Matthew Sedacca
@matthewsedacca
I just live here. @curbed @nymag writer. Holler: [email protected]
What do you get when you mix E. Williamsburg factories with 20-somethings? Two decades of indoor skateparks, explosions, rooftop shows, building-wide ragers, hostel rackets, porn studios, bed bugs — and more! My latest Bio of a Building for @NYMag/@Curbed. curbed.com/article/mckibb…
A central window was far, far off-center, as if a toddler had drawn it. “An affront to god,” as one person put it. curbed.com/article/greenp…
New York City received historic rainfall Monday night, with the second-wettest hour on record. And down in the subways, the scene was quite biblical. curbed.com/article/flash-…
My report from Canada on the nation's mass revolt against the United States. Here's what it looks like on the ground when you’ve managed to incense the friendliest people on the planet nymag.com/intelligencer/…
New: Mayor Adams' campaign HQ is in a building owned by SL Green, NYC's largest commercial landlord and one of his biggest donors who has extensive business interests before his admin. The camp's paying SL Green $55/sq foot for the space, the lower range. nydailynews.com/2025/07/14/ada…
“They are all egomaniacal sociopaths,” said one political operative who has worked with Cuomo, Adams and Sliwa. “And to imagine that any of them would step down for the so-called greater good is to pretend that they are three completely different people.” nymag.com/intelligencer/…
NEW: Source close to the Cuomo campaign tells me Andrew Cuomo will mount an independent bid for Mayor Announcement to come this week. Cuomo will urge all candidates except for Mamdani to pledge to drop out of race if they’re not leading in the polls by mid-September @NY1
An NYC rental market vibe check curbed.com/article/fare-a…
Perhaps one of the most Brooklyn stories I've written crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/an…
Colossal Biosciences announced their plans to bring back the tallest bird that ever lived, which has been extinct for nearly 600 years. The giant moa. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
BOMBSHELL suits from former top brass says Mayor Adams' NYPD sold promotions, stole overtime, abused bodycams and promoted unqualified cops into sensitive positions. Those who raised concerns, like former top det. James Essig, were told to take huge demotions - or resign.
An incredible malapropism: “This is why it’s important to have a seat at the table, to see what’s on the menu and to be on the menu,” Daughtry said. “And that’s what the open dialogue between this administration and the federal authorities is all about.” amny.com/immigration/ad…
There’s been plenty of doomsaying about wealthy New Yorkers beelining for Florida after Mamdani’s primary win. But many tell me they’re not buying it: “Anybody that says they are leaving New York ain’t fucking leaving,” one broker said. curbed.com/article/zohran…
Wrote about @ZohranKMamdani's marquee free bus proposal, the pilot that preceded it, and other examples around the world for @Curbed curbed.com/article/zohran…
The important details, really: "There’s a retail center in the middle of the campus, complete with a Wawa, Chick-fil-A, an urgent care and a preschool." therealdeal.com/national/washi…
Cuomo actually wound up w 24k more votes than Adams got in 2021, when he won the final round narrowly. Mamdani just transformed the electorate.
ZOHRAN DEFEATS CUOMO 56-44
Mamdani increased his vote total by nearly 100K, while Cuomo's rose by about 53K
The ranked-choice tabulation is out. Zohran Mamdani 56% Andrew Cuomo 44% On the third ballot.
The post-rezoning development boom has transformed Williamsburg into an outdoor mall, with luxury condos drawing not only 30-somethings in tech and marketing but also their parents. curbed.com/article/willia…
“The city needed to be affordable, his messaging suggested, because that would make it easier to live here, and who wouldn’t want to live here?” nymag.com/intelligencer/…
As Mayor Adams moved to skip the primary and run for re-election as an independent, he hired RFK's petition fixer, Trent Pool, to get on the ballot. Pool faces charges of assaulting his girlfriend in an upscale Manhattan hotel. Adams says he had no idea. gothamist.com/news/mayor-ada…
