Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social)

3X Emmy-winning host of @InsideCityHall and #TheBigDeal on @ny1. Columnist @NYMag, Teach @newmarkjschool. Proverbs 3:5. Send tips! [email protected]

[Arpit Gupta @arpitrage]

Amidst a housing crisis, New York City now has **57,421** vacant rent stabilized housing units (out of 1m)

Some is frictional, but this number has been growing rapidly

[Jose Martinez @JMartinezNYC]

NY POLS JUNK MAIL POWER POLL

• Alex Bores: 7
• Micah Lasher: 6
• George Conway: 2
• Anti-Bores: 2
• Jack Schlossberg: 1
• Anti-Lasher: 1

So, you wanna know why I rarely check my mailbox?

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

In appeals court fight over the White House ballroom, DOJ says the federal government could quickly bulldoze the statute of liberty and no one would have standing to sue over the changes once the demolition is done.

[City & State NY @CityAndStateNY]

One of Mamdani’s endorsed congressional candidates cut ties with DSA for promoting a controversial pro-Palestinian rally the day after Hamas attacked Israel. The other candidate attended that rally. https://t.co/mwZYUfxVfL

[Craig McCarthy @createcraig]

Mamdani-backed House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier refused to answer for her past social media posts echoing Putin talking points over the Ukraine war, claiming US bullied Russia into invading.

"I'm not sure about the context of those tweets where they are coming from."

[Rebecca Keegan @ThatRebecca]

I spoke to 11 former colleagues of Nick Bilton's about whether he's qualified to lead 60 Minutes. Their reactions ranged from "Absolutely!" to "Lord no!"

Story linked in thread.

[Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) @errollouis]

The @grahamformaine controversy is what you get when voters decide that blowing up the status quo is a priority.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"Pelley was not uncivil. He didn’t threaten anyone. He didn’t curse or scream. He was professionally disagreeable. Which is basically the job description for journalists. It’s the job description that Weiss herself wrote. She just didn’t mean it."
https://t.co/Xc4ha2iVx3

[Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) @errollouis]

About to discuss the @grahamformaine mess and more on @CNN with @KateBolduan

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Tyler McBrien @TylerMcBrien]

NEW: A stunning new project from @lawfare's Katherine Pompilio finds that 97 Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the Capitol riot then got arrested, charged, and/or convicted with subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population.

Full story: https://t.co/M8Yq5FnL5c

[Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯 @bradhoylman]

Since being sworn in, I've approved every housing proposal that has come across my desk.

The result: over 1,400 homes, including 560 affordable units, are now on track for a speedy groundbreaking.

Manhattan is facing a housing crisis, and I'll continue to support rezonings that deliver much-needed affordable housing across our borough.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Kennedy Center ordered employees to remove President Trump’s name from the performing arts venue, strip all references from signs, brochures, the website and other materials — and to update email signatures and letterhead immediately. https://t.co/1J2FEPH33q

[VoteVets @votevets]

BREAKING: Rep. Pat Ryan just got the House Armed Services Committee UNANIMOUSLY to force Pete Hegseth to explain every senior military firing within the next 5 days. Hegseth has fired 24+ officers without cause or explanation. Even Republicans want answers.

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

On WNYC, Darializa Avila Chevalier says she's not "interested in relitigating the politics" of her resurfaced tweets assailing Democrats, Israel, the police and other people and issues because that's a "politics of the past."

Most of her resurfaced tweets are from 2020 and 2021.

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

Charter Revision Commission time: Mayor Mamdani's "Committee on Government Efficiency" is about to gavel in for its first public meeting.

Some notable names on this commission: Patrick Gaspard (Mamdani adviser), Henry Garrido (DC 37 head) and Ruth Messinger (ex-Manhattan BP).

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

Just a massive change in NYC's power grid this week. Getting almost no attention.

A 350-mile transmission line bringing hydro-electric power from Canada to NYC is now live.

Will provide enough electricity to power 1 million homes, bringing us to 40% renewable energy sources for the five boroughs. At last making up for the loss of Indian Point nuclear power plant, which used to provide 20% of our power.

The Champlain Hudson Power Express took more than 12 years to build. It was a tough political fight. Now we need to win many more fights like this.

[Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) @errollouis]

@TommyBetz1 @EspaillatNY @DarializaforNY @ManhattanTimes Exactly. No Latino/a has ever been elected to a city- or statewide office.

[Errol Louis (@errollouis.bsky.social) @errollouis]

The #NY13 race between @EspaillatNY and @DarializaforNY reflects a range of political, cultural and generational dynamics, says @ManhattanTimes editor Debralee Santos, an indispensable chronicler of NYC’s Dominican community. https://t.co/MneLeCjulE