Terri Gerstein
@terrigerstein.bsky.social
Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative. Workers’ rights lawyer. Sometimes writer. Policy wonk. Former NY labor law enforcer. Mom of 2 ppl taller/smarter than me. Brooklynite.
Someone took issue with me describing NYC as my hometown when I wasn’t born/raised here. Well…
1)i It’s a city of newcomers who become native New Yorkers. Thats what NYC is.
2) I raised 2 humans from birth to adulthood here. I think that’s another way of making someplace your hometown.
1)i It’s a city of newcomers who become native New Yorkers. Thats what NYC is.
2) I raised 2 humans from birth to adulthood here. I think that’s another way of making someplace your hometown.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Someone took issue with me describing NYC as my hometown when I wasn’t born/raised here. Well…
1)i It’s a city of newcomers who become native New Yorkers. Thats what NYC is.
2) I raised 2 humans from birth to adulthood here. I think that’s another way of making someplace your hometown.
1)i It’s a city of newcomers who become native New Yorkers. Thats what NYC is.
2) I raised 2 humans from birth to adulthood here. I think that’s another way of making someplace your hometown.
Bob you were there at the start!
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Bob you were there at the start!
Thank you! I love Colson Whitehead, but haven't read these. Excited to read them. I also just realized that I read the Golem and the Jinni when it first came out and loved it. I hope you're doing well!
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thank you! I love Colson Whitehead, but haven't read these. Excited to read them. I also just realized that I read the Golem and the Jinni when it first came out and loved it. I hope you're doing well!
I'm disappointed in you that you opened the message from them, Veena. 😀
October 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm disappointed in you that you opened the message from them, Veena. 😀
Thank you for pointing this out. Also a question: Isn’t the web homepage more important than the print version these days? (In our household we’re total news junkies, but we get basically all of our news online and barely ever read the print edition)
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you for pointing this out. Also a question: Isn’t the web homepage more important than the print version these days? (In our household we’re total news junkies, but we get basically all of our news online and barely ever read the print edition)
I shared factual information about her record on workers (& only a small fraction of it). I think farmworkers should be able to organize, should get minimum wage & be able to talk w each other about working conditions without being fired for it. I think it’s shameful for a Dem not to support these.
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I shared factual information about her record on workers (& only a small fraction of it). I think farmworkers should be able to organize, should get minimum wage & be able to talk w each other about working conditions without being fired for it. I think it’s shameful for a Dem not to support these.
A strong populist unusually promising Dem candidate has already “appeared” - he announced months ago. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
Can a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator?
Graham Platner, a local veteran, is angling to take on Susan Collins, who may be vulnerable in her 2026 reëlection bid—and is drawing support from both sides of the aisle.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A strong populist unusually promising Dem candidate has already “appeared” - he announced months ago. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...