Made a precinct-level map on the results of the NYC six ballot measures.

- A majority of voters in almost every single precinct on Staten Island voted against all of these proposals.

- Affordable housing–related measures proved popular even in some affluent neighborhoods and also outer borough.

Conservative voices are now coalescing around the idea of “online radicalization,” claiming Kirk’s suspected shooter, a white, Christian male, was groomed into a violent leftist.

Quite a surprising turn, given their past hostility to the concept rigorously researched by academics and journalists.

The CEO told @nytimes.com it’s fine for reporters to take cash to cover their expenses.

That’s just false. Like any newsroom, the paper barred editorial staff from taking cash. And if he’s worried about fair comp for his reporters, give them a raise instead of paying barely minimum wages.

And when you factor in regulated rental units across New York City, the overall effect of the ban appears even more limited.

While it's always tricky to draw direct correlations, less than 10% of the market-rate rental listings on StreetEasy have increased asking rents immediately following the news of the ban on June 10.

She’s essentially calling a naturalized citizen "illegal" in another comment, while her a district- including Whitestone, Flushing, and Little Neck- has a significant population of foreign-born Chinese and Cantonese residents.

Curious how the local Chinese-language press will cover this, or not.

The @dallasnews.com is hiring a Cowboys beat reporter?
I know someone highly passionate and extremely available.

Great reporting by @sophlebo.bsky.social on dangerous vehicles in NYC.

Lax enforcement is also allowing out-of-state plates to keep roaming: over 4,000 such vehicles were caught at least 15 times in 2024 and still haven’t paid their fines, accounting for 45% of the most egregious repeat offenders.

Back from two weeks in Asia. What did I miss in the US?

The bigger picture-- A growing share of Americans are getting their information from social media content creators, and there're many " Jordans" out there profiting from marketing misleading information in plain sight, further deepening divisions in an already deeply polarized society.

In the meantime, he YouTube following has surpassed many news outlets covering New York City, making him one of the most prominent journalists covering NYC on what has become the primary news source for a significant share of Americans.

Cash Jordan began posting open-house videos on YouTube shortly after the pandemic started. But with the election approaching, his channel shifted to be completely about homeless people and migrants turning the city into a real-life Gotham, often using AI-generated visuals to reinforce the message.

The same congressman who introduced the bill to increase USAID's funding by MORE THAN A BILLION is now saying the agency cannot be trusted.

By analyzing Department of Finance's fine payment data since 2020, I identified:
- Over 3,500 license plates either paid fines to settle multiple citations or were found guilty in court;
- Over 1,100 had repeat violations each year across multiple years;
- Worst offenders had 40-plus citations.

👀 Fun tidbit from experimenting with the PullPush API to dig through Reddit data:

Children's Health Defense (CHD), the anti-vaccine group RFK Jr. founded, maintains a Reddit account and has made over 1,400 posts since 2020. Their top destinations?

r/Conspiracy and r/Conspiracy_commons.

You can read the full report here: lnkd.in/eiefUc2M

And for all you who are interested in about our investigation approach, here are some highlights from our methodology:

As 🌍 COP29 is underway, I want to share again my final research on what we CAN do to improve climate change communication for Brown University's Information Futures Lab. (Thread)