Sophie Downes
@sophiewdownes
editing @nytimes metro desk • previously @inc @fastcoincunion, forever @marooncopydesk • she/her • Roz sun, Niles rising, Daphne Moon
Asked in an interview on NBC4 if he regrets taking free flight upgrades and luxury hotels as outlined in his indictment, Mayor Adams says he has always asked for perks like extra leg room "since I was a kid."
today in fun train (and New Jersey) facts nytimes.com/2025/07/09/nyr…
today, Metro presents one of those projects that can accurately be called "monumental." a (very) long-awaited master class in reporting and writing by @BenWeiserNYT that really does not feel like 4,700 words! gift link: nytimes.com/2025/07/09/nyr…
Special Collections received a donation from a former faculty member of some very beautiful slides from the fall of 1956 at the University of Chicago. Not sure if they’ll get the audience they deserve in a dusty box, so here are some of my favorites—
“Democrats generally come off as scolds these days, and he was a kinetic listener,” Mr. Gaspard added. “People located themselves in the aspiration. People said, ‘Yes, this person is asking the right questions.’” nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyr…
this by @mayaaking and a slate of top photojournalists is one of my favorite bits of mayoral coverage, all of which has been tremendous if I say so myself nytimes.com/2025/06/24/nyr…
this heat is starting to have some spooky effects. the world’s most ancient scrap of duct tape just suddenly fell from the ceiling of my apartment’s entryway, which has no tape but does have this meticulously patched hole that I never asked about because I’m afraid of the answer
*NEW* I talked to Bill de Blasio about Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign. He had a lot to say: nytimes.com/2025/06/13/nyr…
Thanks to @errollouis @BrianLehrer and @katie_honan for a really excellent debate. A lot of light was shed! This is the kind of debate that engages the voters and gives them a reason to care. Well done! #NY1Debate
📢 it is once again Debate Night in America and we are once again LIVE. the second and final Democratic mayoral primary debate starts at 7pm. Metro reporters will provide analysis in real time. follow along: nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1…
“Emotionally, I’m frustrated because I was doing what they supposedly wanted to me to do” by showing up to court, Mr. Castillo said. ICE moved to place him in deportation proceedings on a fast track, a tactic to swiftly expel migrants without hearings. nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyr…
Here are the isolated vocals to the end of God Only Knows. Brian Wilson wrote and produced this at 23 years old
this clip and the clip in the thread are the only bits I remember from any of these movies but I laugh every single time
Evening viewing recommendation? On @criterionchannl, start your summer holiday early with THE TRIP series—playing in both its complete original television presentation and its theatrical cuts! criterionchannel.com/the-trip