Dana Rubinstein
@danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social
Reporter at the NYT covering NYC
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Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
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A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
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NEW: New York has been quietly preparing for a potential Trump deployment of troops & agents to NYC.
Hochul, business, activists mobilized - meeting, discussing lawsuits, talking to LA/Chicago.
+ New details on Canal Street raid.
W/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
Hochul, business, activists mobilized - meeting, discussing lawsuits, talking to LA/Chicago.
+ New details on Canal Street raid.
W/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Prepares for a Potential Trump Immigration Crackdown
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November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
NEW: New York has been quietly preparing for a potential Trump deployment of troops & agents to NYC.
Hochul, business, activists mobilized - meeting, discussing lawsuits, talking to LA/Chicago.
+ New details on Canal Street raid.
W/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
Hochul, business, activists mobilized - meeting, discussing lawsuits, talking to LA/Chicago.
+ New details on Canal Street raid.
W/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
That federal immigration raid on Canal Street last month was supposed to have been a lot larger. It's also a harbinger of what might come. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Prepares for a Potential Trump Immigration Crackdown
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November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
That federal immigration raid on Canal Street last month was supposed to have been a lot larger. It's also a harbinger of what might come. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
Representative Elise Stefanik, an upstate New York Republican and a leading ally of President Trump, is preparing to announce as early as Friday that she will run for governor next year, according to three people briefed on her plans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Stefanik to Launch Campaign to Challenge Gov. Hochul in New York
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Representative Elise Stefanik, an upstate New York Republican and a leading ally of President Trump, is preparing to announce as early as Friday that she will run for governor next year, according to three people briefed on her plans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/n...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now comes the hard part. Or what Bill Bratton called, “the agony of governing" New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
For Mamdani, Winning Is One Thing. Governing Will Be Quite Another.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Now comes the hard part. Or what Bill Bratton called, “the agony of governing" New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
"When all the data centers in New Carlisle are built, they will demand more power than two Atlantas." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"When all the data centers in New Carlisle are built, they will demand more power than two Atlantas." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"His campaign aides say Mr. Mamdani should not be held as a mayor to the positions he espoused as a legislator." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/n...
If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power in Ways That Affect Israel?
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October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"His campaign aides say Mr. Mamdani should not be held as a mayor to the positions he espoused as a legislator." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/n...
"'He lives for political power,'” Frank Seddio, a former Brooklyn Democratic chairman who has known Mr. Cuomo since the 1970s, said after the two campaigned together in southeast Brooklyn last week. This was a compliment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
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Andrew Cuomo, Scraping and Scrambling, Is Still Running as Andrew Cuomo
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October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"'He lives for political power,'” Frank Seddio, a former Brooklyn Democratic chairman who has known Mr. Cuomo since the 1970s, said after the two campaigned together in southeast Brooklyn last week. This was a compliment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
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The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken. n.pr/4qBqlF7
Hundreds killed in Darfur hospital massacre, 'hero' doctors abducted
The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken. n.pr/4qBqlF7
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
Trump administration limits number of refugees to 7,500 and they're mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
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👀 NYPA moving forward with nuclear:
The Power Authority issued solicitations this morning for (1) communities interested in hosting a new nuke plant, and (2) developers interested in partnering on building one. Both due on Dec. 11
The Power Authority issued solicitations this morning for (1) communities interested in hosting a new nuke plant, and (2) developers interested in partnering on building one. Both due on Dec. 11
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
👀 NYPA moving forward with nuclear:
The Power Authority issued solicitations this morning for (1) communities interested in hosting a new nuke plant, and (2) developers interested in partnering on building one. Both due on Dec. 11
The Power Authority issued solicitations this morning for (1) communities interested in hosting a new nuke plant, and (2) developers interested in partnering on building one. Both due on Dec. 11
“Watch yourself when you say things like that in public or if you want to be taken seriously.” www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
‘Watch Yourself’: Top Cuomo Advisor Melissa DeRosa ’04 M.P.A. ’09 Berates Undergrad Who Probes Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Allegations
Melissa DeRosa ’04 M.P.A. ’09, secretary to former governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) berated a Cornell undergraduate student at a Oct 1. Cornell Political Strategy Group event after asking about Cuomo’s ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Watch yourself when you say things like that in public or if you want to be taken seriously.” www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
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“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted through his Ring doorbell on Long Island.
“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor. So I just gave him my opinion.”
“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor. So I just gave him my opinion.”
British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
www.semafor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted through his Ring doorbell on Long Island.
“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor. So I just gave him my opinion.”
“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor. So I just gave him my opinion.”
NEWS: Mike Bloomberg is back off the sidelines, suggesting he may see some movement in the NYC mayor's race. He just gave $1.5 million to Fix the City, the pro-Cuomo, anti-Mamdani super PAC. W/ Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
Bloomberg Gives $1.5 Million to Pro-Cuomo Super PAC
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October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NEWS: Mike Bloomberg is back off the sidelines, suggesting he may see some movement in the NYC mayor's race. He just gave $1.5 million to Fix the City, the pro-Cuomo, anti-Mamdani super PAC. W/ Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
"Mr. Catsimatidis 'didn't think Andrew would be objective enough,' recalled David A. Paterson, Mr. Cuomo’s predecessor as governor and another WABC host. 'He would use the mic to go after people that he felt slandered him.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
How Andrew Cuomo’s Dreams of Becoming a Radio Star Fell Apart
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October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Mr. Catsimatidis 'didn't think Andrew would be objective enough,' recalled David A. Paterson, Mr. Cuomo’s predecessor as governor and another WABC host. 'He would use the mic to go after people that he felt slandered him.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/n...
During his year-and-a-half as executive director, he “experienced repeated discrimination on the basis of his Muslim religion and his South Asian ethnicity,” according to a lawsuit Mr. Naveed filed late Tuesday against Mr. Adams and New York City.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
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Former Hate Crimes Chief Accuses Adams of Anti-Muslim Bias
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October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
During his year-and-a-half as executive director, he “experienced repeated discrimination on the basis of his Muslim religion and his South Asian ethnicity,” according to a lawsuit Mr. Naveed filed late Tuesday against Mr. Adams and New York City.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/n...
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A 38-year-old man who has been protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program for the past 12 years was detained by ICE earlier this month, with the agency citing his social media posts as the reason for terminating his DACA status. https://cnn.it/48RlYiY
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A 38-year-old man who has been protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program for the past 12 years was detained by ICE earlier this month, with the agency citing his social media posts as the reason for terminating his DACA status. https://cnn.it/48RlYiY
Fashioning himself a 21st-century Cassandra, Mr. Cuomo has unspooled a grim prophecy for a city that seems poised to elect as its mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist half his age. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...
With Dire Picture of a Mamdani Mayoralty, Cuomo Plays to Voters’ Fears
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October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fashioning himself a 21st-century Cassandra, Mr. Cuomo has unspooled a grim prophecy for a city that seems poised to elect as its mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist half his age. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...
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Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Mamdani Plans to Keep Tisch as Police Commissioner if Elected, by Nick Fandos: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/n...
Mamdani Plans to Keep Tisch as Police Commissioner if Elected
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October 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Mamdani Plans to Keep Tisch as Police Commissioner if Elected, by Nick Fandos: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/n...
Now, nothing less than “his political career” hangs in the balance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/n...
This Might Be Andrew Cuomo’s Last Debate. What Can New Yorkers Expect?
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October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Now, nothing less than “his political career” hangs in the balance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/n...