Rich Mintz
@richmintz.bsky.social
Refugee from the bad place. Street safety advocate. Fmr Housing/Homelessness committee chair, Manhattan CB6. LGBTQ person. Trans people exist.
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I’m worried that this gingerbread house is becoming a Necco chamber
Making pizza with rye bread, relish, sour cream, peppers and Necco wafers.
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’m worried that this gingerbread house is becoming a Necco chamber
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It turns out "I'm excited for my hard-offline staycation" has the same cosmic consequences as a movie cop saying "it's my last case before retirement"
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It turns out "I'm excited for my hard-offline staycation" has the same cosmic consequences as a movie cop saying "it's my last case before retirement"
This is literally the opposite of the truth, 25 years of federal circuit holdings say so
reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is literally the opposite of the truth, 25 years of federal circuit holdings say so
reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
I go to a bar in Midtown where the young Irish bartender knows me and my order and til he lives in YONKERS and the last train is at 1:56 so unless they close early at 1am he has to take an Uber home
24-hour MNR/LIRR service when
24-hour MNR/LIRR service when
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I go to a bar in Midtown where the young Irish bartender knows me and my order and til he lives in YONKERS and the last train is at 1:56 so unless they close early at 1am he has to take an Uber home
24-hour MNR/LIRR service when
24-hour MNR/LIRR service when
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I think this is useful to read the whole way through to see just how Internet-poisoned right wing billionaires are. This guy is insane nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...
John Catsimatidis on Donald Trump, Immigration, and New York Republicans
The New York Editorial Board's interview with businessman John Catsimatidis.
nyeditorialboard.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think this is useful to read the whole way through to see just how Internet-poisoned right wing billionaires are. This guy is insane nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...
a tax on home sales is by definition taking from people who did *not* earn it
"Very clearly, this is a tax meant to take money from someone that earned it and to give it to somebody else that didn't," says Councillor Stephen Holyday of the land transfer tax on homes sold for more than $3 million.
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
a tax on home sales is by definition taking from people who did *not* earn it
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Delighted to share the final, full cover of "Work in Progress." I'm so grateful to @harperonebooks.bsky.social and the designer Julia DiMarzo-Cohen for a fun cover!
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Delighted to share the final, full cover of "Work in Progress." I'm so grateful to @harperonebooks.bsky.social and the designer Julia DiMarzo-Cohen for a fun cover!
Fun fact: today is the 97th anniversary of “Steamboat Willie”
Who says those LinkNYC kiosks never tell you anything useful?
Who says those LinkNYC kiosks never tell you anything useful?
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fun fact: today is the 97th anniversary of “Steamboat Willie”
Who says those LinkNYC kiosks never tell you anything useful?
Who says those LinkNYC kiosks never tell you anything useful?
Can someone just tell me what’s “at the end” of this Lizza thing so I don’t have to read it
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Can someone just tell me what’s “at the end” of this Lizza thing so I don’t have to read it
I was in the district office tonight so time to re-up my second favorite Manhattan Community Board 6 artifact
(my favorite, if I recall, is a 35-year-old letter opposing a Trump rezoning, but I can’t find my old photo of it)
(my favorite, if I recall, is a 35-year-old letter opposing a Trump rezoning, but I can’t find my old photo of it)
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I was in the district office tonight so time to re-up my second favorite Manhattan Community Board 6 artifact
(my favorite, if I recall, is a 35-year-old letter opposing a Trump rezoning, but I can’t find my old photo of it)
(my favorite, if I recall, is a 35-year-old letter opposing a Trump rezoning, but I can’t find my old photo of it)
Hello my bodega got a new health code violation, his name is Tiger and he is six months old and when he heard the meat slicer he RAN behind the counter like a lightning bolt
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hello my bodega got a new health code violation, his name is Tiger and he is six months old and when he heard the meat slicer he RAN behind the counter like a lightning bolt
This has hit the mainstream. My bldg’s doorman and handyman, two 50ish lifelong NYers who read the NY Post and I wouldn’t have pegged as politically engaged, were chatting this week in the lobby about Grijalva, Roberts, and the shutdown with a nearly Jake Sherman level of political horserace nuance
My outrage over Johnson's refusal to seat Grijalva grows daily and I think of dire ways Democrats can pay Republicans back for this when they are next in power.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This has hit the mainstream. My bldg’s doorman and handyman, two 50ish lifelong NYers who read the NY Post and I wouldn’t have pegged as politically engaged, were chatting this week in the lobby about Grijalva, Roberts, and the shutdown with a nearly Jake Sherman level of political horserace nuance
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saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
saying “swastikas are bad” is extremely low hanging fruit for the mayor of a city that’s home to a million jews
3rd Av at 24th: the safety redesign has started on my block! (Fun fact: the machine that strips off lane markings is as LOUD AS THE DEVIL)
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
3rd Av at 24th: the safety redesign has started on my block! (Fun fact: the machine that strips off lane markings is as LOUD AS THE DEVIL)
I’m back here again, it happened again (slainte); and (unrelatedly) the obviously Irish DJ put on this Mary Black song which took me back more than 30 years, three or four lifetimes ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’m back here again, it happened again (slainte); and (unrelatedly) the obviously Irish DJ put on this Mary Black song which took me back more than 30 years, three or four lifetimes ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Oz...
"You can't make me go to your woke DEI Satanic Shabbat dinner, it would offend Christ the Lord" is INSANE
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"You can't make me go to your woke DEI Satanic Shabbat dinner, it would offend Christ the Lord" is INSANE
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We look forward to seeing Mayor Mamdani maintain and expand the city’s commitment to a more sustainable future.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We look forward to seeing Mayor Mamdani maintain and expand the city’s commitment to a more sustainable future.
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NYC is home to 43% of NY State's population. Its budget is nearly as big as the state’s, and its forward-looking climate policies — like Local Law 97, to cut building emissions — play a major part in our state's climate action.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NYC is home to 43% of NY State's population. Its budget is nearly as big as the state’s, and its forward-looking climate policies — like Local Law 97, to cut building emissions — play a major part in our state's climate action.
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It’s refreshing to elect a leader who recognizes climate change is real, that its impact falls disproportionately on vulnerable communities, & that our government needs to take urgent action to protect all of us from extreme weather, pollution, and other environmental dangers.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s refreshing to elect a leader who recognizes climate change is real, that its impact falls disproportionately on vulnerable communities, & that our government needs to take urgent action to protect all of us from extreme weather, pollution, and other environmental dangers.
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We congratulate NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on his decisive victory last night.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We congratulate NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on his decisive victory last night.
Do what I did: go to the polls today, bring a friend who wouldn’t bother voting on their own, and give them a piece of paper reading
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
October 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Do what I did: go to the polls today, bring a friend who wouldn’t bother voting on their own, and give them a piece of paper reading
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
MAYOR: Mamdani (for obvious reasons)
AG: Bragg (Maron is a transphobe)
PROPS 2-5: yes
*Educational film narrator voice backed by jaunty music* The life of a New York City cooperative board member is a busy one, full of decisions on urgent matters that will affect the lives of hundreds of families
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
*Educational film narrator voice backed by jaunty music* The life of a New York City cooperative board member is a busy one, full of decisions on urgent matters that will affect the lives of hundreds of families
If one more 50 year old Jewish friend who lives in, like, LOS ANGELES makes a crack about how everyone is going to FLEE New York City when a guy that hundreds of thousands of Jews voted for is elected mayor I am going to LOSE IT
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If one more 50 year old Jewish friend who lives in, like, LOS ANGELES makes a crack about how everyone is going to FLEE New York City when a guy that hundreds of thousands of Jews voted for is elected mayor I am going to LOSE IT
Omg I walked into a bar I go to and sat down and it was busy and about 2 minutes later hot Irish bartender 1 walked up and shook my hand and said “nice haircut” and “the usual?” and I said yes and he turned around and hot Irish bartender 2 was right behind him and //
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Omg I walked into a bar I go to and sat down and it was busy and about 2 minutes later hot Irish bartender 1 walked up and shook my hand and said “nice haircut” and “the usual?” and I said yes and he turned around and hot Irish bartender 2 was right behind him and //
Excuse me Waterside Plaza but what is this
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Excuse me Waterside Plaza but what is this