Ben Brachfeld
@benbrachfeld.bsky.social
Assoc. Crime Editor at People Magazine. Ex transit reporter at amNewYork. ben.brachfeld@peoplemag.com
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The Times parsed the vote using similar categories and again found that the single most determinative factor economic-like factor in the election was "commute by transit" vs "commute by car." It edged out renters vs. homeowners. There's still outstanding data but I expect these trends will hold.
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Times parsed the vote using similar categories and again found that the single most determinative factor economic-like factor in the election was "commute by transit" vs "commute by car." It edged out renters vs. homeowners. There's still outstanding data but I expect these trends will hold.
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New Yorkers are HITTING THOSE POLLS. It's the highest turnout in about two decades.
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New Yorkers are HITTING THOSE POLLS. It's the highest turnout in about two decades.
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🎂 Happy birthday, #NYCSubway! 121 years ago #OnThisDay in 1904, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway opened with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street. This #NYTMCollection silent film, shot just months after the subway opened, shows its early days.
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎂 Happy birthday, #NYCSubway! 121 years ago #OnThisDay in 1904, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway opened with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street. This #NYTMCollection silent film, shot just months after the subway opened, shows its early days.
"Journalist jobs fared worse than 85% of all occupations tracked by the BLS."
"There are positive developments in local news but they’re being swamped by the negative trends. We’re losing the race against time."
By @stevenwaldman.bsky.social commenting on the State of Local News 2025 report, an annual study from Northwestern U.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/were...
By @stevenwaldman.bsky.social commenting on the State of Local News 2025 report, an annual study from Northwestern U.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/were...
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Journalist jobs fared worse than 85% of all occupations tracked by the BLS."
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ACTUAL GOOD TRANSIT NEWS ALERT: Metro-North will run to Albany, starting this spring.
And Amtrak is adding back one train to NYP-ALB and capping prices at $99.
And Amtrak is adding back one train to NYP-ALB and capping prices at $99.
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
ACTUAL GOOD TRANSIT NEWS ALERT: Metro-North will run to Albany, starting this spring.
And Amtrak is adding back one train to NYP-ALB and capping prices at $99.
And Amtrak is adding back one train to NYP-ALB and capping prices at $99.
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Trump commutes George Santos’ prison, saying he was moved by Santos’ account of being in solitary confinement.
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement - Bolts
Isolating people inside a small, closet-like cell for weeks, months, and even years on end remains common inside this country’s prisons and jails, even though the United Nations defines the... Read Mo...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trump commutes George Santos’ prison, saying he was moved by Santos’ account of being in solitary confinement.
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
A reminder: many people are left in solitary confinement all over the county, sometimes *for years*, without a direct connection to the president.
Some of their voices:
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This is an outrage and every journalist needs to stand up for Dean Moses of amNY right now: www.amny.com/immigration/...
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
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September 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is an outrage and every journalist needs to stand up for Dean Moses of amNY right now: www.amny.com/immigration/...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'd like to emphasize that you can make a totally above-board donation to support @katiehonan.bsky.social's work at @thecity.nyc right here. All you get in return is great journalism, and a tax deduction. It's up to you whether you itemize any potato chips you include.
Who in the Boro Park/Midwood area voted for me for Brooklyn civil court judge?
July 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Who in the Boro Park/Midwood area voted for me for Brooklyn civil court judge?
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BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
MTA proposing 10-cent hike to subway and bus fares starting in January.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/n...
MTA proposing 10-cent hike to subway and bus fares starting in January.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/n...
July 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
MTA proposing 10-cent hike to subway and bus fares starting in January.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/n...
MTA proposing 10-cent hike to subway and bus fares starting in January.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/30/n...
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Key detail: the shooter had a history of mental health issues AND a gun license, according to the NYPD
July 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Key detail: the shooter had a history of mental health issues AND a gun license, according to the NYPD
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BREAKING: Bedford Ave bike lane gets last minute reprieve, with an appeals court halting the city hours before DOT crews were set to begin work removing the protected bike lane
Judge derails NYC plan to move Bedford Ave. Bike lane in Brooklyn at eleventh hour
Williamsburg’s Bedford Ave. bike lane was granted a last-minute reprieve Tuesday, as an appellate judge ruled on an emergency restraining order just hours before city work crews were set to b…
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July 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Bedford Ave bike lane gets last minute reprieve, with an appeals court halting the city hours before DOT crews were set to begin work removing the protected bike lane
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NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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One last piece of news before one more news is allowed for the weekend: Sources tell Streetsblog that the Adams administration has paused work on the 34th Street busway nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/03/a...
Anti-Miracle On 34th Street: Adams Administration Pauses Work On 34th Street Busway - Streetsblog New York City
The highly-anticipated 34th Street busway may not happen under Mayor Adams after all, sources said.
nyc.streetsblog.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One last piece of news before one more news is allowed for the weekend: Sources tell Streetsblog that the Adams administration has paused work on the 34th Street busway nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/03/a...
Wrote about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's marquee free bus proposal, the pilot that preceded it, and how free transit around the world has worked for @nymag.com www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
What It Would Take to Make Buses Free
Ridership went up under Zohran Mamdani’s yearlong pilot, but running it citywide would be a much bigger undertaking.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wrote about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's marquee free bus proposal, the pilot that preceded it, and how free transit around the world has worked for @nymag.com www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
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#Breaking: According to @mta.info fare increase may be tied to full implementation of OMNY. Not confusing people with too many things all at once and possibly figuring out more discounts for the new payment system. That means could come next year and not this year.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Breaking: According to @mta.info fare increase may be tied to full implementation of OMNY. Not confusing people with too many things all at once and possibly figuring out more discounts for the new payment system. That means could come next year and not this year.
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social
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the data backs this sentiment up!
June 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
the data backs this sentiment up!
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A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...
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Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...
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Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
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Cuomo’s car parked (illegally) outside union HQ.
I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.”
Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.”
Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
June 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Cuomo’s car parked (illegally) outside union HQ.
I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.”
Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.”
Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
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And now, of course nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/b...
BREAKING: Mayor Adams to Remove Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane Citing, Bizarrely, Safety - Streetsblog New York City
A protected bike lane that was installed last year to calm a notoriously dangerous Brooklyn corridor will be removed by the Adams administration, making the roadway less safe.
nyc.streetsblog.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
And now, of course nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/b...