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Mayor Adams Suggests ‘Outside Agitators’ Created Tent Conspiracy to Ruin NYC

This goes all the way to the Big Top, and more news for your Wednesday morning.

April 24, 2024

NYU Has NYPD Arrest and Pepper-Spray Protesters at Pro-Palestine Student Encampment

"The cops stormed in with their sticks and they started arresting people by the dozen, and they started to pepper-spray people left and right."

April 23, 2024

The Winners and Losers of New York State’s Budget Deal

Winners: real estate, Governor Hochul, and independent media. Losers: New Yorkers who desperately need housing, and weed bodegas.

Columbia Classes Go Virtual as President Now Wants to ‘Deescalate the Rancor’

The campus remains on lockdown as encampments spread to other New York City universities, and other links to start your day.

April 22, 2024

Columbia Protesters, In Their Own Words

Hell Gate spoke to Columbia students about why they're protesting, whether they fear discipline from the university, and how this action fits into a tumultuous series of months.

April 20, 2024

The New York Knicks, Without Overreaction

The playoffs are not to be dreaded this year.

‘How Can I Feed My Family?’: Vendors Waiting on Licenses March on City Hall After Crackdown

Three years after the City Council passed a bill meant to expand the number of vendor licenses in the city, City Hall is still dragging its feet while the NYPD arrests and harasses food vendors.

April 19, 2024

Rash Returns to Bushwick, Two Years After an Arson Attack

The bar and nightclub will return to serving pulsing, dark dance music near the Myrtle-Broadway subway stop. Plus, more links for your weekend.

April 19, 2024