Akash Mehta
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Editor in chief, @nysfocus. Reach out: akash(at)https://t.co/D4HQXAfisR
Joined July 2015
So proud of what we’re building, and grateful for all the people who have helped us build it!. Also, we have a new mascot to announce.
nytimes.com
New York Focus zeros in on the details of what goes on in the state capital. And the reporting has had some impressive results.
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RT @nysfocus: NEW: We’ve been keeping a close eye on the Bronx Community Foundation. Since we reported it had failed to spend nearly $400….
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New York lawmakers are giving more money to the Bronx Community Foundation, which has failed to spend it in the past.
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"Mr. Trump has long railed against cashless bail. Studies have shown that such policies have not led to an increase in crime.". Did the Times ever unambiguously state this finding when Democrats were the ones attacking bail reform?.
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The president has long railed against cashless bail, but studies have not backed up his claims that changes in bail laws lead to an increase in crime.
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Following a series of investigations by @SamMellins into the shoddy health insurance forced onto tens of thousands of home care workers, the company in charge told lawmakers they're exploring other insurance options.
nysfocus.com
The state health department and a key contractor spent more time dodging questions than answering them.
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RT @GarrisonLovely: A consensus is forming: GPT-5 means that AI is out of steam. The model is a big flop and barely better than rivals, if….
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RT @alykatzz: Please, please, don't try to give cash to news reporters.
thecity.nyc
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
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The Adams administration won't tell us whether it informed NYCHA that it was linking the housing authority's cameras to its surveillance hub, where it's doing so, where it plans to do so, why three separate agencies initially denied doing so, or how it will use the footage.
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For three years, Eric Adams and his technology and police departments have planned to use a free internet program to expand surveillance at NYCHA. We could not find a single instance of them telling anyone — not NYCHA residents, not the City Council, and perhaps not NYCHA itself.
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RT @chrisgelardi: Thousands in New York state prisons are left in scorching cells for 20+ hours a day as the system continues to grapple wi….
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Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day.
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RT @nysfocus: A late-night debut!. New York Focus was featured on @LastWeekTonight's episode on gang databases. ht….
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RT @bradracino: Before NY can start work on its next #nuclear plant, its power authority will need to pick what kind of reactor tech to pur….
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Building nuclear will test whether New York state is still capable of constructing megaprojects as it has done in the past.
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RT @nysfocus: NEW: New York has become one of the slowest states in the country to pay unemployment benefits. Several unemployed New Yorke….
nysfocus.com
And the delays have gotten worse in recent months.
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RT @nysfocus: New York Focus is thrilled to work with @Sammy_Sussman as a local investigations fellow with @nytimes. He will continue his….
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RT @SamMellins: New for @nysfocus: Two companies managing NY's home health program could pocket millions 💰💰💰 meant for low-wage care aides….
nysfocus.com
Offering hard-to-use benefits instead of cash could help two state-funded companies dodge a 2011 law meant to boost care workers’ pay.
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RT @rSanti97: If Chicago's pension funds were passively managed in 2024 (instead of spread across 80+ management firms), the city would hav….
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RT @phara4assembly: Kyra is one of dozens of constituents my office has helped to get UI benefits this year. The single most common reason….
nysfocus.com
One week in June, only a third of the people who called the Labor Department's unemployment help line reached a real person.
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