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I don’t care how many people talk about “grit” or “energy.” I don’t care about the history or the romance of a city. “Grit” won’t generate the money needed to pay garbage collectors, or teachers, or healthcare workers. People said to me, “Why don’t you focus on solutions instead of just writing that NYC is […]

In 2015, someone asked me, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”  I can’t remember my answer but I can tell you one thing for sure about how I answered: I was wrong.  In 2010 the iPad came out and Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his children use it for fear it would be too […]

I want to put to rest all of the controversy around my recent article “NYC Is Dead Forever… Here’s Why.” Two weeks ago, I wrote a viral essay on LinkedIn, which said that due to the coronavirus’s devastating effect on the city, NYC as we know it is dead, forever. A few days later, I […]

[Editor’s note: As many of you might have heard by now, I accidentally pissed off Jerry Seinfeld earlier this week… Well, I recently came across this article about the subject. This is being reprinted from Matt Tillotson’s excellent blog. An unfortunate and painful but also unusual writing lesson. Painful for me, I have to say, […]

It’s not easy. But they are there. Up to 50% or more. For several years I lived just in Airbnbs. I lived in every neighborhood of NYC. I would live for a few days or a month or a few months. I owned no furniture. And I was probably depressed. I didn’t want to settle […]

This article originally ran in the opinion section of The New York Post. I’ve gotten more death threats in the past week than probably the average politician does — all because I wrote a column for The Post with the online headline “NYC Is Dead Forever: Here’s Why.” I presented facts. Plus, I told the […]

A New 30-Day Book Challenge Is Here! When I launched the first 30-day book challenge, I got a lot of great feedback. So I decided to keep doing it. If you do any of these challenges, I will retweet and talk about your book.  Read the show notes of the episode here. Jevon “JT” McCormick: […]