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• Research your landlord and building
• Find a local farmer’s market near you

Community

• Find a volunteering opportunity you care about
• 50 small ways to make NYC a better place :)

Local Government

• Who’s your City Councilmember?
• How to find your Community Board
• Check your poll site or voter registration

• The City Reporter* — Independent, nonpartisan local news with NO PAYWALLS! Disclaimer: The City Reporter is a former sponsor of Pigeon Post and we are slightly biased as we’ve been longtime fans.
• HELL GATE* — Local news but written by your smart, sassy friend. Independent, journalist-owned; requires subscription, but worth it!
• The New York Groove* — Great variety of stories around the city, covers a lot of stuff you won’t see anywhere else. Independent, journalist-owned, free but also offers a juicy paid members subscription. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a reader himself, if you care about that.
• Gothamist* — Non-profit newsroom; used to be an independent blog, but now owned by WNYC. NO PAYWALLS!
• City & State NY — All things political in New York, city and state.
• Documented — Independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in NYC. Features news in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Creole/Kreyòl.
• Streetsblog NYC — all things NYC micromobility and alternative transportation, such as walking, biking, and transit.
• City Limits — non-profit newsroom focused on urban life in NYC.
• EV Grieve — legendary blog about what’s happening in the East Village.
• New York Amsterdam News — weekly Black-owned newspaper based in Harlem, started publication in 1909.
• New York Focus — independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on New York state politics. NO PAYWALLS!

While no publication paid to be on this list, * denotes a Pigeon Post favorite. All articles mentioned have been used in a Pigeon Post video.