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Alex Krales
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jmartineznyc.bsky.social
This is very cool. Actually it’s FREEZING!
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From @gwynnefitz.bsky.social and 📸 ace lenswoman 📸 @alexkrales.bsky.social on the
Ice Age beat.
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It’s good stuff as they say in the trade. Check it out, check it out, check it out in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/30/n...
WATCH: This 85-Year-Old Tugboat Is Why You’re Not Freezing Right Now
THE CITY was aboard the Shoofly as it carved through the ice to let barges carrying essential heating fuel make their way up and down Newtown Creek.
www.thecity.nyc
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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thecity.nyc
Some unsheltered New Yorkers who have remained outside told THE CITY this week that they do so by choice, preferring the freedoms of the streets to the curfews and restrictions of the shelter system.

Others say they’ve simply fallen through the gaps.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/30/c...
How Unsheltered New Yorkers Face Down the Cold: ‘It’s Survive or Die’
Some unsheltered New Yorkers say they prefer the freedom of the streets. Others say they have not been asked in.
www.thecity.nyc
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Anti-ICE protesters outside a Hilton in Lower Manhattan, where a group of demonstrators inside the lobby, dozens of NYPD SRG on site, some have entered hotel through a back door.
January 28, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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gwynnefitz.bsky.social
NYPD's Strategic Response Group is on scene, protesters are being walked out of Hilton lobby from back door marched to bus.
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
The long-delayed Manhattan facility, the final piece of the city’s Rikers closure plan, is slated for completion in 2032.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/23/c...
Construction to Start on Chinatown Jail Despite Fierce Community Opposition
The long-delayed Manhattan facility, the final piece of the city’s Rikers closure plan, is slated for completion in 2032.
www.thecity.nyc
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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thecity.nyc
New York City Transit’s fleet for snow and emergency response includes 55 diesel locomotives, 39 crew transport train cars and 10 snow-thrower units.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/23/m...
De-Icing the Third Rail: Vintage Redbirds Among MTA’s Arsenal to Prep for Storm
New York City Transit’s fleet for snow and emergency response includes 55 diesel locomotives, 39 crew transport train cars and 10 snow-thrower units.
www.thecity.nyc
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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thecity.nyc
Construction on the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey is set to grind to a halt by Feb. 6 unless the Trump administration restores federal funding to a mammoth operation that the president “terminated” during the government shutdown last October.

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Key Rail Tunnel Under Hudson Could Derail By Next Week Without Federal Funds
Officials pleaded with President Donald Trump to keep the mammoth public-works project alive.
www.thecity.nyc
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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thecity.nyc
Ingrid Lewis-Martin Accepted Diamond Earrings to Help Developers Dodge Inspections, New Filings Allege
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin Accepted Diamond Earrings to Help Developers Dodge Inspections, New Filings Allege
The filings also reveal that a top buildings department official was concerned that the hotel development Lewis-Martin pushed through was, in fact, unsafe.
www.thecity.nyc
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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"The new filings also expand the laundry list of alleged bribes Lewis-Martin accepted to include a pair of diamond earrings worth $3,000, gifted to her by the two developers she was allegedly helping." — via @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/27/i...
Ingrid Lewis-Martin Accepted Diamond Earrings to Help Developers Dodge Inspections, New Filings Allege
The court documents also reveal that a top buildings department official was concerned that the hotel development Lewis-Martin pushed through was, in fact, unsafe.
www.thecity.nyc
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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reuvenblau.bsky.social
Say it ain't snow! "Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a remote learning day Monday for nearly a million public school students, with up to a foot of snow expected to fall on the city over the weekend." — via @katiehonan.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/25/n...
NYC Schools to Go Remote Monday as Snow Blankets City
Mayor Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels made the pivot Sunday morning as conditions became increasingly hazardous.
www.thecity.nyc
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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"New York City Transit’s fleet for snow and emergency response includes 55 diesel locomotives, 39 crew transport train cars and 10 snow-thrower units."— via @jmartineznyc.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/23/m...
De-Icing the Third Rail: Vintage Redbirds Among MTA’s Arsenal to Prep for Storm
New York City Transit’s fleet for snow and emergency response includes 55 diesel locomotives, 39 crew transport train cars and 10 snow-thrower units.
www.thecity.nyc
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a remote learning day Monday for nearly a million public school students, with up to a foot of snow expected to fall on the city over the weekend.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/25/n...
NYC Schools to Go Remote Monday as Snow Blankets City
Mayor Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels made the pivot Sunday morning as conditions became increasingly hazardous.
www.thecity.nyc
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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jmartineznyc.bsky.social
NOT SEEING RED: Former “Redbird” fixtures on numbered lines now recast as work trains for big snowstorms.

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January 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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thecity.nyc
Sunday's snow storm and the weeklong temperature drop will be first big logistics test of New York’s new mayor.

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Mamdani Says City is ‘Prepared’ as Snowstorm Bears Down
The snowfall, followed by a week of freezing weather, is the first big logistics test of New York’s new mayor.
www.thecity.nyc
January 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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maaaajor photo of our mayor from @alexkrales.bsky.social in which we learn Mamdani is an iced-coffee-in-winter guy

HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!

(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
mayor zohran mamdani smiling and walking while holding a full iced coffee closed up of the iced coffee in his hands
January 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
For snow and ice removal as well as systemwide emergency response, New York City Transit’s fleet includes 55 diesel locomotives and 39 rider cars to transport crews and 10 snow-thrower units deployed to various subway yards.
De-Icing the Third Rail: Vintage Redbirds Among MTA’s Arsenal to Prep for Storm
New York City Transit’s fleet for snow and emergency response includes 55 diesel locomotives, 39 crew transport train cars and 10 snow-thrower units.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
Sorry kids, New York City students will still not have a traditional snow day, no matter how many inches fall. Via Chalkbeat New York
Mamdani Nixes Monday Snow Day
The mayor apologized to students hoping for a day off, saying that classes will be held in-person or remotely as the city must meet the mandated number of instructional days.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
The long-delayed Manhattan facility, the final piece of the city’s Rikers closure plan, is slated for completion in 2032.
Construction to Start on Chinatown Jail Despite Fierce Community Opposition
The long-delayed Manhattan facility, the final piece of the city’s Rikers closure plan, is slated for completion in 2032.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
jmartineznyc.bsky.social
REDBIRDS TAKE FLIGHT AGAIN: Repurposed and repainted yellow, once-distinctive red subway cars will resurface as work trains during projected weekend snowstorm

“Of course, it’s a second life.”

NEW in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/23/m...
De-Icing the Third Rail: Vintage Redbirds Among MTA’s Arsenal to Prep for Storm
New York City Transit’s fleet for snow and emergency response includes 55 diesel locomotives, 39 crew transport train cars and 10 snow-thrower units.
www.thecity.nyc
January 24, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Reposted by Alex Krales
reuvenblau.bsky.social
Construction on the long-delayed Manhattan jail in Chinatown is set to begin, city officials told residents during a heated Zoom meeting Thursday night. The $3.9B facility is the final piece of NYC’s plan to close Rikers Island and it’s expected to open in 2032.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/23/c...
Construction to Start on Chinatown Jail Despite Fierce Community Opposition
The long-delayed Manhattan facility, the final piece of the city’s Rikers closure plan, is slated for completion in 2032.
www.thecity.nyc
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Thousands marching in solidarity with Minneapolis against ICE in NYC. @thecity.nyc
January 23, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
rachelholliday.bsky.social
maaaajor photo of our mayor from @alexkrales.bsky.social in which we learn Mamdani is an iced-coffee-in-winter guy

HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!

(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
mayor zohran mamdani smiling and walking while holding a full iced coffee closed up of the iced coffee in his hands
January 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
An analysis of city inspection data found that almost all gas stations in the city failed at least one inspection in the last two years — mostly for not selling the grade of octane advertised at the pump. W/ NYCity News Service

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/g...
Gaslit at the Pump: Many New York Drivers Pay Premium But Get Regular
Almost every gas station in the city failed at least one inspection in the past two years, records show — mostly for selling fuel with lower-than-advertised octane.
www.thecity.nyc
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Alex Krales
thecity.nyc
Nearly six years after the city’s watchdog warned that the Department of Correction’s paper logbooks were so unreliable they obscured hundreds of violent incidents, jail officials announced Tuesday that they are finally testing a digital replacement.
Paper to Pixels: DOC Tests Digital Logbooks Years After Watchdog Rebuke
The New York City Department of Correction has begun piloting an electronic record system after investigators found handwritten logs masked hundreds of violent incidents.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM