Max Rivlin-Nadler
Articles by Max Rivlin-Nadler
Max Rivlin-Nadler has been a contributor to Gothamist since 2013. He has also reported for the New York Times, NPR, and The Intercept. His years-long investigation into New York City's arcane civil forfeiture laws led to a series of reforms which altered a practice that had been taking millions from poor communities for decades. Recently, he brought back a surfing habit from a few years on the west coast, and would love to see you all out in the Rockaways.
The Riders Alliance issued a plan meant to focus the city’s subway safety response on root causes.
“There’s near universal consensus that mass transit access to LaGuardia Airport has to be improved, the question remains what is the best way to do it," an official from the Port Authority said.
On Sunday afternoon, more than a hundred locals gathered to demand that the former P.S. 64 in the East Village be turned back into a community center.
Some city residents have seen their Con Ed bill double or even triple as compared to the previous month.
"These bodegas are facing the ultimate threat from these 15-minute delivery apps,” said Christopher Marte, the new City Council member for the Lower East Side.
The increasing COVID cases are causing both staff and student absences.
Before the pandemic, the Bronx only had fifty permitted outdoor dining spaces. Under the emergency program, more than 650 restaurants had expanded their dining space outside.
WNYC/Gothamist fanned across the city for thoughts on de Blasio's successes and failures.
Under guidelines currently being drafted, outdoor dining structures must be easy to disassemble, moveable to allow snow removal and utility work, and not be enclosed. On top of that, restaurants will have to begin paying fees to use public space for the structures.
Over the next coming weeks, Adams will begin to hire a staff and appoint commissioners, giving some indication as to what kind of mayor he intends to be.
“Sometimes [Bike Kill] feels like the apocalypse, and you’re about to watch someone die, and other times it’s like ‘people should bring their kids to this.'"
'So much of what they presented in these documents is just preposterous.'
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