Charlie Baker

New Yorkers want fast buses. Here’s how we get there:

Congestion pricing is working so well that the MTA is now increasing bus service *outside* of Manhattan, too: these 16 routes are in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.

I went on the news to talk about the NYPD’s new criminalization of biking:

We went on 1010 WINS to talk about the latest congestion pricing news:

"People don’t like sitting in traffic, and once they’ve experienced an improvement, they don’t want to go back. So the governor’s and the MTA’s position has remained the same: the cameras are staying on."

A new map from @transalt.org shows exactly where the city's worst drivers are speeding through school zones.

On Saturday, 150 New Yorkers walked across the Queensboro Bridge's south outer walkway.

Mayor Adams refuses to open this pedestrian path, even though it's been done for a month.

We rallied with @cmjuliewon.bsky.social and @sengianaris.bsky.social to demand the path finally be opened.

Today's "People's Ribbon Cutting" at the Queensboro Bridge sent a message loud and clear to Mayor Eric Adams: no more delays!

Thank you to @cmjuliewon.bsky.social, @sengianaris.bsky.social, and the dozens of advocates who showed up to demand the opening of the pedestrian path — then walked over it!

The line now stretches almost all the way to 1st Avenue. The venue is on Avenue A. This is like a Paul McCartney at Bowery Ballroom length line

The line for Zohran’s fundraiser party at Night Club 101 stretches around the block

Whoa you hit your head pretty hard there! Biden presidency? Trump second term? Dimes Square? Trad Caths? What are you talking about? We’re all going to a party tonight with Chapo Trap House, Brace Belden, and that Bernie staffer Ben Mora

Canvassing for Zohran the other day

The New York Times says Zohran's campaign has "the most momentum"

The only mayoral candidate talking about traffic violence as a fixable public health issue

I want to use Bluesky, but either people don’t post enough here or something’s wrong with the feeds. I’ll open the app in the morning, refresh, and it’s a lot of the same content as the night before

Beautiful day. Canvassing for a better future will have you feeling optimistic for once. You should come to the next one!

I still remember HP’s Dolores Umbridge being “Dolores MMMBop”

Massive canvass launch for Zohran Mamdani in front of the Brooklyn Public Library central branch

Air’s about to get cleaner

I miss when you could easily sneak into the Drift Magazine launch party… Now I gotta pay $20 for entry and a complimentary copy of the new issue full of exciting new fiction that I will surely enjoy reading… Times have changed

The other night I saw a driver speed through a red light right in front of an Assemblymember's district office. If only there was someone who could do something about this...

In stark contrast to the mayor's ongoing campaign to arrest street vendors in Queens and throw the book at them. Many of these poor people will now be deported because of Eric Adams. As usual, the rich get their own rules.

For some reason, today’s (good!) Vanity Fair piece about Chapo buries this info toward the bottom — it’s still one of the biggest podcasts out there

Zohran Mamdani wants to make NYC buses free as mayor. How would that work? In a race that is shaping up to be about who can make New York City most affordable, free buses are an appealing – if expensive – proposal.

A socialist mayoral campaign — with massive fundraising momentum making it a serious contender — makes people take its ideas seriously. Articles in the mainstream press ask “How would that work?” instead of the traditional assumption of “that would never work.” This is a huge shift.

One of the very few original scores to be highly spinnable on a dancefloor, even if “Yeah x10” is a shameless ripoff of LCD’s “Yeah” (Crass or Pretentious versions)

I almost walked out of this movie 5 mins in because the acting was so bad

I thought I was so slick escaping the 32 degree December weather for a few weeks

What happens when we don’t fund public transit

Last night on Avenue C, I saw a driver going >40 blatantly speed through a red, swerving around a car waiting for the light. Meanwhile, a cop car was patrolling Tompkins just steps away. You’re way less likely to die in the park than you are on the street outside bc of some violent, unchecked driver

1 month of being subway famous

Citywide support. The most donors this period. The most $ raised this period.