Huge announcement from Gov. Hochul:
Next phase of 2nd Av subway expansion would cross west on 125th St all the way to Broadway, connecting to busy stations on the 2/3, A/B/C/D, and 1 lines.
This would provide much needed crosstown access for 100s of thousands of uptown residents. Truly exciting.
With the collapse of the CDC as a credible messenger on health guidance, our local authorities have no choice but to step in.
Link to the official NY health alert: www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/d...
"NYS Dept of Health & NYC Health Dept reject all recent and unilateral changes to the CDC immunization schedule."
This letter just went all to all medical providers in NYC. It sends an unambiguous message: Do not change your prior immunization practices.
I am absolutely horrified by the videos of the ICE shooting.
This is an unaccountable, vastly over-resourced agency that is unambiguously making us less safe. And now today a 6-year old child became an orphan. This is sickening and it has to stop.
Where the hell is congress??
