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Close(d) Calls:🗽Asylum seekers out of time 🗽 MTA horror story🗽 Housing woes

Close(d) Calls:🗽Asylum seekers out of time 🗽 MTA horror story🗽 Housing woes

Good morning! I come bearing sad news. (Not that I come bearing good news very often, but this is personal). This is your second-to-last newsletter from OptOut New York, as we are having to pause our production for the time being. We will hopefully be back at some point, but funding is as unpredictable as the L train on a Saturday, so...

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Tug of War: Rideshares limit parking spots 🗽Who will the floods hit? 🗽Crumbs behind bars

Tug of War: Rideshares limit parking spots 🗽Who will the floods hit? 🗽Crumbs behind bars

Bulletin board: * New York is stocking up on Misoprostol, an alternative to the abortion pill Mifepristone, following a Texas federal judge’s preliminary ruling that invalidates the FDA approval of the latter. * A “rodent mitigator” is in the house! Kathleen Corradi has become the city’s first-ever rat czar. She is a former...

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Hellraisers: NYPD skull 🗽 Another Trump tantrum 🗽Vendors rise up

Hellraisers: NYPD skull 🗽 Another Trump tantrum 🗽Vendors rise up

Another week, another instance of Donald Trump desperately trying to crawl his way back into the news cycle by inciting panic over Things That Did Not Happen. More on that below, but first, the bulletin board: * Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg received an envelope with white powder following Trump’s tantrum; it was eventually

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Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

Hello, New Yorkers! Welcome back to OptOut New York, the newsletter where I curate the best financially independent news about New York City and state, brought to you by the OptOut Media Foundation. Speaking of which, did you see the OptOut by Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab? (We are here to stay! Be a part of our journey glimpse at our...

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Not an allegory: DeSantis in Staten Island 🗽 Hochul backtracks🗽 Construction workers are dying

Not an allegory: DeSantis in Staten Island 🗽 Hochul backtracks🗽 Construction workers are dying

शुभ प्रभात, New York! We have lots to catch up on: we finally almost had snow—but we got mostly ice instead. Rude. An emaciated alligator showed up in New York and a woman lit a trans flag on fire and then it backfired on her because it was replaced with an even bigger trans flag. BULLETIN BOARD * NYC Uber and Lyft drivers held a...

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Love as resistance:🗽Remembering a COVID victim🗽A new way of thinking about housing🗽Anti-abortion against immigrant women

Love as resistance:🗽Remembering a COVID victim🗽A new way of thinking about housing🗽Anti-abortion against immigrant women

OptOut is holding it first-ever public event next month! On Feb. 27, we are hosting a 2023 kickoff party and fundraiser in Gowanus, Brooklyn. We hope to meet you there! Please you're planning to come, and share this with anyone who'd be interested! OptOut News 2023 Kickoff and Fundraiser Help the OptOut Media Foundation kick off its...

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In absence of home: The asylum seekers camped on the street 🗽 Voices of Rikers’ trans inmates 🗽 Cop cit(ies)

In absence of home: The asylum seekers camped on the street 🗽 Voices of Rikers’ trans inmates 🗽 Cop cit(ies)

OptOut is holding it first-ever public event next month! On Feb. 27, we are hosting a 2023 kickoff party and fundraiser in Gowanus, Brooklyn. I hope to meet you there! Please you're planning to come, and share this with anyone who'd be interested! 🎉 Save the Date: OptOut News Party/Fundraiser in Brooklyn! 🍾 Come to our 2023 kickoff...

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City of Pawns: Taxi Workers’ Fight🗽Remembering the Bronx Fire 🗽Voices From Rikers🗽

City of Pawns: Taxi Workers’ Fight🗽Remembering the Bronx Fire 🗽Voices From Rikers🗽

সুপ্রভাত New Yorkers! We’re back. Happy new year one more time if you’re still doing that. Let’s get right to the best independent news from New York City and state. why are New York’s Uber and Lyft drivers being denied a raise? Because Uber and sued the New York Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) to halt drivers’ pay raise. Following two

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New Year's Nurses Strike 🗽 Airport Wage Theft 🗽 Weed Dispensary Opens

New Year's Nurses Strike 🗽 Airport Wage Theft 🗽 Weed Dispensary Opens

For exclusive OptOut News content, access to our Discord chat community, and more perks, become a recurring donor! Become an OptOut Member 2023, New York! I’m OptOut New York Editor Samira Asma-Sadeque, here to bring you the most important New York updates from the best of independent media. Follow along for all things New York: our...

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New York Strikewave🗽World Cup Celebrations🗽Justice for the Incarcerated

New York Strikewave🗽World Cup Celebrations🗽Justice for the Incarcerated

This is It's Not You, It's the Subway, the newsletter of OptOut New York, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Samira Asma-Sadeque. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple [It’s Not You, It’s The Subway] and Find out more about the app at exclusive OptOut News...

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Adams' Harsh Mental Illness Policy 🗽 Farmers and Food Justice 🗽 New School Faculty Hold the Line 🗽

Adams' Harsh Mental Illness Policy 🗽 Farmers and Food Justice 🗽 New School Faculty Hold the Line 🗽

This is the newsletter of OptOut New York, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Samira Asma-Sadeque. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple [It’s Not You, It’s The Subway] and Find out more about the app at an OptOut OptOut New York Editor Samira Asma-Sadeque,...

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It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

This is the newsletter of OptOut New York, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Samira Asma-Sadeque. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple [It’s Not You, It’s The Subway] and Find out more about the app at depend on your support! Become an OptOut días, New...

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It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

It’s Not You, It’s the Subway

This is the newsletter of OptOut New York, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Samira Asma-Sadeque. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple [It’s Not You, It’s The Subway] and Find out more about the app at an OptOut morning, and welcome to our very first New...

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NYT Blames Workers for Inflation • A Climate Deal • Labor Solidarity

NYT Blames Workers for Inflation • A Climate Deal • Labor Solidarity

This is the newsletter of OptOut, a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices. Find out more about the app at optout.news newsletter is a little different. I'm going to criticize The New York Times on its portrayal of inflation and then round up some coverage of climate and...

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