The "How is Your Bitcoin Paycheck, Mr. Mayor?" Edition
The "How is Your Bitcoin Paycheck, Mr. Mayor?" Edition
The Brooklyn Democratic Party continues to self-destruct in public, the cost of Mayor Adams's refugee tent, which blocks voted for Zeldin, where to eat around the Barclays Center, and more
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• The Brooklyn Democratic Party continues to eat itself in public. The latest chapter comes as leadership within the party refused to take the blame for losing elections. Instead, the party leadership is blaming the losing candidates. To me, it seems like the party leadership's job in these moments is to publicly take it on the chin when something bad happens to deflect blame and keep the stink of loss from the candidates. I know that some readers are part of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Please send in your experience of it. (George Joseph for The City)
• How much did Mayor Adams's refugee camp cost to build twice and barely use once? City Comptroller Brad Lander also wants an answer. The mayor used an emergency order to push the construction forward without oversight, estimated to be about $16 million. The company that built the tent is also the company that was building Trump's border wall. (David Brand for City Limits)
• Outgoing Representative Mondaire Jones has the right idea when assigning blame on behalf of losing Democrats. Blame Andrew Cuomo, with the root cause being the 2020 Census and the redistricting process. Is it the truth? That's questionable, but it deflects the blame away from losing candidates if they want to run for office again. (Olivia Ebertz for Gothamist)
• New York politicians went to Puerto Rico for the Somos conference before all the ballots were counted. How much work gets done at this political conference? There are less than four hours of legislative workshops in the five scheduled days of the conference. There are more hours of scheduled breakfast than there are workshops. It's completely ridiculous. (Katie Honan for The City)
• Remember one year ago when Mayor Adams was horny for crypto? He went as far as saying he would take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin. One year later, the mayor's paychecks are worth 58% less due to the crashing crypto market. The mayor and the fraudster solely to blame for the most recent crypto crash are speaking together at a New York Times event this month. (Max Rivlin-Nadler for Hell Gate)
• Break it down block by block: Which blocks voted for Hochul and which blocks should fuck themselves. (Nick Garber for Patch)
• How often do you listen to train announcements that aren't during an apparent delay? Is announcing police presence at subway stations helpful if no one listens? (Jose Martinez for The City)
• A lawyer representing traffic violence victims was arrested for removing a piece of illegally placed plastic obscuring a license plate. (Julianna Cuba for Streetsblog)
• Mayor Adams announced steps to broaden the pool of eligible people for a rental subsidy program that could help them stay in their homes or afford new apartments. (Elizabeth Kim for Gothamist)
• City Council is considering a pair of bills that would limit the sale of uncertified and refurbished lithium-ion batteries used in scooters and electric bikes after a recent surge in fires. (Gwynne hogan for Gothamist)
• Let's take a moment to admire the Chelsea Hotel’s beautiful iron balconies. (Ephemeral New York)
• A very relatable story of two tech workers who couldn't find a house to renovate in Seattle that bought a $2.2 million brownstone in Bed Stuy with a pool instead. Very relatable. (Kelly Kreth for Brick Underground)
• Ivana Trump's townhouse is for sale for a mere $26.5 million, which she bought after her divorce from accused rapist Donald Trump in 1992. (Kim Velsey for Curbed)
• The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is in Midtown, arriving from Glens Falls, upstate. (Aaron Ginsburg for 6sqft)
• NYC Ferry service is back in Greenpoint today after a year and a half of construction. (Anna Rahmanan for Time Out)
• A look inside Multitude Productions, a podcast collective, studio, and ad sales provider for podcasts in Greenpoint. (Emma Davey for Greenpointers)
• Photos: Fall bird migration. Not pictured: Snowbirds leaving for their condos in Florida. (Laura Goggin Photography)
• The most borrowed book of all time at the Brooklyn Public Library is “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. Check out the rest of the list. (Kerry Shaw for Gothamist)
• A guide to Carnegie Hill, an area of the Upper East Side rife with history and culture. (Michelle Cohen for 6sqft)
• Where to eat near the Barclays Center. (Eater)
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