nyc Queens' next District Attorney is a queer, latinx Democratic Socialist who ran on a platform of "de-carceration" Cory Doctorow
security After elderly tenant was locked in his apartment by his landlord's stupid "smart lock," tenants win right to use actual keys to enter their homes Cory Doctorow
events To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: "The Bigot in the Machine," a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney's Cory Doctorow
privacy New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Albert Fox Cahn
late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow
elections Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is preparing for New York's establishment Dems to eliminate her district Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's NYC digs being built on land that would have been used for low-income housing Seamus Bellamy
labor Competitive book-sorting event pits New York library workers against Washington State's Cory Doctorow
happy mutants You can request hand-crafted reading-list recommendations from the Brooklyn public library online Cory Doctorow
News 'AN ACT OF TERROR' — Packages sent to 7+ targets, CNN, Obamas, Clintons, Soros, Cuomo, Holder, Maxine Waters Xeni Jardin
videos Help crowdfund the Harlem Cryptoparty and 100 unlimited, privacy-protecting wifi hotspots for Puerto Rico Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Machine-learning-based image classifier can tell when the bus and bike-lanes are illegally obstructed Cory Doctorow
Business After Airbnb hosts converted New York's available housing stock to unlicensed hotel rooms, rents soared Cory Doctorow
