Rosemarie Ward
@rosemariew.bsky.social
Galway girl covering America's Northeast for The Economist. Views are mostly my own, especially the more ridiculous ones.
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Breaking: Comptroller Brad Lander is headed to trial — by choice — on federal misdemeanor charges for trying to inspect conditions at 26 Federal Plaza.
The other pols arrested alongside him in Sept got ACDs following mediation talks this morning.
The other pols arrested alongside him in Sept got ACDs following mediation talks this morning.
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Breaking: Comptroller Brad Lander is headed to trial — by choice — on federal misdemeanor charges for trying to inspect conditions at 26 Federal Plaza.
The other pols arrested alongside him in Sept got ACDs following mediation talks this morning.
The other pols arrested alongside him in Sept got ACDs following mediation talks this morning.
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Say it louder for the people in the back!
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Ten months in, congestion pricing in NYC is working, MTA says
Congestion pricing has been in effect in Manhattan for 11 months and counting. The MTA says traffic is down — and revenue is up. But President Trump is still threatening to terminate the plan. NBC 4 N...
www.nbcnewyork.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Say it louder for the people in the back!
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
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just in: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is on track to win easily.
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
just in: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is on track to win easily.
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
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Added bonus for everyone who votes in NYC tomorrow: special edition “I voted” sticker
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Added bonus for everyone who votes in NYC tomorrow: special edition “I voted” sticker
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The New York City Subway is 121 years old today -- the IRT first opened on this day in 1904.
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The New York City Subway is 121 years old today -- the IRT first opened on this day in 1904.
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In the past, Gov. Hochul has called raising most taxes, even on the wealthy, a hard "no." She softened the stance today. "I have a lot of calculations to do," Hochul says. "There's a lot of popular phrases out there... But I am open to trying to help people who are struggling"
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In the past, Gov. Hochul has called raising most taxes, even on the wealthy, a hard "no." She softened the stance today. "I have a lot of calculations to do," Hochul says. "There's a lot of popular phrases out there... But I am open to trying to help people who are struggling"
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Daily News coverage of Canal St vendors in 1985: “Lower Manhattan merchants who display their wares on sidewalks … contend that their sales methods are as much a part of New York's history and culture as carriage rides in Central Park”
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Daily News coverage of Canal St vendors in 1985: “Lower Manhattan merchants who display their wares on sidewalks … contend that their sales methods are as much a part of New York's history and culture as carriage rides in Central Park”
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Some of the most fervent volunteers for Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign are Republicans who voted for and still embrace Trump.
Cuomo’s Last-Minute Push Takes Him Into MAGA Territory
The former governor courts Trump fans, finding common ground in dire warnings about a future under Mayor Mamdani.
www.thecity.nyc
October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Some of the most fervent volunteers for Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign are Republicans who voted for and still embrace Trump.
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If someone says "why don't they just get in line," send them this.
"Why don't they just apply for citizenship?"
This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
Why Is It So Hard to Become a US Citizen? - American Immigration Council
“Why don’t they just get in line?" It's a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If someone says "why don't they just get in line," send them this.
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With about a month to go until a salary renegotiation deadline on October 31st, I looked at why America's women basketball players are scandalously underpaid, for @economist.com
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Women’s pro-ballers want more cash
The popularity of the WNBA is soaring
www.economist.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
With about a month to go until a salary renegotiation deadline on October 31st, I looked at why America's women basketball players are scandalously underpaid, for @economist.com
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
NYC's rat czar "quietly scurried away" 🤣
I love rat puns
I love rat puns
NEW: The city’s first-ever “rat czar” quietly scurried away from her post last week with the war on rats still raging, sources told THE CITY.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/r...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/23/r...
Mayor Adams’ ‘Rat Czar’ Quietly Exits City Hall’s Rodent Offensive
Hoopla greeted the 2023 appointment of the city’s first director of rodent mitigation, but Kathleen Corradi departed with a whimper.
www.thecity.nyc
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NYC's rat czar "quietly scurried away" 🤣
I love rat puns
I love rat puns
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Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
This is horrific and cruel
ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's family
ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says
The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.
www.nbcnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is horrific and cruel
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They may prove to be the left’s populist alternative to Trumpism
Who’s afraid of the Democratic Socialists?
They may prove to be the left’s populist alternative to Trumpism
econ.st
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They may prove to be the left’s populist alternative to Trumpism
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Worth watching
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Worth watching
Even the South Korean executives were detained during an immigration raid at a Hyundai EV plant in GA yesterday. Terrible for those detained and truly not a great way to encourage manufacturing and investing in America www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
South Koreans Are Among Hundreds Detained in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Even the South Korean executives were detained during an immigration raid at a Hyundai EV plant in GA yesterday. Terrible for those detained and truly not a great way to encourage manufacturing and investing in America www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Great piece by Nicole Gelinas on Waymo possibly upsetting the delicate balance on NYC's streets www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...
Opinion | New Tech Can Change a City. New York Learned That the Hard Way With Uber.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Great piece by Nicole Gelinas on Waymo possibly upsetting the delicate balance on NYC's streets www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...
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The National Guard is, in some ways, a distraction. What's going to happen in Chicago is going to be a massive ICE enforcement blitz.
NEW: More details on Trump's Chicago immigration blitz.
-230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles
-30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs
-agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m.
-new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones
-230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles
-30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs
-agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m.
-new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones
Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago
Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz this summer spurred protests that pushed Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has ...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The National Guard is, in some ways, a distraction. What's going to happen in Chicago is going to be a massive ICE enforcement blitz.
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Jay McInerney is probably the most famous former New Yorker fact checker. He will admit he was not a great one; he got fired when his claim that he could speak French was disproved by a litany of errors he let through in a piece reported from France.
The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Jay McInerney is probably the most famous former New Yorker fact checker. He will admit he was not a great one; he got fired when his claim that he could speak French was disproved by a litany of errors he let through in a piece reported from France.
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Due to mass confusion, clarifying again:
Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by.
Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely.
Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.
Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by.
Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely.
Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.
July 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Due to mass confusion, clarifying again:
Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by.
Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely.
Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.
Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by.
Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely.
Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.
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📢 Several tsunami warnings have been issued for Hawaii, Alaska and Russia after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Tsunami warnings after 8.7 earthquake off Russia
www.smh.com.au
July 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
📢 Several tsunami warnings have been issued for Hawaii, Alaska and Russia after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
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A gunman opened fire at a Park Avenue office building in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening. This is a developing story.
NYC Midtown Shooting: Live Updates
A gunman opened fire at a Park Avenue office building in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening. This is a developing story.
nymag.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A gunman opened fire at a Park Avenue office building in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening. This is a developing story.