nyc 'Feltist' Lucy Sparrow is back with an all-felt pop-up deli at New York City's Rockefeller Center Rusty Blazenhoff
Business After an injunction against Pacifica radio, New York's WBAI is back on the air Cory Doctorow
infosec 2600's Hackers on Planet Earth con needs your help because the Hotel Pennsylvania has tripled its fees Cory Doctorow
nyc NYC Mesh, a neutral, nonprofit meshing ISP, dramatically expands access in Brooklyn Cory Doctorow
nyc Queens' next District Attorney is a queer, latinx Democratic Socialist who ran on a platform of "de-carceration" Cory Doctorow
security After elderly tenant was locked in his apartment by his landlord's stupid "smart lock," tenants win right to use actual keys to enter their homes Cory Doctorow
events To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: "The Bigot in the Machine," a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney's Cory Doctorow
privacy New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Albert Fox Cahn
late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow
elections Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is preparing for New York's establishment Dems to eliminate her district Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's NYC digs being built on land that would have been used for low-income housing Séamus Bellamy
labor Competitive book-sorting event pits New York library workers against Washington State's Cory Doctorow
happy mutants You can request hand-crafted reading-list recommendations from the Brooklyn public library online Cory Doctorow
News 'AN ACT OF TERROR' — Packages sent to 7+ targets, CNN, Obamas, Clintons, Soros, Cuomo, Holder, Maxine Waters Xeni Jardin