Christopher Robbins
Editor at Hell Gate
nyc reporter, editor, co-publisher of @HellGateNY / tips & pitches: [email protected] work in @nymag @streetsblognyc formerly @Gothamist @VillageVoice
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6 days ago |
hellgatenyc.com | Christopher Robbins
On Friday afternoon around 4:45 p.m., President Donald Trump's Department of Justice obeyed a court order from the federal judge in the now-dismissed federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams, and dumped more than 1,700 pages of unsealedevidence against Adams and his alleged co-conspirators into the public record.
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3 weeks ago |
hellgatenyc.com | Christopher Robbins
It's a common phenomenon in New York City: You approach an intersection to cross the street, but your vision is blocked by parked cars. So you inch your body—and the stroller you're pushing or the dog you're walking—out into the road to get a clear glimpse, praying that a driver, who cannot see you because of those very same parked cars, isn't barreling into your path.
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3 weeks ago |
hellgatenyc.com | Christopher Robbins
New York City's mandatory residential curbside compositing program is barely two weeks old, but it's already a smashing success. Since April 1, when the Sanitation Department started issuing fines for failing to compost, DSNY has picked up a record-breaking 6.4 million pounds of organic matter.
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1 month ago |
hellgatenyc.com | Christopher Robbins
When we last checked up on the restrooms in Tompkins Square Park in 2022, they were easily some of the worst in New York City. Unspeakable objects bobbed in murky liquids, broken glass was scattered across smeared and chipped tiles, and the smell—opening the rusted, decrepit door to the men's bathroom was like prying loose the Ark of the Covenant. Nearly two years of construction work and $5.6 million later, the Tompkins Square Park bathrooms have been reborn.
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1 month ago |
hellgatenyc.com | Christopher Robbins
One of New York City's most popular and controversial Open Streets has been curtailed this year—but will it be enough to placate the strident opposition? The Canal Street Open Street in the heart of "Dimes Square" will now only be able to run four days a week, Thursday through Sunday, instead of every day of the week, and the season itself, which starts on April 25, will be cut by seven weeks and will end on October 31.
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