# \#new-york-city **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/new-york-city/2378.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [Paging Snake Plisken! Zohran Mamdani Open Forum](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/paging-snake-plisken-zohran-mamdani-open-forum/6111)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [5 September 2026 19:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/paging-snake-plisken-zohran-mamdani-open-forum/6111 "2026-09-05T19:46:04Z")
BREAKING: With Eric Adams dropping out, Zohran Mamdani now has an 83% to win the NYC Mayor Election pic.twitter.com/c5FRZcqVAN — Kalshi (@Kalshi) September 28, 2025 --- ## [Paging Snake Plissken](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/paging-snake-plissken/6005)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [1 August 2025 06:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/paging-snake-plissken/6005 "2025-08-01T06:37:12Z")
Here we comment on the NYC death spiral. --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - The Incorruptibles](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-incorruptibles/4845)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2024 12:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-incorruptibles/4845 "2024-08-18T12:42:57Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [Alvin Bragg vs Trump](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/alvin-bragg-vs-trump/4580)
**Author:** [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [23 April 2024 01:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/alvin-bragg-vs-trump/4580 "2024-04-23T01:31:58Z")
Trump sent money to Cohen to pay Stormy Daniel in 2016. This is at worst a misdemeanor but statute of limitations has expired which is why Alvin elevated to a bogus felony. Why is this a campaign finance violation? … --- ## [The Mad Bomber of New York](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-mad-bomber-of-new-york/4263)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [28 January 2024 18:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-mad-bomber-of-new-york/4263 "2024-01-28T18:24:48Z")
Here is more on George Metesky, the Mad Bomber of New York City. Between 1940 and 1956, Metesky planted at least 33 bombs at public locations around the city, 22 of which exploded, injuring 15 people. He … --- ## [This Week's Book Review - Battle of Ink and Ice](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-battle-of-ink-and-ice/3922)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [31 October 2023 21:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-weeks-book-review-battle-of-ink-and-ice/3922 "2023-10-31T21:05:53Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [What Is the Volume of an Antiprism?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-the-volume-of-an-antiprism/3889)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [21 October 2023 13:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-the-volume-of-an-antiprism/3889 "2023-10-21T13:53:12Z")
The One World Trade Center building in New York City has the shape of a tapering square antiprism. How much volume does it have, compared to a straight prism with rectangular sides? It’s not that easy to… --- ## [Art Deco Details of New York's Chrysler Building](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/art-deco-details-of-new-yorks-chrysler-building/2597)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 January 2023 08:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/art-deco-details-of-new-yorks-chrysler-building/2597 "2023-01-13T08:58:49Z")
--- ## [Steinway Tower—Taking “Pencil Towers” to the Extreme](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/steinway-tower-taking-pencil-towers-to-the-extreme/2529)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 December 2022 13:38 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/steinway-tower-taking-pencil-towers-to-the-extreme/2529 "2022-12-30T13:38:30Z")
The Steinway Tower, located at 111 West 57th Street in New York City, stands 435 metres tall with a width of just 17.91 metres, for a slenderness ratio of around 24:1, the skinniest building in the world at … --- ## [Flying VFR below the Skyscraper Tops in New York City](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/flying-vfr-below-the-skyscraper-tops-in-new-york-city/1678)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2022 15:05 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/flying-vfr-below-the-skyscraper-tops-in-new-york-city/1678 "2022-09-27T15:05:36Z")
This is not one of those flight simulator joy rides: it’s the real thing. There is a corridor of completely uncontrolled airspace that runs right through New York City—the Hudson River Special Flight Rules… --- ## [Pneumatic Tubes for People—New York City's First Subway](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/pneumatic-tubes-for-people-new-york-citys-first-subway/1719)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2022 13:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/pneumatic-tubes-for-people-new-york-citys-first-subway/1719 "2022-07-21T13:31:48Z")
The undoing of Alfred Beach’s pneumatic subway may not have been technological or economic, but rather, as Glenn Reynolds says, that in a New York run by Boss Tweed’s Democrat machine, it offered insuffici…