Gothamist

@Gothamist1.2M followers

Everything you need to know about New York City, powered by the @wnyc newsroom. Get Gothamist in your inbox:

Open on X

Top outlier

48.1×

Best organic post

Peak views

Single post

Bookmarks

7.3k

Across 94 organic posts

Last scan

Oct 16

Community cache

Posts 94 posts

#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Views	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Jun 17, '25	Zohran Mamdani hires more security, citing 'new level' of threats in NYC mayor's race	48.1×	2M	1.8k	151	142
2	Mar 27, '25	A new documentary about the 2024 student protests at Columbia University, narrated by activist and recent graduate Mahmoud Khalil, has bumped up its release date by months in respo	47.9×	2M	4.5k	725	604
3	Jun 27, '24	NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays	45.9×	1.9M	8.4k	1.8k	167
4	Jun 19, '20	Bronx residents say they discovered multiples nooses hanging from trees in Van Cortlandt Park on Thursday night. The NYPD declined to open an investigation, claiming the knots were	37.4×	0	11k	7.4k	390
5	Mar 22, '23	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday met with organizers of Stand Up to Violence, a first-of-its-kind program in New York that has shown a nearly 60% reduction in gunshot injur	36×	1.5M	1.9k	240	43
6	Jan 31, '25	Early Addition: It appears rats can chew through the new trash cans	33.7×	1.4M	1.4k	151	130
7	Aug 25, '23	The NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of pedestrians since Mayor Adams took office — claiming someone “fit a relevant description” or "other." Just 5% were white — an even starker	26.6×	1.1M	2.5k	1.1k	146
8	Jun 20, '24	Library officials are blaming the air conditioning problems on $750,000 in deferred maintenance costs exacerbated by Mayor Eric Adams’ recent budget reductions, and warn that more	26×	1.1M	2k	625	70
9	Jun 26, '25	Mayor Adams hired campaign consultant accused of strangling girlfriend in SoHo hotel	24.6×	1M	2.2k	449	227
10	May 22, '19	BTS Takes New York: How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Join The BTS ARMY @BTS_twt #BTSARMY	23.2×	0	16k	3.8k	180
11	Aug 26, '23	A new report argues that it costs an average of $383 a night to house a family in a shelter or hotel, but only $72 a night if that family is placed in a two-bedroom apartment using	22.3×	945k	2.6k	708	184
12	Apr 22, '25	4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'	18.4×	781k	1.5k	555	233
13	Sep 24, '25	DOJ statements about Luigi Mangione appear to break court rules, judge says	18.3×	776k	1.3k	107	106
14	Oct 29, '24	NYC law used to shutter unlicensed weed bodegas is unconstitutional, judge rules	18.3×	776k	999	188	102
15	Oct 27, '24	NYC won’t issue permits for new street fairs due to NYPD overtime costs	14.8×	626k	765	231	129
16	Apr 8, '25	A Brooklyn school backed by Jay-Z said students could graduate debt-free. Now they're buried in it.	13.5×	570k	1.3k	554	497
17	Dec 15, '22	Nobody: Mayor Eric Adams: The rats may be listening	13.2×	560k	1.5k	349	170
18	Jun 20, '24	After budget cuts, NYC's libraries can't fix broken air conditioners amid heat wave	12.3×	520k	950	378	48
19	Aug 21, '23	More than 13,000 rent-stabilized apartments in New York City have sat empty for the past two years, according to a new review of state data. (1/3)	11.9×	505k	776	394	87
20	May 14, '19	The BTS ARMY Has Been Camping Out Near Central Park Since Last Week To See K-Pop Sensation #BTSArmy #BTS	11.7×	0	7.3k	2.2k	50
21	Jan 8, '23	The new Queens compost program has collected more than 12.7 million pounds of organic waste in just three months, proving that New Yorkers are eager to participate in the environme	11.5×	488k	793	94	18
22	Feb 8, '24	New York City could offer free transit fares to more than 760,000 low-income seniors and people with disabilities for $67 million a year, according to a report by the city Independ	11×	464k	634	160	28
23	Nov 12, '24	Man admits he lied when he told NYPD that Jordan Neely tried to hit him on the F train	10.2×	433k	1.3k	524	207
24	Aug 10, '15	. @TheRyanAdams Is Covering @taylorswift13's 1989 Album & It's Beautiful	9.6×	0	5.8k	2k	0
25	Dec 23, '22	Mayor Adams has been nowhere to be found as parts of the city flooded and New Yorkers brace for high winds, freezing weather, and icy road conditions.	9.1×	384k	744	216	25
26	Jan 19, '21	At least two people were hospitalized and 29 protesters were arrested in the NYPD's crackdown on an MLK Day march Monday night. The aggressive show of force comes one month after M	8.4×	0	3.5k	1.8k	85
27	May 11, '25	NYC won't see a sunset before 8 p.m. for next 3 months	7.5×	317k	1.9k	223	65
28	Mar 22, '24	Mayor Adams: New York City is the ___ of America	6.8×	287k	1.9k	312	668
29	Jun 23, '25	Nearly a quarter of NYC’s early voters hadn’t voted in a Democratic primary since 2012	6.5×	273k	1.2k	171	62
30	Feb 23, '18	The amazing news is true—Gothamist is returning!	6.4×	0	3.9k	899	0
31	Sep 21, '20	Union Square's Giant Metronome Is Now A Climate Crisis Countdown Clock	5.8×	0	1.8k	671	62
32	Apr 8, '25	NYC seizes negligent landord's building for first time in 7 years	5.8×	247k	910	160	94
33	Jul 4, '24	NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck	5.7×	240k	1.4k	796	249
34	Dec 9, '22	New York City's public libraries may have to cut staff, hours, branches and programming as they face potential multi-million-dollar budget cuts in Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to curtail	5.6×	0	1.6k	841	99
35	Oct 4, '24	Family of bystander shot in Brooklyn subway station files $80M claim against NYC	5.5×	233k	1.3k	263	37
36	Dec 21, '23	NYPD overtime pay for extra officers in the subway went from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million this year, according to city records obtained by Gothamist.	⚡ 5.3×	2.4M	1.6k	726	227
37	Jan 29, '24	Emergency exit gates at three subway stations will soon take 15 seconds to open, MTA officials announced Monday, as part of an effort to crack down on the “super highway of fare ev	⚡ 5.0×	4.1M	949	164	189
38	Mar 24, '25	Mamdani maxes out fundraising for NYC mayoral primary, campaign says	4.7×	199k	2k	172	62
39	May 24, '23	Caught on tape, NYPD officers disparaged an arrested woman as a “liberal c--t" before saying, “maybe that 18 hours that you spend on that f-----g cage in the back will change your	4.5×	192k	1.1k	459	55
40	Apr 20, '18	Michael Cohen Gets The Crappy Subway Ads He Deserves (and we spoke with the person behind them, who says there's more to come) (Help #BringBackGothamist here )	4.5×	0	2k	991	6
41	Jul 17, '24	NYC to Boston in 100 minutes: a high-speed train proposal picks up steam	4.4×	186k	775	83	42
42	Sep 19, '23	An influx of more than 100,000 migrants into New York City isn't unprecedented. Ellis Island processed 100,000 immigrants in just a single month in April 1907. Between 1996 and 200	4.1×	173k	637	258	39
43	Feb 5, '20	BTS Art Project Brings Giant Aluminum Tube Sculpture To Brooklyn Bridge Park @BTS_twt #BTS @bbpnyc	3.8×	0	2.3k	790	37
44	Mar 19, '24	New York pharmacists can now dispense a year’s supply of birth control without a prescription to anyone in the state — including people who travel to New York from other states. Re	3.5×	149k	740	231	38
45	Dec 22, '23	Mayor Eric Adams told at least one member of the City Council he would restore cuts to their favorite programs if they agreed to vote against a police transparency bill the mayor a	3.5×	148k	772	414	61
46	Jan 7, '21	Trump Fur-Ever: Costumed Capitol Rioter Is Son Of Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge	3.2×	0	1.2k	706	44
47	Jan 24, '17	Badlands National Park Has Gone Totally Rogue And Started Tweeting Climate Facts	3.2×	0	1.3k	793	0
48	May 1, '20	Thousands Of NYC Tenants Kick Off Historic Rent Strike, Distressing Landlords	3.1×	0	1.8k	565	15
49	Oct 22, '19	'We Hope It Ends': Tourists Flood The 'Joker Stairs,' Frustrating Locals	2.8×	0	1.5k	363	35
50	Nov 1, '24	The New York City Council is poised to pass a law that would allow most tenants to avoid paying thousands of dollars in broker fees when renting a home, according to the bill’s spo	2.7×	115k	928	138	44
51	Jul 23, '20	Videos: Intense Thunderstorms Unleash Purple Lightning On NYC, Statue Of Liberty	2.7×	0	1.4k	256	41
52	Sep 4, '20	UPDATE: The NYPD has interviewed the driver and five passengers inside the car that rammed marchers on Thursday, one of the counter-protesters told Gothamist. All were released wit	2.7×	0	700	651	41
53	Jan 9, '24	New York City residents overwhelmingly say they support the right-to-shelter mandate requiring the city to provide shelter to anyone in need, according to a new poll.	2.7×	113k	1.4k	360	48
54	Dec 20, '20	Cosmic Phenomenon Alert: Jupiter And Saturn Form "Great Conjunction" For First Time In Nearly 400 Years	2.6×	0	1.5k	419	54
55	Dec 26, '18	NYC appears to be empty today.	2.5×	0	1.6k	306	17
56	Oct 5, '21	BREAKING: Federal investigators raided the offices of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, a large NYPD union, on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson says the FBI was carrying out "a	2.3×	0	1.2k	305	29
57	Jan 19, '22	Bronx-born hip-hop star Cardi B will pay the funeral costs for the 17 victims of the January 9th blaze in a high-rise apartment, including repatriation costs for victims whose rema	2.3×	0	1.5k	291	21
58	Dec 31, '19	'It's The Center Of The Universe': Revelers Explain Why They're Camping Out In Times Square For New Year's Eve (And #BTS)	2.3×	0	1.3k	478	24
59	Feb 25, '20	BTS rode the NYC subway for the first time—and shut down Grand Central Terminal for a special Tonight Show performance 💜 #bts #btsarmy	2.2×	0	1.2k	457	23
60	Apr 7, '20	Staggering Surge Of NYers Dying In Their Homes Suggests City Is Undercounting Coronavirus Fatalities	2.1×	0	771	513	24
61	Jan 28, '17	Cuomo orders Port Authority to assist detainees at New York airports as crowd at JFK continues to grow	2.0×	0	766	574	0
62	Oct 5, '18	Photos: All The Best Cosplay On Comic Con 2018's Opening Day #NYCC18	2.0×	0	1k	465	6
63	Mar 29, '20	An Emergency Field Hospital Is Going Up In Central Park As Coronavirus Cases Surge In NYC	1.9×	0	743	440	21
64	Apr 10, '24	The MTA denied Muslim bus drivers a day off for Eid. They might walk off the job.	1.9×	80k	1.1k	335	41
65	Mar 1, '19	Feline Good Photos Of Stolen Bodega Kitten, Reunited With 10-Year-Old Boy	1.8×	0	1.4k	175	2
66	May 19, '25	NYC plans 'busway' for 34th Street that would ban most car traffic	1.7×	74k	986	66	38
67	Apr 3, '25	An estimated 500,000 New Yorkers suffer from COVID’s lingering effects, with 1 in 5 saying the condition significantly limits their activities.	1.7×	73k	783	323	191
68	Jun 22, '20	Officers Who Police Union Falsely Claimed Were "Poisoned" By Shake Shack Reportedly Never Had Symptoms	1.7×	0	593	346	18
69	Apr 30, '25	Zohran Mamdani wants to use empty subway retail to help homeless New Yorkers	⚡ 1.6×	1.1M	727	85	103
70	Jan 13, '25	43K fewer drivers on Manhattan roads after congestion pricing turned on, MTA says	1.6×	68k	705	107	39
71	Jan 27, '21	Hot owl alert	1.5×	0	1.1k	178	13
72	Feb 23, '17	Depeche Mode Responds To Richard Spencer: We Do Not Support The Alt-Right	1.5×	0	543	384	1
73	Aug 12, '25	Housing experts say Andrew Cuomo's proposal would create a bureaucratic nightmare:	1.5×	63k	1.1k	137	20
74	Apr 8, '21	Behold Yayoi Kusama's Spectacular Takeover Of The New York Botanical Garden	1.4×	0	855	251	15
75	May 31, '25	New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams received more than $2 million in matching funds Friday, giving her mayoral campaign a vital infusion of cash that arrived in part thank	1.4×	60k	1.1k	96	23
76	May 28, '20	George Floyd Protest In Union Square Met With "Aggressive" NYPD Response, Multiple Arrests	1.4×	0	659	300	19
77	Apr 14, '20	This week, one New Yorker got on his fire escape, plugged in, and paid homage to Jimi Hendrix during the 7 p.m. cheer. Today, we're told Hendrix's sister Janie reached out to say s	1.3×	0	754	238	9
78	Nov 8, '18	Thousands of protesters are expected to meet in Times Square on Thursday night, then march down 7th Avenue in opposition to President Trump's interference in the Russia probe	1.3×	0	832	188	3
79	Jan 12, '21	Aaron Mostofsky, the son of a Brooklyn judge who participated in the U.S. Capitol insurrection, was arrested on Tuesday. Photos show FBI agents seizing fur pelts from the Midwood h	1.3×	0	707	159	15
80	Mar 12, '25	New York City has about 600 secret parks, oases, plazas, courtyards, rooftop gardens and other patches of greenery. Here's how to find them.	1.3×	53k	756	120	382
81	Nov 9, '15	Video: Mechanized Pizza Rat Prank Scares New Yorkers	1.2×	0	748	235	0
82	Nov 18, '20	Adorable, Ominous Owl Found Tucked Into Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree	1.2×	0	642	143	14
83	Apr 24, '21	Monster Truck Carries Coffin In Biker Caravan To DMX’s Memorial At Barclays Center	1.1×	0	644	177	16
84	Jul 30, '24	Lander, a 55-year-old resident of Park Slope, Brooklyn, becomes the first candidate to formally announce that he will try to derail Adams from a second term, a rare challenge of an	1.1×	45k	735	103	27
85	May 31, '25	Mamdani ranks first in Working Families Party’s picks for NYC mayor	1.1×	45k	1.7k	127	24
86	Jul 22, '21	A black-and-white adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand will launch the 59th New York Film Festival. The film explores an older Macbe	1.1×	0	593	111	26
87	Apr 14, '20	Photos: Rainbow Appears Over NYC As 7 O'Clock Cheer Takes Place	1.0×	0	642	165	10
88	Nov 8, '19	Photos: Inside The Big New Yayoi Kusama Show In Chelsea @davidzwirner	1.0×	0	668	141	27
89	Dec 26, '18	Photos: Spring Street Subway Station Gets Makeshift Bruce @Springsteen Tribute	1.0×	0	730	141	1
90	Jul 17, '20	Progressive Democrat Jamaal Bowman Unseats Longtime Rep In House Primary	1.0×	0	680	149	3
91	Jul 17, '24	NYC lawmaker wants to require landlords to provide air conditioning during the summer	1.0×	43k	650	122	18
92	Jul 21, '25	NY bill would ban ICE and other officers from wearing masks. Here’s what to know.	1.0×	42k	918	152	29
93	Aug 7, '21	More than 250 barbershop and salons across New York and New Jersey are participating in Shots at the Shop, a program where shop owners address vaccine hesitancy, educate clients ab	1.0×	0	693	131	8
94	Feb 24, '22	Carnegie Hall announced prominent Russian conductor Valery Gergiev will not conduct the Vienna Philharmonic this weekend. His close ties to Vladimir Putin threatened to overshadow	0.9×	0	575	154	7
95	Jun 28, '20	A rainbow for Pride! 🌈 (📷: @jenchung)	0.9×	0	664	121	8
96	Jun 21, '21	Now entering its seventh year, the Jacobi program known as Stand Up to Violence is the first of its kind in the state to use a hospital-based approach that treats violence like a d	0.8×	0	625	81	9
97	Sep 18, '24	Family of bystander shot by NYPD at Brooklyn subway stop wants to see body cams	0.8×	33k	718	235	23
98	Jun 5, '25	Rep. AOC endorses Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor's race	0.7×	30k	963	103	7

Scan another creator

Run this on any account.

XOutlier builds this table for every public profile you open on x.com, with live data and every post, not just the top 50.

Add to Chrome Download .zip