BRIEFINGS

Times Square, empty and waiting. The barricades are up. The streets have been cleared. Tonight, a million people will stand here, counting down, hoping, believing that the new year might be different. Tomorrow morning, the confetti will be swept away and the work will begin again. But right now, in this quiet moment, anything is possible.

When a councilmember said “Call Timmy” to deal with speakers who ran over time, it revealed more than frustration — it exposed a push to silence the public. Rule 9 guarantees residents three minutes to speak. This Truthline Briefing shows how that promise was bent, challenged, and nearly erased in full view of the public.

When government inspectors start poking through bushes and peering behind gates—looking for something that isn’t there—that’s not enforcement. That’s intimidation.