Welcome to the Freeman's Guide!!!!
The best Website / ongoing blog, that puts all the free/cheap and actually affordable stuff in NYC all in one place.
Everything you could possibly need that costs 0$ in our overpriced society, as well as very, very cheap stuff. (like 1$ pizza, stuff like that) So you can spend as little money as possible, saving money you make from your job, allowance, mutrail aid, etc --for what really matters to you! Like tickets to a fun event, wedding, birthday party gifts, starting a business, paying for a new coat or treating yourself, etc.
That Means:
1. FOOD:
1. Food banks organized by neighborhood /zip code (food bank databases)
2. Known Events with free food. (Updated on this blog weekly)
3. Cheapest restaurants in NYC (99c pizza, etc)
4. How to use /find coupons (cheapest Supermarkets and deli groceries)
5. Food box subscriptions (cheapest--Factor, Hello Fresh, ect)
6. Cheapest food items to buy in NYC (based on prices)
7. How to get free food using points and fast-food apps.
7. Expensive restaurants and cafes to avoid. And cheap alternatives.
6. Money-Saving Life Hacks Around Food: (how to ration-make food last, what foods are the most filling, use a water bottle, have a piggy bank, for coins and cash for emergencies, as well as a digital savings account, Take free candy from the bank, buy food at subway keoskis (one pringles/a candy/soda) for usually under 10$, Instead of getting snacks at the Movie Theatre witch are always overpriced.)
7. Cheapest cooking/food supplies; (you can sometimes barrow pots and pans at the libraries, stores that sell cheap utensils, public use kitchens, etc)
2. INFORMATION:
1. Free database of information Public assess to information is vital: (Even if you think its common sense, it's probably not) (on things that are actually helpful to everyday life. Life hacks, and publicly accessible information.
1. How to do CPR,
2. Nyc spaces that are friendly. forkids (for free)
3. How to get a Gun in NYC (self defence laws in NYC)
4. How to cheaply perhcse a decent tazzer/switchblade/poppers/condoms/pepper spray in nyc.
5. How to buy drugs in NYC (best /cheapest headshops, cheapest places. tobuy ciggretes, how to find. a weed /drug dealer, free healthcare clinics to get painkillers, Kettmine, or other party drugs, how to get magic mushrooms in NYC.
5. How to get your locks changed NYC
5. How to get new Keys for cheap NYC.
6. What are good things to give to the homeless. Both on. thestreet and through direct mutail aid posts and accounts, (Money, as much as you can give, it doesn't matter if its for drugs, they need money to live. Food is just as good, if your holding leftovers, don't throw it out give it to a homeless buddy, it will make their day. (list of good things to donate to homeless shelters)
3. Free places NYC to swim in the pool./ocean.
9. Free places in NYC to shower.
10. How to support your friend in prison in NYC. (prison communication website, rules for diffrent prisons and diffrent visiting rules and hours, things they can and cant have in prison, how to give money for their commessary, how to help with their legal defence if they don't already have one, the okra project, letters for prisons (imate sopporyt ogrnzations recomdations, the smokinggun.com)
12. How to make easy money in NYC. (paid for filling out servers online, offer to walk dogs, do favors make job pages on upwork, fiver, craigslist, etc)
11. How to get into Larping /Rollplaying online for free in NYC (Recomdnd all ages larps in other parts of the State like Wayfinder summercamp and Lair in update ny, reomde NYC larps, the vampire masqurade.)
11. Free NYC, music recording studio on West 4th Street. (Under 24$)
12. How to get an NYC ID in NYC. (how to get ur ID at the DMV)
13. How to adopt kids in NYC. (fostering, adoption reiqirments, etc))
15. How to get a pricing for as cheap as possible.
19. How to get a job in NYC with help (Workforce 1, disbslity job agency, mutltible cheap assible job agencies in NYC)
10. NYC Ferry, (stuff to do on statin island, governors island, for free)
11. Best dating apps to use for free.
11. Dayuse.com/Cheapest hotel in NYC. (80$ per night -sleep pods)
11. NYC History (some cool NYC history, related websites, History callneder etc, important events in the history of our city, related musems, spotlight underrated figures in NYC history, --- musem of the city of NY, NY historical societies, link documetroies, great films about it.)
12. Websites to Avoid at all costs. (Conservative social media, truth social, rumble, gab, etc, 4 chan, 8chan, kewii farms, Lolcow.farms,
11. Keep up with the movies (what movies are coming out, how to keep up, how to keep up with film festivals, and productions and realse dates) Indiependent NYC cheaper NYC movie theatres like IFC, roxy, angelica, and alamo drafthouse.
12. Best places to live in NYC for dislabed people. (EHS housing )
13. Weird Free NYC countieunties for all kinds of people (Dykes on Bikes, punks of Tompkins sq park, gay fairys, Mad pride, transexual menace, @NYCtransviblity, @Nonbinarypicnic, Skaters, Cosplayers, The polar bear club.
11. missing persons NYC. (updated database of missing people and pets in NYC to see whos missing and how you can help)
11. How to get a tattoo for free in NYC.
2. How to use Narcan.
3. How to save someone from ICE /What to say if you're questioned by ICE.
4. Disblity acodmations (What are they, how do you get them)
5. How to start a bussniss in NYC (get a food license, how to get around tax requirements, register as a bussniss, what to fill out, what is the cost, best places to set up and sell if you cant afford a storefront, how to advertise)
6. Engaged Animals NYC
5. NYC fun free events
6. NYC free queer events year-round.
6. How to count change.
7. How to get a cheap car on short notice (not uber, or lyft, maybe curb--cheaper)
8. ALL 24-hour businesses NYC.
9. How to vote NYC.
10. How to do college-level research.(How to use J store, how to site a source, easy bib, how to write an MLA essay)
11. How to read a lot even if your dyslexic for free (Audiobook websites, speachify, other free AI voice-to-text apps)
12. How to code a website/APP (Flutterflow, neocities, coding guides)
11. Who are all the presidents
12. (Follow what's going on in your government) Supreme Court rulings, updates, executive orders updates, (laws that will effect marginalized groups, drag queens, trans)
12. Life hacks too getting us citizenship (current laws around work visas, green cards)
12. How to get government benefits (How to get unemployment,
13. How to escape conversion therapy or the troubled teen industry.
14. How to report a crime/file a police report
13. How to make the best job resume (tips for peepole who have almost no job experience and need work NOW)
14. How to stay organized online and irl.
15. What are the rules to these sports.
17. How to write well (resroces for writers starting out, lit mags, important websites, for publishing, writing itself, feedback, etc. pixars writing advice.)
18. Basic Facts about Earth and the Universe.
19. Accurete time line of US History (to refer back to when they brainwash us history to the point of religious fantasy nonexistnce in the future)
10. How to be a movie buff (How to watch the oscars, SAG awards,
11. How to be an actor in nyc.
12. How to be an artist in NYC (art reasorces, cheap places to buy quality art supplies of all kinds, free online art frences, social media sites for art, like care, art station, and interest, art commissions, how to recognize AI Art.
11. How to tell north and south, how to estimate time based on sun in the sky if your phone and watch is dead.
12. How to read Morse code.
13. How to speak ASL, and Brail.
14. How to get a phone for as cheap as possible/how to get free wifi/service in your house. (cheapest headphones and cord etc)
14. How to hire a lawyer.
15. How to get clothes for free/cheap (that are still stylish)
15. How to get an apartment for as cheap as possible (Housing Lottery, housing Instagram accounts, housing websites and how to find cheap ones on Zillow, on apartments.com, cheap housing NYC forums, on cregslist.
19. How to get your hair done as cheap as possible (how to dye/cut your hair by yourself)
10. How to avoid paying for things long term (buy a cheap printer never pay to print against, print free forever if you wanna go all the way to the Center lgbt center--or certain brookyln libraries, ---buy a washer dryer for as cheap as possible, so you never have to pay for the ladury again, etc)
11. How to dress for different occasions.
12. How to loose weight for as cheap as possible (cheap heathy food, free places to work out, great home work outs, great heathy fat inclusive waight loss straigedy.)
13. How to become religious (but not brainwashed) in NYC. (know your religious freedom, find a progressive free religious service of all regions, (labshul for jews, free progressive churches, free lgbt friendly mousqes)
14. How to get a wedding ring for cheap/free.
15. Tag sale NYC hot spots.
18. How to get the Accurte news (ground news, etc)
19. What to watch online to learn something, instead of just watching brainless slop. (video essaist recomdations)
10. Informed consent (Your fave is problematic list, what people in enevtrimanet and veriois spaces are bad people so you know who your giving money too and who to soppport)
11. How to report grooming/child abuse. (rescores like rain, and patchwork hearts website etc)
12. How to be a good person (some basic moral standards --a good place to start if you wanna be a good person)
11. How to use AI (smartly and ethticly) //How to avoid AI
12. Webbrower extensions you should download.
12. How to have internet privacy as cheap as possible (get a free VPN, use delete me/aura, to protect your data, use Redacted to clear unsavory messages from existence.
13. How to live off the grid.
14. How to be good at sex.
14. Intro to understanding all things queer. NYC (polyamorous/queer vocab and definition, a bit of queer history, ways to learn it yourself, actual facts --debunking anti trans/anti queer myths, -- Link a few vedios on the topic, if your not queer this is important to know --how to be a good ALLY, in concrete advice on how to be a good ally, as well as for the queer people its more or less, reaffirming and explaiong what we all know...well some queer people could stand for a refresher.
15. How to be a good friend to someone who's autistic.
16. Life hacks: If you have ADHD
17. Life hacks: If your bipolar.
18. How to edit when you have dyslexia for free (mostly--fievr editirs, pro writing aid, defetions of different kinds of edtiors, prowriting aid, Grammarly.
19. how to have a good hookup (dayuse app, straight and gay hookup apps how to use them and get what you want, how to have standards, understand your sexual needs and boudnries, how to douche, always bring condoms)
19. How to get Free birth control/Plan B/Abortion if you have no heath insurance.
13. How to go on a trip for free.
11. How to nagvate NYC if your in a wheelchair/have a cane. (laws arround accesiblity, Map of subway stations, and locations in NYC that are wheelchair assible.
11. How to use a computer NYC for free/How to buy a computer NYC for under 50$ online. (possibly cheaper)
11. How to get into kink in NYC for as little money as possible. (rules of kink, RACK consent models, kink quiz, step one get in touch with your own kinks and sexual fansties, Feeld dating app, fetlife, etc. different kink educators id recommend.
12. How to see free live music in NYC.
13. How to do safe sex work in NYC. (multiple methods of sex work, free websites to do sex work on both onlyfans, fansley, and tryst.com for irl esctorting, how to get started as a porn actor in NYC, learn the laws arround sex work, find sex worker friendly communities. tips on how to advertize sex work and not get your post taken down, keep it a secret, ect.
12. Fun places in NYC that are 100% free (that are fun) (Cony isalnd/brightonn beach, various parades and street fairs through the year, Curicus amock, various pop up concerts, all city parks, the highline, the seaglass carosol.
12. Online resources in NYC for free stuff.
13. Cafes in Nyc that don't charge you /make you buy food to stay there.(often have AC in the summer and allow you to charge your phone) Starbucks, city bank cafe union sq.
14. Best NYC Job boards/nyc job hirring accounts. (job searching tips)
18. Best maps of NYC /apps for navigating the city and subway that is better for austic people then Google Maps. (citymapper, vinage NYC, queeermap)
19. How to set up a PO box, NYC.
20. How to buy/own a pet in NYC for free.
21. How to join a Union.
22. Lesser known NYC neighborhoods to explore.
22. How to get rid of a squatter in NYC. (make sure they don't order mail to the house, --then legally its their house too, if they don't pay rent and are horrible it can be very hard. to get an eviction notice. This handy guide should help)
22. How to deal will PHOMO and lonlyniss in nyc.
22. How to find a decent roommate in nyc.
22. Free party location (how to throw a mostly free birthday party in NYC for free, indoors and outdoors)
22. List of best NYC Independent Bookstores.
22. Fun writing games to play in NYC.
22. Best NYC queer nightclubs.
22. How to avoid discrimination in NYC. (support groups, legal aid, workplace discrimination subreddit, what to. doing various common disrimantion situations, how to. getin contact with the ACLU groups, to support striking workers, how to report a professor/conetst a grade for your university if their ignoring your admodations, if your experiencing explicit disrmnation in the workplace how to deal with it without loosing your job and spending as little money as possible.
22. How to get medication/medicine without spending any money or having insurance.
21. How to be a furry in NYC (for free)
22. How to be a youtube in NYC. (for as little money as possible) (how to hack the algorithm, make yourself go viral, find your content niche, free video editing services, Patreon, and Ko-fi extra creator funding sites.)
22. How to have a free and EPIC Halloween. (make costumes out of clothes you already have, get hand-me-down costumes from friends and family, pick a costume that only requires a headband, or makeup that you already own. Or buy a very cheap onsale costume at party city/sprirt holloween)
22. NYC cons to sell at/go to, with the cheapest tickets.
22. How to avoid the worst kinds of people in NYC. (Red flags guide)
22. How to never get bit in NYC (Get bug spray use it everytime you go outside,
22. How to avoid the cops as much as humanly possible; (Never talk to the cops, if there is an emegrcy, call a variety of hotlines that wont report imagrants to ICE, or get susidial mad people committed to phyc wards against their will (Hotlines that are cop free, list)
22. How to get into activism/protesting in NYC. (raedings to do, instgram accounts that post new proetsst to follow, groups to join or support: Transyouth4nyc, popclimate, ACT UP.
22. Fun childlike Activites to do in your free time in NYC that don't cost any money. (Free NYC museum,
11. How to use the bathroom in NYC without having to be a paying customer (nyc2go.com etc)
12. How to get a REAL sugar daddy in nyc.
14. How to get around the city for free. (take citybike, (include map of citybikes in NYC) find subway station where you know there will be no cops and can get away with skipping the turnstiles, take the bus after zoran makes it free, get free college MetroCard, find out if your college has free metro card program, --go on Onmi card swap groupchats to get prepaid cards from other people, walk just walk, get a. friend to drive you)
18. How to get tutoring/school help surives, for free (nypublic library tutoring)
18. Best free NYC niche locations to go to FOR FREE (how to get NYC id and college id, other ways to
13. How to be a good parent.
12. How to survive while homeless.
12. Resources for new parents. Who don't have a lot of $.
13. How to get a therapist for as cheap as possible. (wild flower alliance, icarus project mad pride focuses therapy, NOCD, online therapy NOT better help, locations in NYC that have quality affordable drop in therapy visists)
12. How to Be Transgender in NYC (Litarlly a helpful all information guide to getting everything you need to get while being trans in NYC and spending as little money as possible (no heath insurance, --DIY trans, called lorde, Good rx, sugrury go fund mes, mutail aids, groups to join, nahborhoods to move to/queer/trans hubs, how to legally change your name/gender marker on ID and passport. How to transition if underage (how to go to out of state to get surgery, how to get hormones even if NYU langune or other NYC hosptails have stopped trans care for minors, how to avoid your Transphobic parents, trans friendly homeless shelters, how to pass (tips for FTM (binders, clothing drives and trans free clothing events, and MTF how to do makeup, voice training, find your style, ect.) how to find trans community in NYC, spifific groups recomdation, spiffic locations to go to meet people, bluestocking books, hive books, nonbinarian bookstore, the CENTER LGBT youth center, important things to remember when accepting yourself as trans especially in this world.
7. Free NYC classes/Groups to join (full list based on interest)
4. How to give to /find mutail aid.(how to give to charity more effectively and what charity to give to right now)
5. How to plan a wedding/affordable wedding. (how to get married, set by step,
6. How to meet people to date in NYC.
3. What Slurs not to say/and why.
4. How to report a rape.
5. The Law (NYC laws around lots of things, self-defence, trans healthcare law.)
Original NYC Guide: (Links included)
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