Tom Robbins
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Ex-Village Voice, The City, Daily News, NY Observer, City Limits, Dover Garage. CUNY Craig Newmark Journalism School. [email protected]
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Joined August 2011
From Stan Mack: A Nightmare for These Times
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The cartoonist offers a drawing in response to a guest essay.
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21 years later, a wrongful conviction in Buffalo ends in largest settlement ever.
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A Buffalo man who spent 21 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned was awarded $28 million by a federal jury in Rochester.
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Blazing-fast image creation – using just your voice. Try Grok Imagine.
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In the puzzling mind of Eric Adams, he can cite David Dinkins in the morning as his role model ("This is the same playbook from David Dinkins. This is no different.") and then tell NYers to read a book by Trump acolyte Kash Patel about in the afternoon.
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In the mayor’s first comments after a judge ordered corruption charges against him dropped, he urged New Yorkers to read a book by the Trump administration’s F.B.I. director.
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The judge:."Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for policy concessions.".
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Read Judge Dale Ho’s decision dismissing the charges against Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, with prejudice.
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Talking with SOFFIYAH ELIJAH of Alliance of Families for Justice about the late great Antonio Yarbough and the crisis in NY's prisons. Deadline NYC - Monday March 17 5PM.@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming
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Talking with SOFFIYAH ELIJAH of Alliance of Families for Justice about the late great Antonio Yarbough and the crisis in NY's prisons. Deadline NYC - Monday March 17 5PM.@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming
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Rerun: A talk from a couple years ago about Hurricane Carter and other wrongful convictions with the late great reporter Selwyn Raab (who, despite his obit, was a very funny man.).Deadline NYC - TODAY - Monday March 10 5PM.@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming
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In Cuomo World, who is the landlord may well matter more than the rent. @DavidFBrand .via @gothamist.
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The former governor lives in a $8,242-a-month two-bedroom apartment formerly occupied by his daughter.
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How Adams Insiders Scored a Traffic Technology Tryout for a Favored Company via @THECITYNY @Gregbsmithnyc.
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A top aide to ex-Deputy Mayor Phil Banks rolled into a high-paying job with BusPatrol after helping the firm get its cameras on board NYC school buses — and in line for a big contract.
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The birth date today of Jim Dwyer, extraordinary journalist, true New Yorker, and marvelous man whose way with words like these is still greatly missed:.via @NYTimes.
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An old woman leaves a pot of food on a rock outside her daughter’s house. A century later, others roll trays of meals to people with Covid-19.
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What Trump’s Big Budget Cuts Could Mean for New York via @THECITYNY @GregDavidonNY.
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Health care, food stamps and housing funds are all especially vulnerable as the city and state prepare their own budgets without clarity on how harsh the blows will be.
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Talking with ace veteran reporter Larry McShane about some real mobsters, unlike the wannabes in the Oval Office. Deadline NYC - TODAY March 3 5PM.@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming
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Talking with ace veteran reporter Larry McShane about some real mobsters, unlike the wannabes in the Oval Office. Deadline NYC - Monday March 3 5PM.@WBAI 99.5FM Streaming
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Andrew Cuomo once founded a nonprofit to help the homeless. Now his first words as a mayoral candidate invokes fear of them. “You feel it when you walk down the street and try not to make eye contact with a mentally ill homeless person,” .via @gothamist.
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The former governor, who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, launched his mayoral bid in a video posted on X.
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In 2023, Eric Adams advisor Frank Carone was asked if any rivals worried him. He said he worried “about someone who we don’t yet know – a black woman who is middle of the road, good on her feet with charisma. She would be a real challenge.”.via @NYTimes.
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Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, created a fund-raising committee in advance of a potential campaign, as allies try to persuade her to run against Mayor Eric Adams and Andrew M. Cuomo.
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In 2023, Frank Carone was asked if he worried about challengers to Eric Adams. He said his only concern was .“someone who we don’t yet know – a black woman who is middle of the road, good on her feet with charisma. She wld be a real challenge.”
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Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, created a fund-raising committee in advance of a potential campaign, as allies try to persuade her to run against Mayor Eric Adams and Andrew M. Cuomo.
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A very different Adams readies a run for mayor: “We have an anti-woman tyrant in the White House, who's creating chaos on a federal level and it's making life less affordable and stable for working families,” via @gothamist.
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With a late start and a crowded field, can the Council speaker’s campaign gain momentum?
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A foreign policy modeled on a Mafia shakedown racket and Meade Esposito’s political machine: You gotta give to get.
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The United States wants to be paid in exchange for helping the country fend off an invader.
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"I asked Menendez for the records of cost overruns and he handed them over to me (!). I had my calculator and I totaled them up, $746,000. I wrote that story. " ./3.
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