Nick Pinto
@nickpinto.bsky.social
Co-founder @hellgatenyc.com. Writing about cops, courts, jails, prisons and NYC. You may have known me on Twitter as @macfathom. nick [at] hellgatenyc dot com. On Signal at NickPinto.11
As a person persuaded that an unransacked and financially stable news media is a necessary requirement for a healthy society, this thread makes me see red.
These fucking sociopaths, ripping out the foundations of our home in broad daylight so they can sell the rebar. Hell is not hot enough.
These fucking sociopaths, ripping out the foundations of our home in broad daylight so they can sell the rebar. Hell is not hot enough.
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
As a person persuaded that an unransacked and financially stable news media is a necessary requirement for a healthy society, this thread makes me see red.
These fucking sociopaths, ripping out the foundations of our home in broad daylight so they can sell the rebar. Hell is not hot enough.
These fucking sociopaths, ripping out the foundations of our home in broad daylight so they can sell the rebar. Hell is not hot enough.
The NYPD has long been on notice that its Community Response Teams are responsible for disturbing levels of unlawful policing.
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
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As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
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September 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The NYPD has long been on notice that its Community Response Teams are responsible for disturbing levels of unlawful policing.
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
Just insanely amped and adrenalized by the New York City Council livestream hold music that I have been listening to for the last half hour. Ready to run through walls.
September 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Just insanely amped and adrenalized by the New York City Council livestream hold music that I have been listening to for the last half hour. Ready to run through walls.
Worth the wait!
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social has finally published their footage of Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn hiding under a tablecloth while leading reporters on a crazed chase through a golf course on a fine summer night.
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@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social has finally published their footage of Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn hiding under a tablecloth while leading reporters on a crazed chase through a golf course on a fine summer night.
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September 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Worth the wait!
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social has finally published their footage of Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn hiding under a tablecloth while leading reporters on a crazed chase through a golf course on a fine summer night.
ny1.com/nyc/brooklyn...
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social has finally published their footage of Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn hiding under a tablecloth while leading reporters on a crazed chase through a golf course on a fine summer night.
ny1.com/nyc/brooklyn...
A reminder that a year before stadium-owning billionaires kicked Macklemore off a tour over his advocacy for Palestinian rights, public officials in NYC shut down a Kehlani SummerStage concert for the same reason.
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How Randy Mastro Killed the Kehlani SummerStage Concert—And a Whole Lot More
With Mayor Adams thinking about his next act, the former first deputy mayor to Rudy Giuliani is now "guiding every conceivable aspect of this administration."
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September 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
A reminder that a year before stadium-owning billionaires kicked Macklemore off a tour over his advocacy for Palestinian rights, public officials in NYC shut down a Kehlani SummerStage concert for the same reason.
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I have read a lot of Caldecott Medal recipients in my day and most were pretty good but the 1972 winner looks like a banger.
September 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I have read a lot of Caldecott Medal recipients in my day and most were pretty good but the 1972 winner looks like a banger.
Hold up, NYTimes—You're telling me that these people are *receiving communications from the administration describing its endeavors and achievements*? And when they cover the administration, they stand to profit, *monetizing that coverage through advertising*?
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September 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Hold up, NYTimes—You're telling me that these people are *receiving communications from the administration describing its endeavors and achievements*? And when they cover the administration, they stand to profit, *monetizing that coverage through advertising*?
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/n...
I had the idea a couple weeks ago that someone should start putting up fake 7souls pieces that start out as a tonal match and then, over weeks, get progressively more politically pointed, until eventually its like “what if we kissed in the blood-gutters of the guillotine —@7soulsdeep”
The work of New York City native and street poet @7SoulsDeep is nothing if not polarizing. It cleaves its audience into two camps: People who have clapped when their plane landed, and everyone else.
We know where we stand.
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We know where we stand.
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September 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I had the idea a couple weeks ago that someone should start putting up fake 7souls pieces that start out as a tonal match and then, over weeks, get progressively more politically pointed, until eventually its like “what if we kissed in the blood-gutters of the guillotine —@7soulsdeep”
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Who does the New York Times quote—and not quote—when it writes about Zohran Mamdani, Israel, and antisemitism? We crunched some numbers.
August 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Who does the New York Times quote—and not quote—when it writes about Zohran Mamdani, Israel, and antisemitism? We crunched some numbers.
We have achieved the singularity: Google's AI understands Roger Knifeback better than most of @hellgatenyc.com's human readers.
August 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
We have achieved the singularity: Google's AI understands Roger Knifeback better than most of @hellgatenyc.com's human readers.
What's new in the niche collector's market of NYPD challenge coins now that NYC has elected our first Muslim mayor?
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NYPD Challenge Coins: Islamophobia Edition
New York City has a Muslim mayor, and the world of NYPD collectables is as putrid as ever.
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August 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
What's new in the niche collector's market of NYPD challenge coins now that NYC has elected our first Muslim mayor?
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-challen...
hellgatenyc.com/nypd-challen...
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I asked former BK Dems chair Frank Seddio about the fact that prominent Democrats (from Hakeem Jeffries to Chuck Schumer to Kathy Hochul to Zohran Mamdani) had slammed last night's rule changes as an attempt to undermine voters. His response? "Where are they?"
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August 26, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I asked former BK Dems chair Frank Seddio about the fact that prominent Democrats (from Hakeem Jeffries to Chuck Schumer to Kathy Hochul to Zohran Mamdani) had slammed last night's rule changes as an attempt to undermine voters. His response? "Where are they?"
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LOL at an interview transcript revealing the NYTimes fairly begging Kathy Hochul to validate the Mamdani-spurs-antisemitism angle they've been flogging for months:
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The New York Times Sure Wanted Kathy Hochul to Say Something About Zohran Mamdani and Antisemitism
The Times ran a story headlined "Hochul’s Advice for Mamdani: Focus on New York City," and outlined their disagreements on Israel. A behind-the-scenes look raises questions about that framing.
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August 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
LOL at an interview transcript revealing the NYTimes fairly begging Kathy Hochul to validate the Mamdani-spurs-antisemitism angle they've been flogging for months:
hellgatenyc.com/kathy-hochul...
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Lord bless this mess.
Exclusive: Reformers within the Brooklyn Democratic Party are suing the party's chair, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, to stop her from executing her plan to reshape the party's leadership in order to hang on to power.
August 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Lord bless this mess.
Saving this message from a Québécois clothes dryer for future commemoration of personal and professional achievements and also to comment on political horrors with weary knowingness.
August 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Saving this message from a Québécois clothes dryer for future commemoration of personal and professional achievements and also to comment on political horrors with weary knowingness.
Philanthropic Foundations Do Not Constitute a Stable Foundation for Journalism vol. MMCMLVII www.cjr.org/analysis/mov...
Political attacks and funders’ retrenchment have put movement journalism at serious risk.
Movement journalism has been a source of hope. But political attacks and funders’ retrenchment have put it at serious risk.
www.cjr.org
August 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Philanthropic Foundations Do Not Constitute a Stable Foundation for Journalism vol. MMCMLVII www.cjr.org/analysis/mov...
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New York is trying to sue the popular prediction market out of existence. Kalshi says we're leaving an impossibly large amount of tax revenue on the table.
But how exactly are they getting to $10 billion?
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But how exactly are they getting to $10 billion?
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August 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
New York is trying to sue the popular prediction market out of existence. Kalshi says we're leaving an impossibly large amount of tax revenue on the table.
But how exactly are they getting to $10 billion?
hellgatenyc.com/kalshi-10-bi...
But how exactly are they getting to $10 billion?
hellgatenyc.com/kalshi-10-bi...
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This memo is factually inaccurate. Bloomberg peer @hellgatenyc.com continues to cover 100% of employees' healthcare premiums, as any company with sufficient revenue should until the day this country recognizes that health care is a human right.
August 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
This memo is factually inaccurate. Bloomberg peer @hellgatenyc.com continues to cover 100% of employees' healthcare premiums, as any company with sufficient revenue should until the day this country recognizes that health care is a human right.
Seeking reader input.
August 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Seeking reader input.
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One of my top goals this week has been getting one of my parents friends to make Hell Gate one of their primary sources for local NYC news lol
Two of the plaintiff's in Randy Mastro's pied-à-terre tax lawsuit are the family members of Staten Island lawmaker Frank Morano.
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August 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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I need to change the way I use this platform so it's not just a shotgun blast to the face everyday of rage and despair. One idea I had is to create more Lists — I'm building one of worker-owned newsrooms, who should I add? Already have @racketmn.com @hellgatenyc.com @weareravenous.com @defector.com
August 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I need to change the way I use this platform so it's not just a shotgun blast to the face everyday of rage and despair. One idea I had is to create more Lists — I'm building one of worker-owned newsrooms, who should I add? Already have @racketmn.com @hellgatenyc.com @weareravenous.com @defector.com
Tapping the sign...
Chris is right! Lanyard clutching is always a bad look for reporters.
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August 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Tapping the sign...