Pat McClellan
@pmcclellan.bsky.social
I’ll take a small victory lap here and say that this is because transit advocates (including environmentalists like NYLCV) ran extremely strong campaigns for increased federal funding, more stable state funding, and congestion pricing at critical points in the last five years to save the subway!
The MTA finds itself in an enviable and rare position: it's financially stable in the near term, with years of projected balanced budgets and it’s adding service, not cutting, on the subways and buses.
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As U.S. Transit Takes a Dive, MTA Enjoys a Rarity: More Service and Stable Cash Flow
San Francisco and Philly are limping along. Yet in New York, North America’s largest mass transportation authority finds itself running more trains and buses, and limiting fare hikes.
www.thecity.nyc
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’ll take a small victory lap here and say that this is because transit advocates (including environmentalists like NYLCV) ran extremely strong campaigns for increased federal funding, more stable state funding, and congestion pricing at critical points in the last five years to save the subway!
This is an appalling misuse of government resources by the City Council. These mailers are illegal electioneering and are also straight up lying about the ballot proposals (which are good, by the way).
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is an appalling misuse of government resources by the City Council. These mailers are illegal electioneering and are also straight up lying about the ballot proposals (which are good, by the way).
This was an incredibly fun concert and exactly what I needed.
And I'm here, to remind you, of the mess you made
TRIPLE BAND does Alanis Morissette
PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, & Ekko Astral | You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette cover) | Brooklyn Paramount Brooklyn, NY | September 13, 2025 youtu.be/lDFmepPHESs
@jeffrosenstock.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social
TRIPLE BAND does Alanis Morissette
PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, & Ekko Astral | You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette cover) | Brooklyn Paramount Brooklyn, NY | September 13, 2025 youtu.be/lDFmepPHESs
@jeffrosenstock.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social
PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, & Ekko Astral "You Oughta Know" Alanis Morissette Cover LIVE
YouTube video by Concerts Hub
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This was an incredibly fun concert and exactly what I needed.
My wife bought me a tank top of this image for my birthday a few years ago and it’s one of my prized possessions. Born too walk indeed.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My wife bought me a tank top of this image for my birthday a few years ago and it’s one of my prized possessions. Born too walk indeed.
There’s a lot of work to do to fill the gap left by repeal of the IRA but not a lot of leeway to do it given that we also need to deal with cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs. Tackling NY’s insane permitting rules for renewable energy is a must-do for Gov. Hochul and the legislature.
Trying to put rooftop solar up in NYC a good way to get abundance-pilled. In Australia you call the solar installer and they put it up in less than week.
September 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
There’s a lot of work to do to fill the gap left by repeal of the IRA but not a lot of leeway to do it given that we also need to deal with cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs. Tackling NY’s insane permitting rules for renewable energy is a must-do for Gov. Hochul and the legislature.
I’m going to amend my will to add that if you let a tech company use my online profile to create a chatbot that pretends to be me after I die I’m going to come back as a ghost to haunt you specifically over this one thing.
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
n.pr
August 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I’m going to amend my will to add that if you let a tech company use my online profile to create a chatbot that pretends to be me after I die I’m going to come back as a ghost to haunt you specifically over this one thing.
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The numbskull who campaigned to close Indian Point, and then fought against the replacement transmission lines for years, causing pollution in New York City to soar… has thoughts.
August 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The numbskull who campaigned to close Indian Point, and then fought against the replacement transmission lines for years, causing pollution in New York City to soar… has thoughts.
New York City has the strongest campaign finance laws and best public funding program in the country and it really, really bothers me to see that system undermined by super PAC spending, not just in the mayor’s race but in several Council races as well.
The individual maximum a person can donate to a NYC mayoral candidate is $2100.
Mike Bloomberg just donated $8.3 million to Andrew Cuomo through a super PAC.
This is what a rigged campaign finance system, designed to let the wealthy buy elections, looks like.
Mike Bloomberg just donated $8.3 million to Andrew Cuomo through a super PAC.
This is what a rigged campaign finance system, designed to let the wealthy buy elections, looks like.
June 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New York City has the strongest campaign finance laws and best public funding program in the country and it really, really bothers me to see that system undermined by super PAC spending, not just in the mayor’s race but in several Council races as well.
Has a single NY politician who wanted to ban public mask-wearing in this year’s budget commented on ICE and other brownshirts wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves?
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Has a single NY politician who wanted to ban public mask-wearing in this year’s budget commented on ICE and other brownshirts wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves?
I am very very proud to know Brad and to be ranking him first on my ballot for mayor.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am very very proud to know Brad and to be ranking him first on my ballot for mayor.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Our campaign’s momentum is UNSTOPPABLE. Today @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and I are officially cross-endorsing each other to join forces — and defeat Andrew Cuomo.
11 days. Let’s win.
Our campaign’s momentum is UNSTOPPABLE. Today @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and I are officially cross-endorsing each other to join forces — and defeat Andrew Cuomo.
11 days. Let’s win.
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Our campaign’s momentum is UNSTOPPABLE. Today @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and I are officially cross-endorsing each other to join forces — and defeat Andrew Cuomo.
11 days. Let’s win.
Our campaign’s momentum is UNSTOPPABLE. Today @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and I are officially cross-endorsing each other to join forces — and defeat Andrew Cuomo.
11 days. Let’s win.
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🚨🚨 BREAKING: @nytimes.com opinion: BRAD LANDER TOP CHOICE FOR MAYOR!!!
Opinion | A Guide to N.Y.C.’s Mayoral Election and Democratic Primary
15 experts on the city picked the best mayoral candidate ahead of the Democratic primary.
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨🚨 BREAKING: @nytimes.com opinion: BRAD LANDER TOP CHOICE FOR MAYOR!!!
I am thrilled that NYLCV is endorsing Brad for mayor! I have known Brad since his first campaign for office in 2009 and I will be enthusiastically ranking him #1 on my ballot in June.
Thank you @nylcv.bsky.social for your #1 rank!
The climate crisis isn't just coming, it's here. As Mayor, I'll keep fighting climate change, preparing NYC for climate disasters, and delivering cleaner air, cheaper energy, and better transit.
My plan ➡️ landerfornyc.com/climate
The climate crisis isn't just coming, it's here. As Mayor, I'll keep fighting climate change, preparing NYC for climate disasters, and delivering cleaner air, cheaper energy, and better transit.
My plan ➡️ landerfornyc.com/climate
May 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I am thrilled that NYLCV is endorsing Brad for mayor! I have known Brad since his first campaign for office in 2009 and I will be enthusiastically ranking him #1 on my ballot in June.
Not ideal that on the day the Brooklyn half marathon floods Windsor Terrace and Kensington with both visitors (welcome!) and diverted traffic (very much not welcome!) the G isn’t running at all and the F is running with massive planned disruptions. Doesn’t seem that hard to coordinate better?
May 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Not ideal that on the day the Brooklyn half marathon floods Windsor Terrace and Kensington with both visitors (welcome!) and diverted traffic (very much not welcome!) the G isn’t running at all and the F is running with massive planned disruptions. Doesn’t seem that hard to coordinate better?
“Gasoline is more important than strollers” is such a perfect summation of the warped, self-destructive thinking pushed by fossil fuel and car companies.
Trump: "When you say strollers are going up -- what kind of a thing? I'm saying that gasoline is going down. Gasoline is thousands of times more important than a stroller someplace ... you don't need to have 35 dolls. You can have 2, 3, 4, and save a lot of money. We don't need to feed the beast."
May 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Gasoline is more important than strollers” is such a perfect summation of the warped, self-destructive thinking pushed by fossil fuel and car companies.
I’ve been a lapsed Catholic for a long time but I find garbage like this and JD Vance’s heretical takes on Catholic doctrine to be genuinely offensive.
Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.
April 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’ve been a lapsed Catholic for a long time but I find garbage like this and JD Vance’s heretical takes on Catholic doctrine to be genuinely offensive.
A beautiful spring afternoon like this when the Financial District is flooded with both office workers and tourists really highlights the absurdity of allowing thru traffic in this neighborhood. What are we doing here?
April 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A beautiful spring afternoon like this when the Financial District is flooded with both office workers and tourists really highlights the absurdity of allowing thru traffic in this neighborhood. What are we doing here?
I gave Governor Hochul a real hard time last year over the congestion pricing pause so it’s only fair that I give her well-deserved props for showing so much leadership and fortitude now in the face of the Trump administration’s illegal efforts to end the program.
April 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I gave Governor Hochul a real hard time last year over the congestion pricing pause so it’s only fair that I give her well-deserved props for showing so much leadership and fortitude now in the face of the Trump administration’s illegal efforts to end the program.
I have genuine hate in my heart for the people responsible for this. I just can’t even find the words for how morally depraved ICE is.
April 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have genuine hate in my heart for the people responsible for this. I just can’t even find the words for how morally depraved ICE is.
I am a modestly sized man who rides the subway all the time and at all hours of day and night. Seems like Sean Duffy and people like him are just embarrassingly paranoid and scared of their own shadows?
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I am a modestly sized man who rides the subway all the time and at all hours of day and night. Seems like Sean Duffy and people like him are just embarrassingly paranoid and scared of their own shadows?
Growing up in an Irish American family this is also what I was taught. It’s part of why I find it so baffling and disappointing when I see Irish Americans who support Trump.
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.
'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America...
www.wbur.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Growing up in an Irish American family this is also what I was taught. It’s part of why I find it so baffling and disappointing when I see Irish Americans who support Trump.
Public transit in NYC could certainly be improved but it is dramatically safer and more pleasant than driving. The subway is only scary if you’ve been mainlining right wing fear mongering about it.
Duffy on the New York City subway: "It's dangerous. It's dirty ... they don't want you to drive your car. They want you to take a train. If you want me to take a train, make the train safe, make it clean. But if you won't do that, we're gonna pull money."
March 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Public transit in NYC could certainly be improved but it is dramatically safer and more pleasant than driving. The subway is only scary if you’ve been mainlining right wing fear mongering about it.
I think very very highly of Amanda and am thrilled to see her nominated to lead DEC. She’s a great choice for this role.
Gov. Hochul announces a trio of new commissioners, including the long awaited DEC commissioner. She tapped Amanda Lefton for the role
February 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I think very very highly of Amanda and am thrilled to see her nominated to lead DEC. She’s a great choice for this role.
Phil Murphy is a disgrace. I truly cannot find the words to express how much contempt I have for him and Democrats like him.
I want to thank President Trump and Secretary Duffy for their efforts to halt the current congestion pricing program.
While I have consistently expressed openness to a form of congestion pricing, the current program lines the MTA’s pockets at the expense of New Jerseyans.
While I have consistently expressed openness to a form of congestion pricing, the current program lines the MTA’s pockets at the expense of New Jerseyans.
February 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Phil Murphy is a disgrace. I truly cannot find the words to express how much contempt I have for him and Democrats like him.
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The people running the federal government hate New York City and want to punish people who live here for (by and large) having views and living lives that they dislike. Any gussied-up justification is working backwards from that desired result
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The people running the federal government hate New York City and want to punish people who live here for (by and large) having views and living lives that they dislike. Any gussied-up justification is working backwards from that desired result