Alyssa Katz
@alykatzz.bsky.social
Executive Editor, @THECITYNY. Opinions, occasionally.
Governor Cuomo is back.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Governor Cuomo is back.
Everyone is on message these days.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Everyone is on message these days.
Apologies for the atrocious grammar there. My editor superpowers got depleted last night. Behold the team results! www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Apologies for the atrocious grammar there. My editor superpowers got depleted last night. Behold the team results! www.thecity.nyc
“Yes on 1 to 5 and no on 6” — @katiehonan.bsky.social gets the long-awaited @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ballot proposal picks.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Yes on 1 to 5 and no on 6” — @katiehonan.bsky.social gets the long-awaited @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ballot proposal picks.
A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...
My computer desktop is littered with screenshots harvested on deadline. Like this one. Going into the archive.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My computer desktop is littered with screenshots harvested on deadline. Like this one. Going into the archive.
And by the way: de Blasio says a rent freeze needs to be paired with some landlord relief in strict state rent laws that passed at the end of his term, helping them invest in building improvements. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/bill-de-bl...
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And by the way: de Blasio says a rent freeze needs to be paired with some landlord relief in strict state rent laws that passed at the end of his term, helping them invest in building improvements. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/bill-de-bl...
Coming soon: affliction-free day of atonement!
September 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Coming soon: affliction-free day of atonement!
OK, better. Much better.
September 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
OK, better. Much better.
Meanwhile, I am pleased to report that last week’s English/Spanish/Russian advisory has now been updated to in fact be in English, Spanish and Russian.
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Meanwhile, I am pleased to report that last week’s English/Spanish/Russian advisory has now been updated to in fact be in English, Spanish and Russian.
A friend just invited me to forage in Central Park this weekend, with yet another Steve Brill, aka the Wildman. Another time, friend! www.wildmanstevebrill.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A friend just invited me to forage in Central Park this weekend, with yet another Steve Brill, aka the Wildman. Another time, friend! www.wildmanstevebrill.com
NY1/Inside City Hall nite for me (and my hair). I talk with Bobby Cuza and Gerson Borrero about the increasingly personal combat between Cuomo and Mamdani, which I don’t think will change many minds. Tune in at 7 (now!) or 11, with @bradlander.bsky.social in the mix too.
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NY1/Inside City Hall nite for me (and my hair). I talk with Bobby Cuza and Gerson Borrero about the increasingly personal combat between Cuomo and Mamdani, which I don’t think will change many minds. Tune in at 7 (now!) or 11, with @bradlander.bsky.social in the mix too.
Truly one of the wonders of New York.
August 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Truly one of the wonders of New York.
Income distribution in rent-stabilized apartments (which includes some newish luxury units): 30% have household incomes $100K+. This is from the latest Housing and Vacancy Survey (table 15). www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/d...
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Income distribution in rent-stabilized apartments (which includes some newish luxury units): 30% have household incomes $100K+. This is from the latest Housing and Vacancy Survey (table 15). www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/d...
Local view today of the Interborough Express route, as seen from East 15th Street in Brooklyn.
August 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Local view today of the Interborough Express route, as seen from East 15th Street in Brooklyn.
I got the Cuomo bot in my replies yesterday, which a putative human retweeted thusly. And the man himself, while deigning now to interact with New Yorkers, still operates like the election is a contest of rhetoric. Monologues.
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I got the Cuomo bot in my replies yesterday, which a putative human retweeted thusly. And the man himself, while deigning now to interact with New Yorkers, still operates like the election is a contest of rhetoric. Monologues.
Posting this 1969 Mailer/Breslin campaign poster from the FAQ NYC podcast room so I can send it to my next guest. You all deserve to behold it.
July 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Posting this 1969 Mailer/Breslin campaign poster from the FAQ NYC podcast room so I can send it to my next guest. You all deserve to behold it.
NYC mayoral debate time! Outside the auditorium, one campaign made itself heard above all others (guess which).
June 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NYC mayoral debate time! Outside the auditorium, one campaign made itself heard above all others (guess which).
The state produced elaborate COVID positivity rate metrics to achieve this outcome. www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
Here's Brooklyn. The red zone shutdowns meant schools in these zones, public too, could not reopen, even for kids living outside the red zone.
Here's Brooklyn. The red zone shutdowns meant schools in these zones, public too, could not reopen, even for kids living outside the red zone.
May 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The state produced elaborate COVID positivity rate metrics to achieve this outcome. www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
Here's Brooklyn. The red zone shutdowns meant schools in these zones, public too, could not reopen, even for kids living outside the red zone.
Here's Brooklyn. The red zone shutdowns meant schools in these zones, public too, could not reopen, even for kids living outside the red zone.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is going to D.C. today to meet with Trump.
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is going to D.C. today to meet with Trump.
Tonight's screening is sold out but tickets are still available for the fierce documentary Emergent City, showing in Manhattan through Thursday. Wednesday evening will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Kelly Anderson and Councilmember Alexa Avilés, moderated by me. Come! www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...
April 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Tonight's screening is sold out but tickets are still available for the fierce documentary Emergent City, showing in Manhattan through Thursday. Wednesday evening will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Kelly Anderson and Councilmember Alexa Avilés, moderated by me. Come! www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...
Poland, I was delighted to make your acquaintance this past week. The building at Waliców 10 in Warsaw is where my dad lived until he was 3, owned by his grandfather, and today one of the few bits of the Warsaw Ghetto still standing.
April 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Poland, I was delighted to make your acquaintance this past week. The building at Waliców 10 in Warsaw is where my dad lived until he was 3, owned by his grandfather, and today one of the few bits of the Warsaw Ghetto still standing.
Hey: @citibikenyc.bsky.social is finally in my neighborhood! Now they just needs some docks closer than a mile away.
April 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hey: @citibikenyc.bsky.social is finally in my neighborhood! Now they just needs some docks closer than a mile away.
The excellent documentary "Emergent City," on Sunset Park's battle over Industry City development, is getting its theatrical release next week. I'll be moderating Q&A after the 4/28 evening screening, with filmmaker Kelly Anderson & Councilmember Alexa Aviles. Tickets: www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...
April 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The excellent documentary "Emergent City," on Sunset Park's battle over Industry City development, is getting its theatrical release next week. I'll be moderating Q&A after the 4/28 evening screening, with filmmaker Kelly Anderson & Councilmember Alexa Aviles. Tickets: www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...