Hacker News with Generative AI: New York

Madison Square Garden's surveillance banned this fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG).
Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as CEO Critic (gizmodo.com)
Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Knicks, one of the most storied performance venues in the country, and a surveillance state dystopia.
Uber adds new $10 shuttle rides between JFK Airport and Manhattan (engadget.com)
Uber has new shuttle routes for NYC travelers. Less than six months after launching bus rides between LaGuardia Airport and Manhattan, the company is adding four routes between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Manhattan.
Madison Square Garden's surveillance system banned fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
A concert on Monday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was a special occasion for Frank Miller: his parents’ wedding anniversary. He didn’t end up seeing the show — and before he could even get past security, he was informed that he was in fact banned for life from the venue and all other properties owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG).
A Man Who Went to Fake Prison Also Went to Real Jail (nymag.com)
Last October, William Banks posted on Instagram that he was looking for a subletter: $1,025 a month for eight months in a prewar building in Crown Heights with three roommates. It’s the kind of message that many New Yorkers put out, hoping to cover their rent during an arts residency or a luxurious season of travel.
NYPD sergeant is suspended over 'spying for the Chinese' (dailymail.co.uk)
An NYPD sergeant in the detective bureau is under investigation by the FBI for allegedly spying for the Chinese government, sources exclusively tell DailyMail.com.
NY lawmakers push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent (syracuse.com)
Two New York state lawmakers are pushing to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
Tesla store gets taken over by Musk protesters, 9 people arrested (electrek.co)
A Tesla store in New York City has been taken over by people protesting Elon Musk – disrupting the operations.
Supreme Court rejects ISPs again in latest bid to kill NY's $15 broadband law (arstechnica.com)
The Supreme Court has once again rejected a telecom industry challenge to New York's $15 broadband law.
New York Requires Internet Providers to Offer $15 Plans to Low-Income Residents (highspeedinternet.com)
A New York law went into effect this month that requires big internet providers to offer $15 or $20 internet service to low-income households throughout the state.
NYC's Congestion Pricing Hits Revenue Target, Continues to Prove Doubters Wrong (jalopnik.com)
Data from the first month of New York City's congestion pricing scheme proves that it's still an undisputed success.
A secret poker game you can play on the subway (prfalken.dev)
In the bustling world of urban commuting, where millions of people ride the subway daily, a new and exciting game has emerged: Subway Poker.
The hardest working font in Manhattan (aresluna.org)
US prosecutor in New York resigns after order to drop mayoral case (ft.com)
Gold Is Worth More in New York (bloomberg.com)
Gold Is Worth More in New York
New York Shutting Down Live Bird Markets After Finding Bird Flu (time.com)
On Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in seven markets in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx in the past week.
Andreessen Horowitz stands by decision to hire Daniel Penny (techcrunch.com)
Andreessen Horowitz is defending its decision to hire Daniel Penny, according to an investor memo seen by The New York Times.
Andreessen Horowitz Defends Hiring of Daniel Penny to Its Investors (nytimes.com)
Partners at Andreessen Horowitz, the blue-chip venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, defended to investors their decision to hire Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide last year, according to an internal memo viewed by The New York Times.
NYPD Confidential: Inside America's Most Unconventional Counterterror Squad (vanityfair.com)
On a cloudless September afternoon, I stopped by 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan to see Rebecca Ulam Weiner, an enigmatic figure who occupies one of the most consequential and improbable perches in America’s national security hierarchy.
Officials blame late Section 8 rent payments on federal disarray (gothamist.com)
82,150 Gallons of Paint Later, a Blue Man Group Farewell (nytimes.com)
After 17,800 shows and 82,150 gallons of paint, Blue Man Group is hanging up its bald caps at the Astor Place Theater for good on Sunday.
Cal Newport: What Happened When an Offline Person Tried TikTok (newyorker.com)
In 2013, I wrote a blog post titled “Why I Never Joined Facebook.” Social media had grown so ubiquitous that I felt obligated to justify my abstention; I pointed out that I didn’t need it because it didn’t solve any actual problems in my life.
ISP failed to comply with New York's $15 broadband law–until Ars got involved (arstechnica.com)
When New York's law requiring $15 or $20 broadband plans for people with low incomes took effect last week, Optimum customer William O'Brien tried to sign up for the cheap Internet service.
NY Assembly Bill: Criminal background checks for (nearly all) 3D printers (nysenate.gov)
Relates to criminal history background checks for the purchase of three-dimensional printers capable of creating firearms
AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans (arstechnica.com)
AT&T has stopped offering its 5G home Internet service in New York instead of complying with a new state law that requires ISPs to offer $15 or $20 plans to people with low incomes.
Penn Station Can Handle the Load: New York Is Ready for Through-Running (etany.org)
The recently funded Gateway Program, which centers around building two new rail tunnels under the Hudson to connect New Jersey to Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station, will enable a massive increase in rail passenger traffic. To handle this growth, ETA has continually advocated for through-running trains from New Jersey to Queens and beyond.
New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill (arstechnica.com)
The New York law requiring Internet providers to offer cheap plans to people with low incomes will take effect on Wednesday this week following a multi-year court battle in which the state defeated broadband industry lobby groups.
Subway Stories (subwaystories.nyc)
NY Man Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station for CCP in Manhattan (2024) (justice.gov)
Read the NYPD's Mangione report the media won't publish (kenklippenstein.com)
If you’re a social media user who’s expressed anything other than condemnation for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, counterterrorism authorities might consider you an “extremist.”