In a country where children go hungry, people die unhoused and libraries are only open part time, this is where our resources go

'How did this wonky yet radical idea advance to the verge of enactment?' Charles Komanoff takes us back to 1969 when a newly dethroned Robert Moses opposed the idea in an essay called 'Is Rubber to Pay for Rails?' (The answer, 55 years later, will soon be yes.)

Our first pass of tonight, with Gwynne Hogan on the scene at Columbia University where reporters are supposed to be - thecity.nyc/2024/04/30/nyp…

Feelings of deja vu as I watch the news from our college campuses. May 4 will be the 54th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre.

Truly fucking incredible. College radio is and always has been the very best.

Gaia bless college radio and media.

In the building where I'm currently blocked in by police, they won't let me out despite showing many of them my NYPD press pass, students chant as more are lead away in zip ties who'd been blocking 'Hinds Hall'

The ten NYC Assembly districts with >25% LeaveitBlankNY votes for Gaza

1. AD-53 (@DavilaAssembly): 39.4%
2. AD-50 (@EmilyAssembly): 39.0%
3. AD-51 (@marcelaforny): 37.4%
4. AD-44 (@Bobby4Brooklyn): 34.3%
5. AD-57 (@phara4assembly): 34.0%
6. AD-56 (@stefanizinerman): 33.6%

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This Friday at 12pm, join us and NYC Office of Technology and Innovation's NYC Office of Data Analytics for a deep dive into #NYC #opendata !

This class will be hosted by Council Member Susan Zhuang; no prior experience is necessary.

When: Fri, May 3, at 12pm 📅
RSVP: nyc.gov/discoveropenda…

BIRDING IS PUNK

I guess someone wants to watch from their New Jersey home...

This week, I alerted Mayor Eric Adams that the new engagement 'form' is covered by the city’s Open Data Law and his team must make the data collected by the form public in compliance with the law.

nydailynews.com/2024/04/30/nyc…

“Get off the sidewalk cars”
- my 2 year old

Calling all NYC employers interested in public interest technology (PIT)! 📣

We're looking to build a city-funded PIT apprenticeship program. If you are willing to participate in a planning process to develop this program, let us know!

Head to < beta.nyc/pit-employer >. 🫶

Are you an employer in the NYC region? Would you be willing to participate in a planning process to develop a public interest technology apprenticeship program?

If so, we need your help by May 4! You can support BetaNYC and CUNY by letting us know at < beta.nyc/pit-employer >.

We have come full circle. The AI chatbot that made up false harassment allegations saying that the article I wrote about it is the only controversy it could find about me

Yes, Hell Gate *subscribe today!* confirms, the NYPD really DID have un-trained officers commander an MTA bus to take driver over the Brooklyn Bridge and to one police plaza.

'The cops were kind of joking around with each other, like, oh, I hope we make it.'

hellgatenyc.com/nypd-officer-l…

Just north of Columbia, another encampment represents a more working-class radicalism.

hellgatenyc.com/city-college-g…