Chief of Risk Management Matthew Pontillo was forced to resign last week in connection with his concerns about a surge in police vehicle pursuits.
Harry Siegel
Harry Siegel is THE CITY’s senior editor, where he oversees THE CITY’s borough coverage. He’s also the creator and co-host of its FAQ NYC podcast, as well as a columnist at the New York Daily News.
Posted inCrime, LGBTQ
Pain, Pride and Performance at O’Shae Sibley Vigils
A community in mourning asserted its right to exist — and to vogue — in New York City as a teenager turned himself in for fatally stabbing Sibley in what Mayor Eric Adams said “clearly was a hate crime.”
Posted inNYPD
NYPD Car Chases Up Massively Under Mayor Adams — With Sometimes Fatal Results
The first three months of 2023 saw an increase of nearly 600% in police vehicle pursuits, part of an effort to ratchet up “quality of life” enforcement.
Posted inManhattan
Manhattan Loses Businesses as Brooklyn Gains in Stark Tale of Two Boroughs
The total number of private establishments in the city had its steepest drop in at least 30 years over the course of the pandemic as Manhattan couldn’t keep up making it but Brooklyn keeps on taking it.
Posted inEpisodes, FAQ NYC, Interviews
FAQ Gets Dopey
Dave from the “DOPEY,” podcast, shares a few stories about drug addiction and recovery during some of the biggest moments in New York City history.
Posted inEpisodes, FAQ NYC, Interviews
Emma Whitford Tells FAQ What’s Up With The New Rent Relief For New Yorkers.
Emma Whitford, reporter at Law360. gives us a rundown of the new rent relief from the Federal Government hopfully headed toward New Yorkers this Spring.
Posted inInterviews
The NYPD is Secretly Spying on Us, The Post Act Could Change That.
Albert Fox Cahn, founder of S.T.O.P, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, talks to Alex Brook Lynn about The Post Act, a bill that will be voted on in the City Council this Thursday, June 18th. The Post Act could force the NYPD to become transparent about the technology they use to spy on New Yorkers. […]
Posted inInterviews
Interview: Sarah Dowd, a Harlem Hospital Nurse says our healthcare system is “cut down to the bone!”
Alex Brook Lynn of FAQ.NYC interviews Sarah Dowd, a nurse at Harlem Hospital, about what healthcare workers need to pull us through this crisis. As the world watches tired healthcare workers beg for supplies on social media, Sarah Dowd, a nurse at Harlem Hospital, doesn’t want to see their troubles become an accepted “horrific sob […]
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Interview: Alexandra Scaggs Educated Us on The Federal Reserve, Municipal Bonds, and Why it Matters.
We learned some new things about economics to prepare for our new world order. Barron’s financial journalist Alexandra Scaggs explains to Alex Brook Lynn how the stimulus bill impacts lending, what big things are changing with the federal reserve, and how the issue of municipal bonds, something that progressive economists have been on about for […]
Posted inEpisodes, FAQ NYC
Evictions Go Viral
Alex Brook Lynn and Adam Levy talk evictions with David Brand of The Queens Daily Eagle, and assess what the city is doing (and could be doing) to help New Yorkers that face losing their home as a consequence of Coronavirus. On Thursday, March 12, Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency for […]