Today in 1938: #OTD The Daily Worker calls WNYC 'the people's radio station.' and says, 'it points the way to the breaking of the monopoly under which radio is staggering.'

Listen to Sam's radio feature here wnyc.org/story/greenpoi…

“According to an email obtained by Gothamist, the city’s human resources department waited until noon to let city employees know that their agencies may in some cases allow them to work from home.” gothamist.com/news/living-un…

Beautifully told radio story from Karen Yi on an important issue nationally. Give it a listen wnyc.org/story/even-ami…

A deep dive from the great Bianca and Laura Beil into the role a powerful New York institution played in protecting a man who has been accused of sexual abuse by 200+ patients.

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Big scoop from Michelle Bocanegra on a consequential legal case involving NYC ACS

A parent who accused ACS of separating her from her newborn son over her marijuana use — and her race — is getting a payment from the city.

The judgment is believed to be the first of its kind since the drug was legalized in NYS. gothamist.com/news/nyc-child…

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NEW form Michelle Bocanegra: NYC children's services agency to settle with parent allegedly targeted for marijuana, race gothamist.com/news/nyc-child… via @gothamist

'We specialize in affordable housing. That’s who our clients are. So why is it that building being segregated, or my word, ‘redlined,’ because there’s Section 8 in the building?'

Read David Brand's banger of an investigation here: gothamist.com/news/insurance…

“But with Salaam’s win, Wright and his son have shown that the family, once at the center of Harlem politics, still has a lot of juice.” Great story by Michelle Bocanegra gothamist.com/news/harlem-sh…

Harlem shake-up: How a Council upset returned Keith Wright from ‘the wilderness’ Michelle Bocanegra reports gothamist.com/news/harlem-sh… via @gothamist

'It takes a serious effort from a candidate to get people to go into the booth and choose a name that is not necessarily one of the usual suspects for office.' Prescient words 1mo to the 9th District Primary from Pastor Mike Walrond, who later endorsed Salaam

Subtle.
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New from Bahar Ostadan: More than 1,000 NYC shelter beds, hundreds of rooms empty as Mayor Adams moves to curb right-to-shelter gothamist.com/news/more-than… via @gothamist

SCOOP: Mayor Eric Adams has reversed the move to house migrants in school gyms a day after uproar at schools across Brooklyn.

Outside P.S. 188 this morning, migrants were loaded onto buses headed to an undisclosed location in Manhattan.

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Current state of NY budget negotiations.

.Joe Anuta asks a very basic and fair question of Deputy Mayor Phil Banks: What's his role in the administration and why is he the best fit to discuss public safety instead of the commissioner? Banks says it's not a question and refuses to answer.

Shannon is among the best of the best covering healthcare in New York, a journalist with steely integrity and a good friend. Excited to see what she and Amanda Eisenberg will do together next.