Reporter at non-profit news site THE CITY, author of "Made Men: The True Story of the Rise and Fall of a New Jersey Crime Family"https://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lyxg2zfcw22eHe's polling in the single digits but the $ keeps rolling in for Eric Adams from deep-pocket donors with specific asks from City Hall https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/eric-adams-lame-duck-empower-nyc-donors/16 Sep 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxg2zfcw22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lukmyhedz22cFederal immigration flaks repeatedly claim there's nothing to see on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza. Videos and @thecity.nyc data analysis say otherwise. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/video-26-federal-plaza-immigration-ice-dhs-cells/22 Jul 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukmyhedz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3ltk4f7vphc2cEx-Deputy Mayor Phil Banks pushed NYPD to assign a crony with zero financial background to a money laundering unit called "El Dorado." Asked why he wanted the gig, the crony said the unit's name "sounded cool." https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/former-nypd-chiefs-lawsuit-whistleblower/09 Jul 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltk4f7vphc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3ltk3uaqsy22cFacing a spike in inmate population, NYC Corrections come up empty in their request for more beds. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/rikers-island-jail-population-bed-expanision-blocked/09 Jul 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltk3uaqsy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lthhxge56k2qA reality check from @thecity.nyc re: Democratic mayoral nominee Mamdani's "free buses" promise. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/zohran-mamdani-free-bus-program-cost-mta/08 Jul 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthhxge56k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lrsskfup3s2uIndependent expenditure committee backing Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor claims it's a union-backed, but doesn't mention big $$ contribution from DoorDash @clauirizarry.bsky.social https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/dc37-union-adrienne-adams-doordash/17 Jun 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsskfup3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lrgnacbyzs2kCity launches program providing new e-bikes and safety tested lithium-ion batteries to get their untested unsafe batteries that had triggered hundreds of fires and 33 deaths off the street. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/12/e-bike-exchange-deliveristas-batteries-fire-safety/12 Jun 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgnacbyzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lqshb5cmd22uWage theft. Sweatshop conditions. Brooklyn DA files criminal charges against HotHead Grabba owner & managers over dangerous work conditions exposed by THE CITY & @clauirizarry.bsky.social https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/04/brooklyn-da-indictment-hothead-grabba-sweatshop/04 Jun 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqshb5cmd22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lqpico7lp22jThe NYPD's aggressive response to 2020 George Floyd protests against police brutality triggered more than 1,000 complaints of excessive force. Five years later @yoavgonen.bsky.social finds only a handful of cops received any type of serious punishment. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/nypd-excessive-force-discipline-george-floyd-protests/03 Jun 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpico7lp22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lqfvqsb73c2gThe Road to City Hall: Speaker Adams gets some good news from the city Campaign Finance Board. Ex-Gov. Cuomo not so much. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/30/adrienne-adams-campaign-funds-cuomo-mayoral-race/30 May 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfvqsb73c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lqczhvnhms2yYTDAW: MTA set to spend millions more to firm that designed the glitchy OMNY fare payment system that's triggered 100s of complaints. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/mta-omny-ai-chat-support-customer-complaints/29 May 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqczhvnhms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lqczddvbps2yOne of the true stars of the New York City press universe @tommyrobb.bsky.social is gone. Words cannot describe the loss, or what our city will be missing going forward. We at @thecity.nyc did our best to convey his amazing legacy: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/remembering-city-journalist-tom-robbins/29 May 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqczddvbps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lppiz7cluk2bEx-Mayor Bill de Blasio finally agreed to pay the city $320,000 for his misuse of an NYPD detail during his fantasy White House bid. But @thecity.nyc discovers taxpayers are still on the hook: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/de-blasio-suit-city-hall-costs-nyc-taxpayers/21 May 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppiz7cluk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lpoqetdem22yFed documents show how a proxy for the Uzbeki government choreographed straw donations to purchase the legitimacy of the Office of the Mayor to sanitize his human rights-challenged nation. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/eric-adams-uzbekistan-donations/21 May 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoqetdem22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lmx7syzqjc2kInvestigation by @thecity.nyc finds since a big corruption takedown last year NYC Housing Authority has awarded millions of $ in contracts to vendors who admitted bribing dozens of Housing Authority supers https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/nycha-super-bribes-contractors/16 Apr 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmx7syzqjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lma5tliwls24Inside the Looking Glass Alternative Universe of New York City public housing https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/07/wheelchair-nycha-disabilities-accessibilty-lawsuit/07 Apr 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma5tliwls24https://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lltn7pgbl22lJudge tosses NYC Mayor Adams' corruption case, but also charges Trump Justice Department's intervention to aid its immigration deportation campaign "smacks of a bargain." https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/02/mayor-eric-adams-corruption-case-dismissed/02 Apr 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltn7pgbl22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3llhiwqib322aEarly this week Mayor Adams said he was "fighting" to get matching funds denied to his campaign back in December. Three months later THE CITY finds zero evidence of this "fight." https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/28/eric-adams-campaign-finance-matching-funds/28 Mar 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhiwqib322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lkytvdxtic26NEW Another top aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams exits: chief procurement officer Lisa Flores suddenly puts in her papers. Other top aides have hit the road, some after law enforcement inquires, others protesting Adams' deal with Trump re: dismissing his criminal case. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/22/lisa-flores-contract-services-resigned/22 Mar 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkytvdxtic26https://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lksximrtgs23Obscure NYC board controlled by Mayor Adams would have to approve Trump Organization's bid to run Wollman Rink - and confront the company's criminal and civil judgments. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/20/trump-wollman-concession-fraud/20 Mar 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksximrtgs23https://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lksxf4xep223Boro-based jail goal to close Rikers Island by 2027 has a capacity for 4,100. Jail census just surpassed 7,000 for the first time since pre-pandemic. @reuvenblau.bsky.social explains why. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/20/rikers-population-tops-7000/20 Mar 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksxf4xep223https://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lkgbijxmbk2sNEW Trump Organization pushing Mayor Adams' team to operate Wollman Rink after mayor's office blows off $120 million Central Park Conservancy offer to replace and run it. Meanwhile Adams' awaits OK of Trump Justice Department dismissal of his criminal case... https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/15/trump-wollman-rink-eric-adams-central-park/15 Mar 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkgbijxmbk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3li35lrobgs2yNEW The longtime pal Eric Adams put in charge of city leases pushed a brokerage that helps the city on those multi-million $ transactions to assign a friend he called "my broker" to handle those leases. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/13/jesse-hamilton-cushman-boutross/13 Feb 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3li35lrobgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lgq4wmg3is2oTech firm pitching fast charging EV hubs put on fast track after hiring former top aide to NYC Mayor https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/27/gravity-electric-vehicle-chargers-frank-carone/27 Jan 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgq4wmg3is2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lfb6yeq47227After documenting top city election official's sexually inappropriate and racially biased harassment of 2 women staffers, Dept. of Investigation recommends he be fired or resign. City elections board docks him 15 days pay, but keeps him on the payroll. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/08/board-of-elections-michael-ryan-doi/08 Jan 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfb6yeq47227https://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lfay6rd4u22fWill Brooklyn's Gold Coast expand? First came DUMBO, then the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Now comes a plan to reimagine deteriorating waterfront piers with housing & commercial development. But of course, there's a catch. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/08/brooklyn-marine-terminal-red-hook-redevelopment/08 Jan 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfay6rd4u22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3lf6nb2cf6c2yNEW NYC Dept. of Investigation calls on NYC Board of Elections head to resign after accusing him of creating hostile work environment for 2 women staffers https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/07/board-elections-michael-ryan-racial-sexual-remarks/07 Jan 2025 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6nb2cf6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3ldllnzjruk2kNYC Mayor Adams' lawyer today asks the judge in the mayor's bribery/fraud case to move a scheduled Friday court appearance to AFTER Jan. 20th. Not sure if that's at all related to President-elect Trump's musings about maybe pardoning Adams but who knows?18 Dec 2024 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldllnzjruk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3ldlhmcmcvk2mLaw barring sale of volatile e-bike batteries that are NOT safety certified passes Senate w/ support from Sens. Schumer & Gillibrand. https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/18/ebike-battery-sale-ban-congress/18 Dec 2024 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlhmcmcvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social/post/3ldkbetckes2wNEW Eric Adams' team acknowledges it declined to answer certain questions by an oversight panel about 2021 fundraising activities because it would become evidence in his upcoming criminal campaign finance fraud trial https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/17/eric-adams-auditors-ahead-campaign-cash-denial/18 Dec 2024 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:h2uciwpbsc33bifvqsf3spib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkbetckes2w