Amy Sohn
@amysohn.bsky.social
Author of award-winning The Man Who Hated Women and 12 other books.
I host a podcast called LIT NYC for THE CITY newsroom.
“No matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.” - Cus D’Amato
I host a podcast called LIT NYC for THE CITY newsroom.
“No matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.” - Cus D’Amato
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Moar lit nyc pods please :)
August 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Moar lit nyc pods please :)
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LISTEN: ‘The Tabloids Were Comic Books for Adults’
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Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews
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Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews
LISTEN: ‘The Tabloids Were Comic Books for Adults’ - United States
Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and
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September 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
LISTEN: ‘The Tabloids Were Comic Books for Adults’
https://www.europesays.com/us/257319/
Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews
https://www.europesays.com/us/257319/
Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC hosts Harry Siegel and Amy Sohn to discuss his sweeping new book, The…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews
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New episode: Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC to discuss his sweeping new book, The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990.
LISTEN: ‘The Tabloids Were Comic Books for Adults’
A weekday newsletter to keep you up on New York.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New episode: Jonathan Mahler joins LIT NYC to discuss his sweeping new book, The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990.
Delighted to share the latest LIT NYC podcast with you. With political activism rising in NYC, Harry Siegel and I sat down with Ben Fractenberg - Visuals Editor of @thecity.nyc to talk about street photography and protest photography. @fractenberg.bsky.social
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Episode 455: The Kismet and the Anxiety of Street Photography
Podcast Episode · FAQ NYC · 11/05/2025 · 48m
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November 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Delighted to share the latest LIT NYC podcast with you. With political activism rising in NYC, Harry Siegel and I sat down with Ben Fractenberg - Visuals Editor of @thecity.nyc to talk about street photography and protest photography. @fractenberg.bsky.social
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Syracuse’s Vision Zero plan is at a pivot point - read about the “Blurry Vision” in my latest for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/13/s...
Syracuse Struggles to Unify for Street Safety - Streetsblog New York City
A decade-old effort to pass a Vision Zero plan and tap into a pot of federal money that may be drying up has stalled in Syracuse — and everyone is finger-pointing.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Syracuse’s Vision Zero plan is at a pivot point - read about the “Blurry Vision” in my latest for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/13/s...
My new LITNYC podcast with Harry Siegel @thecity.nyc just dropped, featuring @jonathanmahler.bsky.social on his page-turning The Gods of New York about NYC in the 80s: the characters, the tabloids, the crime, and the activism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Episode 444: ‘The Power of the Tabloids’
Podcast Episode · FAQ NYC · 09/26/2025 · 41m
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September 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My new LITNYC podcast with Harry Siegel @thecity.nyc just dropped, featuring @jonathanmahler.bsky.social on his page-turning The Gods of New York about NYC in the 80s: the characters, the tabloids, the crime, and the activism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Ladies (and men who love women), brush up on “The Man Who Hated Women (Amy Sohn) about the Comstock Act. This is especially for Texans under Ken Paxton’s misogynistic insanity.
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‘The Man Who Hated Women’ Is Mostly About the Women He Hated (Published 2021)
Amy Sohn’s new book is about a 19th-century moral crusader and the women whose work he targeted, including the suffragist Victoria C. Woodhull, the anarchist Emma Goldman and the birth control activis...
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December 15, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Ladies (and men who love women), brush up on “The Man Who Hated Women (Amy Sohn) about the Comstock Act. This is especially for Texans under Ken Paxton’s misogynistic insanity.
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A new Albany mayor could change the way state lawmakers think about streets - read my story about @dorceyformayor.bsky.social
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Incoming Albany Mayor Could Help Safe Streets Movement Statewide - Streetsblog New York City
The state capital is built for the car and that is how it is experienced by our lawmakers. But could that change under a new mayor? Here's hoping.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A new Albany mayor could change the way state lawmakers think about streets - read my story about @dorceyformayor.bsky.social
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For the first time in @nyc.streetsblog.org history we are members of the NYS Legislative Correspondents Association. Thanks to hand model Nick Reisman and videographer @eliseklinenews.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
For the first time in @nyc.streetsblog.org history we are members of the NYS Legislative Correspondents Association. Thanks to hand model Nick Reisman and videographer @eliseklinenews.bsky.social
My latest for @thefireorg.bsky.social is about Wilson and Hoover’s deportation of radical immigrants like Emma Goldman for antiwar beliefs. Emma was one of very few women on the “Red Ark.” www.thefire.org/research-lea...
The Deported: Emma Goldman and activist persecution under the 1917 Espionage Act
More than 100 years ago, the government targeted an anti-war activist and publisher for speaking out against the draft and removed her from the country. Her name was Emma Goldman.
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June 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My latest for @thefireorg.bsky.social is about Wilson and Hoover’s deportation of radical immigrants like Emma Goldman for antiwar beliefs. Emma was one of very few women on the “Red Ark.” www.thefire.org/research-lea...
My latest breaking story for @nyc.streetsblog.org on the watering-down of a bill to stop recidivist speeding:
Instead of a bill that would slow down more than 150,000 drivers in New York City alone, the amended bill would cover fewer than 18,000.
State Senate Guts 'Super Speeder Bill' To Protect Reckless Drivers - Streetsblog New York City
Under cloak of darkness, the state Senate helped more than 130,000 reckless drivers avoid accountability.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My latest breaking story for @nyc.streetsblog.org on the watering-down of a bill to stop recidivist speeding:
In today’s Capitol Idea @nyc.streetsblog.org I interviewed a Staten Island pol, Sam Pirozzolo, who thinks e-bikes should have licenses. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/29/r...
'RIDERS' on the Storm: Assembly Kills E-Bike Registration Bid - Streetsblog New York City
E-bike advocates dodged a bullet in the state legislature — but a fusillade is expected anyway. Plus Amy's Albany Addenda!
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May 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In today’s Capitol Idea @nyc.streetsblog.org I interviewed a Staten Island pol, Sam Pirozzolo, who thinks e-bikes should have licenses. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/29/r...
I made another new friend in Albany, and he knows the region well. AM Phil Steck believes car drivers should give bikes 3 feet when passing them. He is also a fan of Max Weber. Who knew? nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/19/s...
Sohn in Albany: State Bill to Force Drivers to Pass Safely Stalls - Streetsblog New York City
Apparently, New York City is just too unsafe for legislation forbidding drivers to pass cyclists too closely.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I made another new friend in Albany, and he knows the region well. AM Phil Steck believes car drivers should give bikes 3 feet when passing them. He is also a fan of Max Weber. Who knew? nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/19/s...
I got up close and personal with Suffolk County Senator Tony Palumbo in Streetsblog: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/16/h...
How One Anti-Gov't Republican Signed onto a Street Safety Bill to Rein in Reckless Drivers - Streetsblog New York City
State Sen. Anthony Palumbo went from "government overreach" to reaching across the aisle in a single day.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I got up close and personal with Suffolk County Senator Tony Palumbo in Streetsblog: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/16/h...
The first of this session’s 17 anti-congestion pricing bills to make it to the NY Senate Transportation committee was defeated. @nyc.streetsblog.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The first of this session’s 17 anti-congestion pricing bills to make it to the NY Senate Transportation committee was defeated. @nyc.streetsblog.org
Today at noon in Albany the first of 17 bills to eliminate or weaken congestion pricing is being voted on by the Senate Transportation Committee. Read my @nyc.streetsblog.org article to understand the inside baseball of what may happen . nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/13/h...
How the Sausage Gets Made: Republicans Force Meaningless Vote on Congestion Pricing Repeal - Streetsblog New York City
... And will the Idaho Stop become a victim of the current bikelash? It's all in today's Capitol Idea by Amy Sohn.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today at noon in Albany the first of 17 bills to eliminate or weaken congestion pricing is being voted on by the Senate Transportation Committee. Read my @nyc.streetsblog.org article to understand the inside baseball of what may happen . nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/13/h...
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In February, the Adams administration leaked a draft bill to the press which would have completely overhauled the app delivery industry.
But that "bill" is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams's desk.
But that "bill" is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams's desk.
May 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In February, the Adams administration leaked a draft bill to the press which would have completely overhauled the app delivery industry.
But that "bill" is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams's desk.
But that "bill" is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams's desk.
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"People think, okay this is America, there's due process for everything. But lately, the track record shows that sometimes there is not [due process] and there's nothing that people can do about it. [Delivery workers] are afraid of being that exception. They are afraid." buff.ly/ZT5PuXN
NYPD's Push To Criminalize Cycling Spells Trouble For Immigrant Workers - Streetsblog New York City
Safety for the community? Great. But aren't delivery workers part of the community, too?
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May 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"People think, okay this is America, there's due process for everything. But lately, the track record shows that sometimes there is not [due process] and there's nothing that people can do about it. [Delivery workers] are afraid of being that exception. They are afraid." buff.ly/ZT5PuXN
The state's $254-million budget passed - the latest in 15 years. Three street safety bills proposed by Gov. Hochul got axed by Senate and Assembly Democrats. In my "Capitol Idea" column for Streetsblog NYC I break down what they would have done and what's next.
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Live from Albany: Hochul's 'Safety' Measures Stripped from Budget - Streetsblog New York City
Lawmakers dropped three initiatives that Gov. Hochul said would have made roadways safer (though, as we'll see, that's very much in question). Let's review them.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The state's $254-million budget passed - the latest in 15 years. Three street safety bills proposed by Gov. Hochul got axed by Senate and Assembly Democrats. In my "Capitol Idea" column for Streetsblog NYC I break down what they would have done and what's next.
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My second piece for Streetsblog is up! These guys. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/b...
Budget Passes in Albany, But First, GOP Whines About Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City
State legislators from the suburbs are sore losers when it comes to congestion pricing. But on the plus side, the budget has started passing.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My second piece for Streetsblog is up! These guys. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/b...
These are my new colleagues - shown here with some other guy, at left, who photobombed my pic. They are tough and dedicated and kind.
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
These are my new colleagues - shown here with some other guy, at left, who photobombed my pic. They are tough and dedicated and kind.
Albany lawmakers want teen Citi Bike users to wear helmets - from my first article for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/t...
Teen Helmet Mandate for E-Citi Bikes? Albany Lawmakers are Up to No Good Again - Streetsblog New York City
Lawmakers want to require some Citi Bike users to wear helmets — a mandate that studies have shown can dramatically reduce ridership. Plus other news from the State Capitol.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Albany lawmakers want teen Citi Bike users to wear helmets - from my first article for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/t...
It's my first day as Streetsblog's Albany Reporter! This is an unprecedented moment for transit, street safety, and basic livability and readers need to know what they can and can't expect from their leaders. I got Alfred Smith above my head and Hugh Carey to my right.
May 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's my first day as Streetsblog's Albany Reporter! This is an unprecedented moment for transit, street safety, and basic livability and readers need to know what they can and can't expect from their leaders. I got Alfred Smith above my head and Hugh Carey to my right.