Nick Pinto
@nickpinto.bsky.social
Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom. On Signal at NickPinto.11
Humming a mournful "Midnight at the Oasis" to myself.
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Humming a mournful "Midnight at the Oasis" to myself.
Crazy how @wnyc.org reporters did such amazing work they won a duPont award and the organization can't bear to name the people who actually did the work in the press release.
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WNYC/Gothamist Wins Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award - New York Public Radio
Special Investigation into Alleged Sexual Assault by a Career Corrections Officer on Rikers Island (New York, NY – January 29, 2026) — WNYC/Gothamist has been honored with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Crazy how @wnyc.org reporters did such amazing work they won a duPont award and the organization can't bear to name the people who actually did the work in the press release.
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A big lawsuit filed today accuses the NYPD of a racist and unconstitutional regime of vehicle stops and searches disproportionately targeting people of color. The stops frequently lack probable cause and more than 96 percent don't result in a gun arrest.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
A big lawsuit filed today accuses the NYPD of a racist and unconstitutional regime of vehicle stops and searches disproportionately targeting people of color. The stops frequently lack probable cause and more than 96 percent don't result in a gun arrest.
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Do you enjoy media production? Radical politics? Times of upheaval?
What if I told you that on February 13, a bunch of smart people and also myself are going to be discussing MEDIA PRODUCTION AND RADICAL POLITICS IN A TIME OF UPHEAVAL?
Roll through!
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What if I told you that on February 13, a bunch of smart people and also myself are going to be discussing MEDIA PRODUCTION AND RADICAL POLITICS IN A TIME OF UPHEAVAL?
Roll through!
event.newschool.edu/pubandpoliti...
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Do you enjoy media production? Radical politics? Times of upheaval?
What if I told you that on February 13, a bunch of smart people and also myself are going to be discussing MEDIA PRODUCTION AND RADICAL POLITICS IN A TIME OF UPHEAVAL?
Roll through!
event.newschool.edu/pubandpoliti...
What if I told you that on February 13, a bunch of smart people and also myself are going to be discussing MEDIA PRODUCTION AND RADICAL POLITICS IN A TIME OF UPHEAVAL?
Roll through!
event.newschool.edu/pubandpoliti...
Some of the signs at this rally in the cold in Union Square this afternoon:
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Some of the signs at this rally in the cold in Union Square this afternoon:
At a rally in Union Square right now, Council member @chiosse.bsky.social tells the crowd, “We certainly need to abolish ICE, but that’s not enough—we need Nuremberg trials.”
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
At a rally in Union Square right now, Council member @chiosse.bsky.social tells the crowd, “We certainly need to abolish ICE, but that’s not enough—we need Nuremberg trials.”
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NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
I used to live a block from where they just murdered that man. The people of Minneapolis have been rising to the occasion, beautifully and at great personal risk, for weeks now. If the rest of us can't, in this moment, do the same, I don't know what further obscenity will stir us from this path.
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I used to live a block from where they just murdered that man. The people of Minneapolis have been rising to the occasion, beautifully and at great personal risk, for weeks now. If the rest of us can't, in this moment, do the same, I don't know what further obscenity will stir us from this path.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
Lots of heartbreaking, enraging, cortisol-dump-inducing images coming out of Minneapolis, but I'm stuck on this one, of a five-year-old in his preschool backpack just before being bundled into an ICE van and disappeared from his mother and brother and community.
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Lots of heartbreaking, enraging, cortisol-dump-inducing images coming out of Minneapolis, but I'm stuck on this one, of a five-year-old in his preschool backpack just before being bundled into an ICE van and disappeared from his mother and brother and community.
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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The public trust that runs Hudson River Park is making money renting space to ICE to park its kidnapping vans on Pier 40.
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Hudson River Park Lets ICE Park Vans at Pier 40
A contract with the Trump administration has been a windfall for the park—plus more stories for your Wednesday.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The public trust that runs Hudson River Park is making money renting space to ICE to park its kidnapping vans on Pier 40.
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We're back with our weekly politics newsletter focusing on the first 100 days of the Mamdani administration.
This week? Toilet talk, another Adams fuck you, and strangely enough....more toilet talk.
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This week? Toilet talk, another Adams fuck you, and strangely enough....more toilet talk.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
We're back with our weekly politics newsletter focusing on the first 100 days of the Mamdani administration.
This week? Toilet talk, another Adams fuck you, and strangely enough....more toilet talk.
hellgatenyc.com/bidest-socia...
This week? Toilet talk, another Adams fuck you, and strangely enough....more toilet talk.
hellgatenyc.com/bidest-socia...
Some very interesting developments yesterday in the ongoing case of Brooklyn Dems macher Frank Seddio and the missing $2 million: The money: gone! And, per lawyers who have reviewed bank records, funds paid out of the escrow account before it closed to... Seddio!
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The Missing $2 Million Is Gone—And All Eyes Are on Frank Seddio
Attorneys for two investors discovered that the $2 million they put into an escrow account was wired out the same day—and that some of the account's funds made their way to Seddio's law firm.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Some very interesting developments yesterday in the ongoing case of Brooklyn Dems macher Frank Seddio and the missing $2 million: The money: gone! And, per lawyers who have reviewed bank records, funds paid out of the escrow account before it closed to... Seddio!
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Living in the age of possibly anthropogenic lake rapturing. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?
Experts and community trying to untangle mystery of outburst that saw water travel almost 10km overland into a bigger lake
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January 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Living in the age of possibly anthropogenic lake rapturing. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
If you've been following the rollicking tale of Brooklyn Democratic Party bigwig Frank Seddio and $2 million in mysteriously missing escrow money, a new episode dropped today. It's a good one, featuring fresh revelations and, for the first time, an arrest warrant!
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Arrest Warrant Issued in the Case of Frank Seddio and the Missing $2 Million
The judge on the case ordered Seddio to stop calling him on his personal phone.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
If you've been following the rollicking tale of Brooklyn Democratic Party bigwig Frank Seddio and $2 million in mysteriously missing escrow money, a new episode dropped today. It's a good one, featuring fresh revelations and, for the first time, an arrest warrant!
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At a press conference to celebrate one year of congestion pricing, the the elephant in the room between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul was another policy question that pits the good of New Yorkers against a vocal minority: taxing the rich.
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Mamdani and Hochul Celebrate One Politically Controversial Initiative While Dodging Another
At a press conference Monday, the mayor and governor avoided the central question that will define their relationship.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
At a press conference to celebrate one year of congestion pricing, the the elephant in the room between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul was another policy question that pits the good of New Yorkers against a vocal minority: taxing the rich.
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
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What happened on day one? A lot!
And Hell Gate was there for it all.
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And Hell Gate was there for it all.
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Mayor Mamdani Has Arrived
On day one of the Mamdani administration, Hell Gate was there.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
What happened on day one? A lot!
And Hell Gate was there for it all.
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And Hell Gate was there for it all.
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You know, @hellgatenyc.com really did publish some great blogs this year:
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Hell Gate's Favorite Blogs of 2025
The stories most beloved by Hell Gate's writers and editors in 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You know, @hellgatenyc.com really did publish some great blogs this year:
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Hell Gate's Predictions for 2026
We can see the future. This is what next year holds in store.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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