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Phil Corso
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Evening news editor at @WNYC.org / @Gothamist.com. Worked as a newspaperman at the @nypost.com.web.brid.gy in a previous life. Drummer. Email: pcorso@nypublicradio.org
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Political strategist: Adams’ exit unlikely to shake up Mamdani’s frontrunner status

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Political strategist: Adams’ exit unlikely to shake up Mamdani’s frontrunner status
Columbia professor Basil Smikle says Mayor Adams’ supporters have already shifted to other candidates, leaving little effect on the November race.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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East Harlem's X-rated 'sports bar' stirs local outrage, but lax enforcement from City Hall

Enjoy this read from my elite night squad: Charles Lane and @giuliaheyward.bsky.social

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East Harlem's X-rated 'sports bar' stirs local outrage, but lax enforcement from City Hall
Residents and a city councilmember say Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has turned a blind eye to what may be an illegal strip club.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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i'm told this is important
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Bojangles announced plans to open 20 locations across the five boroughs over the next decade and another 35 in New Jersey: bit.ly/4mCnl8E
August 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Trump questions Mamdani’s citizenship after NYC mayoral primary win gothamist.com/news/trump-q... via @gothamist.com
Trump questions Mamdani’s citizenship after NYC mayoral primary win
The president called Mamdani a “communist” and praised Mayor Eric Adams.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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NYC primary voters braved brutal heat for a high-stakes mayoral race

▪️Temps hit 102° in Queens
▪️Cuomo frets over low day-of turnout
▪️Mamdani blitzes 5 boros, Cuomo lays low
▪️Early vote surge may shape outcome

Story by @joncampbellny.bsky.social @gothamist.com :

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NYC primary results: Voters brave record heat for mayor’s race
Polls close at 9 p.m.
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June 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The NYPD used an outdated, 11-year-old form to jail a person who should have been released with a court ticket, records obtained by Gothamist show.

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NYPD used outdated form to jail person who should have been released, records show
A copy of the form, obtained by Gothamist, shows the NYPD relied on invalid reasons to jail low-level offenders — despite 2020 reforms designed to curb unnecessary detentions.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The show will go on. Forest Hills Stadium's summer concerts are back after a deal was brokered between Queens BP Donovan Richards and local residents.

@giuliaheyward.bsky.social has the story:

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Forest Hills Stadium concerts back on after Queens BP brokers deal with residents
A private security agreement will allow the NYPD to issue sound permits, clearing the way for the summer concert series.
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April 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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📰 @gothamist.com gets results: A week after exposing the NYPD's rising use of jail over summonses for low-level offenses, @legalaidnyc.bsky.social is demanding a city investigation.

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Lawyers demand probe into NYPD's 'unlawful' detention of low-level offenders
The Legal Aid Society cites a Gothamist report showing thousands jailed instead of receiving summonses — including two men who died in custody.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Short on campaign momentum, Mayor Adams reminisces about love and turnstile jumping

@elizabethkim.bsky.social reports:

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Short on campaign momentum, Mayor Adams reminisces about love and turnstile jumping
“I had a shorty that lived out here," the mayor said at a town hall in the Rockaways.
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March 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Residents and business leaders around Times Square have declared a cautious “victory” over rampant open drug use on the streets of Midtown, while residents in other parts of the city say crime and disorder are only getting worse.

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Manhattan residents say drug use is still a big problem despite success in Times Square
Officials say a surge in arrests has reduced open-air drug use in Midtown South, but residents of other communities say crime and disorder are only getting worse.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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welcome to the club, i-80

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Initial study finds ‘significant' void underneath part of I-80 where sinkhole appeared
A “significant” void sits underneath the eastbound lanes of I-80 near Exit 34 in Wharton, Morris County, according to findings from an initial New Jersey Department of Transportation study prompted af...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Queens community board divided over issue of fluoride in drinking water

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Queens community board divided over issue of fluoride in drinking water
Astoria's community board debated a motion to seek the removal of fluoride from NYC water after a federal ruling questioned its safety. The board decided to delay action, citing the need for more evid...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Gross!
January 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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NYPD execs’ social media posts were 'irresponsible and unprofessional,' city investigators say

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NYPD execs’ social media posts were 'irresponsible and unprofessional,' city investigators say
The Department of Investigation says social media posts by NYPD executives violated professionalism standards, encouraged “unproductive” discourse and failed to comply with citywide policies.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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they sell paper tiktoks at the gas station. new edition every single day.
January 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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"You know, the new kids that come on this job, they don't know how to dial that." A great look at the rotary phones, 1969-era cooling system and other antiquated tech helping to keep the NYC subway running by @stephennessen.bsky.social on @wnyc.org 93.9FM or wnyc.org📻gothamist.com/news/driving...pe
Driving blind: NYC subways steered by 1930s tech, paper maps and a lot of hope
Ever experience a subway delay at DeKalb Avenue near the foot of the Manhattan bridge? Thank Great Depression era-tech.
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January 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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From @claytonguse.bsky.social:

Today @gothamist.com published the first stories in a series detailing the sorry state of the subways.

@stephennessen.bsky.social & Ramsey Khalifeh revealed service isn't just on the brink of collapse - the breakdown has already begun.

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A state of collapse: How the MTA put riders on the fast track to ruin
The city’s subways aren’t just on the brink of collapse — the breakdown of the aging system has already begun.
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January 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Fist bumps to all my fellow NYE evening news editors 🤜🤛
January 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The Prospect Park New Year’s Eve Celebration is called off, organizers say via @gothamist.com

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The Prospect Park New Year’s Eve Celebration is called off, organizers say
The group made the final decision at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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December 31, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Jimmy Carter’s affordable housing efforts began in NYC’s East Village

w/ @davidfbrand.bsky.social

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Jimmy Carter’s affordable housing efforts began in NYC’s East Village
Carter spent a week helping to renovate a six-story building on East 6th Street in 1984.
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December 30, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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RIP legend

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Legendary Post editor, mentor, Michael Hechtman dies at 82
Hechtman spent more than four decades at the New York Post.
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December 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Is this Queens plaque at the ‘center’ of NYC or just the center of a decades-old mystery?

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Is this Queens plaque at the ‘center’ of NYC or just the center of a decades-old mystery?
A plaque in Woodside, Queens claims to mark the geographic center of NYC. But geographers say it’s not. So who put it there? And why?
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December 24, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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The mysterious case of New York City’s missing Amazon packages

with @giuliaheyward.bsky.social and co @gothamist.com

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The mysterious case of New York City’s missing Amazon packages
Gothamist placed tracking devices in three products ordered from Amazon. Here’s what happened after they were stolen.
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December 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily banned drones from flying over parts of New Jersey, via @gothamist.com / @giuliaheyward.bsky.social

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FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey following weeks of panic
The federal agency's new restrictions come amid an FBI investigation into numerous drone sightings across the Northeast.
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December 19, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Hochul says NYC subways are safer — then sends in 250 more National Guard troops

@giuliaheyward.bsky.social has it:

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Hochul says NYC subways are safer — then sends in 250 more National Guard troops
The governor says 250 soldiers will join the 750 already deployed in the city’s transit system, despite subway crime being down 10% since March.
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December 18, 2024 at 8:34 PM