In this edition of The Update Journal, I issue what can generously be described as a retraction regarding the St. George Ferry route—though in reality, it’s less an apology and more an admission that I simply did not read the schedule. At all. Turns out the boat does go where it says it goes… when you look. Meanwhile, it’s the final week before Chr…

Today’s Update Journal starts where all modern NYC problems begin: the turnstile. OMNY promised a sleek, futuristic transit experience, but forgot one crucial feature—the emotional honesty of the MetroCard telling you immediately that you’re broke. Now you tap, walk, and find out later via email that you owe the MTA fifteen cents and your dignity. …

In today’s Update Journal, we unpack the 48-hour period where being a Mets fan felt like getting hit by a city bus, backed over by an MTA supervisor, and then charged an extra fare because you “didn’t tap.” Edwin Díaz packed his trumpets for Hollywood, Pete Alonso sailed off to Baltimore like he’s auditioning for a reboot of The Wire, and In-N-Out …

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We've done a lot of episodes throughout our many years of #TheUpdate, but some of them are my personal favorites. Every month, we're going to go into The Update vault and play one episode from my personal list of favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did hosting it.

Today’s Update Journal is brought to you by the three stages of emotional processing: grief, disbelief, and nostalgic reflection. We begin with grief, as Edwin Díaz packs his trumpets and heads for Dodger Stadium—because apparently the winter meetings weren’t chaotic enough without Mets fans curled on the floor whispering “all good things must come…

In The Update Journal, we have brand-new recurring side-series: Great Ideas… On Paper, where we take a fond look back at brilliant concepts that absolutely should have worked — until reality showed up wearing sweatpants and holding a melted McFlurry. Today’s inaugural lesson: McDonald’s All-Day Breakfast. A concept so perfect, so universally belove…

Welcome to December, where everything is changing whether we asked for it or not. The St. George ferry route is taking its final bow in the most New York fashion possible: quietly, awkwardly, and with at least one person yelling, “If it ain’t broke, WHY are we fixing it?” into the cold harbor wind. Meanwhile, inside the halls of government, we’re c…

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we proudly present the “Fare Inspector Era — Part 2,” because nothing says New York quite like a stranger in a reflective vest asking if you tapped your OMNY. Then, in The Last Word, your wallet delivers its annual holiday plea: “Stop. Please.” And finally, because we’re professionals who totally keep track…

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Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Today’s Update Journal is all about wishlists — the ones the city makes, and the ones parents secretly sabotage. On one hand, we’ve got MTA chief Janno Lieber rolling out his 2026 transit wishlist like a kid circling every single toy in the December catalog: more service, better reliability, maybe a miracle or two if the budget elves cooperate. It’…

Today’s Update Journal takes you from the chaos of primetime to the calm glow of midtown. First up: Deal or No Deal: Island of Confusion — the reality show so bewildering that even Howie Mandel couldn’t save it from itself. We break down why the concept never quite added up… and why maybe some classics are better left untouched. Then we pivot from …

Today’s edition is pure New York energy — equal parts drama, confusion, and “did that really just happen?” The Mets have once again treated the Yankees like their own personal lost-and-found bin, reaching in and pulling out Devin Williams like a kid grabbing the last toy on the shelf at Target. Apparently the city now has a baseball transfer portal…

Another winter, another round of “Snow Day Politics,” the annual NYC ritual where logic goes to die. Once upon a time, we stayed up until 1 a.m. refreshing the DOE website like we were waiting to see who got the first pick in the NBA Draft. Then De Blasio came along and declared the snow day extinct, replacing it with remote learning—because nothin…

Today in The Update Journal, we revisit the annual tradition that turns even the bravest among us into rule-writing tyrants: the 2025 Potluck. Yes, it’s that magical time of year when everyone suddenly discovers they have dietary restrictions, allergies, or moral objections to dishes that have existed for centuries. This year, however, I’ve decided…

New York football has officially left the chat… again. The Jets have clinched their annual tradition of heartbreak, the Giants became the first team eliminated from the postseason (because of course they did), and all of us are already Googling “When does baseball season start?” like we didn’t swear off the Mets at least twice last year. Misery tru…

This week on The Update Journal, we’re carving up a holiday trio so wild it makes the Macy’s balloons question whether they should’ve just floated away for good. First up: Marjorie Taylor Greene decides she’s had enough of Congress — or maybe Congress finally had enough of her. Either way, she’s resigning in January, proving once again that sometim…

On the road from American Dream, we learned that even a mall with a ski slope, a theme park, and pretzels priced like luxury items can’t compete with the glory of going home, taking off your shoes, and collapsing like a drained iPhone. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said that he’s “not concerned” his upcoming…

This week in the wild world of The Update, the internet caught a full-blown case of pneumonia after Cloudflare let out the tiniest sneeze — reminding us once again that our entire digital universe is apparently held together with bubble gum and hope. Meanwhile, the MTA promised a bold new era where rear-door boarding might finally become a thing… j…

Tis The Season- For Unaffordability. This Thanksgiving will cost the average American almost $1,000, new research has revealed. That’s according to a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults who celebrate Thanksgiving, split evenly by generation. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, an NYPD cop took a shotgun blast to the face after being ambushed in Br…

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Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Today’s Update Journal is taking you on a rollercoaster — the kind where one minute you’re debating childcare policy and the next you’re suddenly emotional over cranberry sauce. Buckle up. First, we dive into The Childcare Question: the promise, the price tag, and the collective New York skepticism of “Okay… but can we actually do this, or are we a…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Today’s Update Journal delivers a full buffet of stories — and like any good buffet, you’re not sure how these dishes ended up next to each other, but somehow it works. We kick things off with a genuine MTA miracle — yes, you read that right — as the Mamdani proposal inches from pipe dream to possible reality, proving that sometimes transit justice…

On today’s Update Journal, we celebrate Day 44 of the government shutdown finally coming to a close — or at least going on winter break until January, where it will undoubtedly return like an unwelcome Netflix reboot. In the next Mamdani proposal, we dive into “The Public Option for Produce,” the latest idea that sounds promising, confusing, and sl…

Day 43 of the government shutdown, and Congress swears they’re almost there — though at this point, “almost” has been working harder than most members of Congress. Meanwhile, the post-election hangover continues as the last of the attack ads finally fade off our screens — leaving us with that eerie silence where you start to question if your own to…

Day 41 of the government shutdown — or as Congress calls it, “Sunday.” Senators gathered for a rare weekend session to “work things out,” which in D.C. language means grandstanding with snacks provided. Meanwhile, in Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Guardians are living up to their name by guarding their right to embarrass the sport. Two of the…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

We've done a lot of episodes throughout our many years of #TheUpdate, but some of them are my personal favorites. Every month, we're going to go into The Update vault and play one episode from my personal list of favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did hosting it.

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

If it feels like we’ve been here before—it’s because we have. Day 38 of the government shutdown has Congress stuck in the political version of Groundhog Day, where everyone swears this time they’ll fix it, only to hit “repeat” like a Netflix user who fell asleep on episode one. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is officially stepping off the stage—for real t…

The drama is high, the patience is low, and the popcorn is absolutely necessary. First up, Frustration Airlines is still taxiing endlessly on the shutdown runway, offering complimentary stress and zero arrival updates as we hit day 37 of the government shutdown. Meanwhile, the Mamdani Transition Team is warming up backstage—not with a spotlight, bu…

We’ve officially crossed it — that invisible threshold where logic, patience, and maybe democracy itself start to fray. On this edition, we’re “Past the Point of No Return,” and the view isn’t exactly scenic. Over in New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill pulled off the rarest of political feats — a clean Democratic handoff in the Governor’s Mansion for the fi…

It’s Day 35 of the government shutdown- at this point, Washington is like that one friend who says they’re “five minutes away” when they haven’t even left the house. Meanwhile, It’s Election Day in New York City — the calm before the political storm, where campaign volunteers are running on caffeine and hope, and voters are just trying to remember …

It’s Day 34 of the government shutdown, and at this point, Congress has voted so many times they’re probably eligible for frequent-flyer miles. The president’s advice is to “keep voting,” which might work for senators, Mets fans clinging to hope, and anyone still counting calories after Halloween. Meanwhile, in baseball-land, the Dodgers are on top…

Thirty-one days into the government shutdown, and we’ve officially crossed from “temporary inconvenience” into “long-term relationship.” Congress is still arguing, the bills are still piling up, and at this point, even the interns are starting to grow beards. The glimmer of hope we saw earlier in the week has dimmed back down to a faint nightlight …

Thirty days into the government shutdown, and for the first time in weeks, there’s a faint glimmer of hope cutting through the fog in Washington — senators are actually talking again, which in itself feels like breaking news. But as D.C. tries to find its way out of the darkness, the rest of the country is feeling the changing times in more ways th…

It’s Day 29 of the government shutdown — and Congress is now on what’s being called their thirteenth try at reopening the country. If this were baseball, they’d have struck out weeks ago. The lights are still dim on Capitol Hill, the bills are still unpaid, and hope is hanging by a thread thinner than a fun-sized Twizzler. But speaking of Halloween…

Is that something sweet a trick or a treat? Halloween is just a few days away, and children are about to be running door to door in search of candies and chocolates — the annual sugar marathon where pillowcases turn into bank vaults and parents suddenly rediscover their “inspection tax.” But while the kids are getting ready to collect their loot, o…

You ever notice that every year around Halloween, someone forgets to turn off the spooky music in Washington? Because right now, 27 days into the government shutdown, it feels less like politics and more like a haunted house no one wants to tour. The halls of Congress are full of cobwebs, everyone’s pointing at ghosts that aren’t there, and the onl…

The fallout from the final debate on the Road to City Hall had everything you could want from a political drama: sharp jabs, witty comebacks, and at least one moment where you had to wonder if the moderators needed a referee whistle. Meanwhile, in Washington, the government shutdown hit Day 23 — and while some people measure endurance by marathons,…

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), …

As we count down to Election Day, the drama at City Hall has hit that stage where the debates feel less like political forums and more like reality TV — minus the commercial breaks and with slightly better lighting. Washington isn’t doing much better either — we’ve reached Day 22 of the government shutdown, which means federal workers are running o…

Between Halloween creeping closer, Tommie’s recovery still weighing on my mind, and the final two weeks of the City Hall race tightening up, it feels like the city and my life are running on the same kind of caffeine-fueled chaos. The government shutdown hits Day 21 with no end in sight, the Dodgers and Blue Jays set up a USA-vs-Canada World Series…