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What an embarrassing time to be a New York City hater Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral race triumph puts the lie to New York City’s doubters and haters

haters, waiters etc. nygroove.nyc/nyc-golden-a...

Andrew Cuomo was the worst of us Andrew Cuomo has cemented his legacy as a man who will do anything, say anything, hurt anyone, just to keep a grip on power.

. @davecolon.bsky.social bids good riddance to the worst rubbish imaginable nygroove.nyc/andrew-cuomo...

Microcinemas are booming in New York City — here’s where to find them The larger theater industry may be struggling, but small independents are having a moment

a story about the movie industry that's actually hopeful and not depressing? only in new york, baby nygroove.nyc/10-microcine...

Quiz: How much of a real New Yorker are you? This quiz gets right to the heart of it: what makes someone a New Yorker or a filthy transplant

take the quiz right now or someone will show up at your door and make you move to columbus nygroove.nyc/real-new-yor...

Can you afford to die in New York City? Being dead won’t save you from the city’s housing crisis

even below the ground, the rent is too damn high. @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/funeral-cost...

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Here are some dive bars we miss Let's remember some dives.

goodnight, Irene's 😔 nygroove.nyc/here-are-som...

The best things to see at Open House New York 2025 It's your annual chance to gain access to the city's coolest, usually-off-limits sites — for free

Open House NY is coming up and tickets go up tomorrow so you better read @vksmith.bsky.social's guide if you want to be prepared to be nosy! nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...

The best things to see at Open House New York 2025 It's your annual chance to gain access to the city's coolest, usually-off-limits sites — for free

it's the most wonderful time of the year (Open House New York season) nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

excellent sharpie work everyone keep it up nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

wow wow wow

We call ours Gorfield. We even gave him a bowtie. No matter how bad life is going for you at least you know you're doing better than him.

incredible things happening on Facebook marketplace…..

Siberia, one of New York City’s scummiest dive bars, has reopened — again The late '90s dive bar inside a subway station has found a new home inside a different subway station, two decades after shutting its doors.

sorry for filling all of you with unreasonable hope that your favorite defunct dive bar might also someday come back nygroove.nyc/siberia-bar-...

Raleigh vs. Judge what is this a North Carolina gerrymandering lawsuit?

Mets fans balk at ICE ad onslaught during games ICE recruitment ads have been all over the sports airwaves, shattering escapism

if your plan was to turn to sports to escape the endless onslaught of awful news, we've got bad news pal nygroove.nyc/mets-fans-ba...

big things happening in midtown 👍🏻

Happy 10th birthday Sleeping With Other People, an excellent little New York rom-com An understated, modest movie that feels familiar as a city movie because its characters just live here, like you do.

Sleeping With Other people came out 10 years ago today, and remains a criminally underrated entry in the NYC rom-com canon, plus a time capsule of the de Blasio-era city.

plus, it contains what @davecolon.bsky.social considers the greatest rom-com line ever written:
nygroove.nyc/happy-10th-b...

New York destroyed outdoor dining. Curbside Restaurant Week is trying to save it Help save outdoor dining, and get some cheap drinks doing it

one of the few actually good things to come out of the pandemic — curbside dining — is on life support, but it's not too late to turn things around nygroove.nyc/curbside-din...

Your last chance to speak out against the Coney Island casino is coming up After a summer of activism, the final public hearing is coming up next week

some ghouls are still trying to plunk this hideous casino down in the middle of coney island, you've still got time to tell 'em what you think, @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/coney-island...

Catch up on DREAM with @vksmith.bsky.social's story on how they created 'the ultimate guerilla hating campaign'

GrowNYC is shrinking and needs your help Both local and federal budget cuts have come for one of the city's most reliable, affordable grocery options

GrowNYC — which runs farmers markets all over the city — is shrinking and needs your help, because apparently healthy food is not part of the whole 'make america healthy again" idea. @vksmith.bsky.social reports: nygroove.nyc/grownyc-is-s...

How to make a city-owned grocery store actually work Can you imagine if a grocery store was run like the library?

What if the grocery store was run like the library? I gathered up a few ideas on how Zohran Mamdani's city-owned grocery store proposal might actually work nygroove.nyc/city-owned-g...

Issue No. 109: Grocery week! Trader Mamdani's? 🛒 + Save the greenmarkets 🥬 It's Grocery Week here at The Groove and that means we're packing your cart with two ripe, juicy articles about the way we shop for food and fondle produce in this city. This hits home for us because ...

Stuff this in your bag of chips: it's Grocery Week in @nygroove.nyc! nygroove.nyc/email/3c1c33...

still cheaper than a bag of chips from whole foods. bam. next

still thinking about the lady I passed in midtown earlier carrying a copy of codependent no more in one hand a vape in the other

Watch Sauronhenge loom over Brooklyn The all-seeing eye of Sauron took its place above Brooklyn this week, and we were there to see it

extra extra!!! Brooklyn's most hideous, hated building made itself useful in a cool way this week! read all about it!! nygroove.nyc/sauronhenge-...

A West Coaster’s guide to New York City earthquake safety The mayor is out here spouting misinformation, but The Groove has got you covered.

Feeling rattled after the East Coast earthquakes this month? Still remembering the misinformation Eric Adams spewed during last year's quake?
Fear not. Groove co-founder and Seattle native @vksmith.bsky.social‬ put together a quick safety guide with some helpful tips:
nygroove.nyc/how-to-stay-...

Sauronhenge is calling. Are you ready? What if Brooklyn had its own uniquely evil solar phenomenon? Well good news, now we do!

according to our calculations this is going to be visible *tomorrow* August 12 at 6:29pm from the intersection of Vanderbilt and Dekalb — see you there? 👁️https://nygroove.nyc/eye-of-sauron-building-brooklyn/

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

"Some data centers could require more electricity than cities the size of Pittsburgh, Cleveland or New Orleans." apnews.com/article/elec...