Arun Venugopal
@arunNYC
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WNYC Race & Justice Reporter, guest hosted NPR's Fresh Air, wrote in the Atlantic, NYT, Guardian and so on.
New York, NY
Joined October 2010
My first piece in @TheAtlantic -- about how the U.S. engineered the conditions for certain non-white groups to thrive beginning in the 1940s.
Today, it’s easy to take Indian American success for granted, @arunNYC argues. ”What is forgotten is that before Indian Americans became a model minority, we were regarded as a problem minority.”
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Mamdani calls out NYC election foes for 'racist, baseless' attacks https://t.co/IXjX7RMcDI via @gothamist Story by @arunNYC
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The Democratic frontrunner for mayor pushed back just before the start of early voting.
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With Mamdani's rise in NYC comes a tonal shift on Israel and the Middle East https://t.co/N0wa64aZWV
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Friends and foes of the mayoral front-runner anticipate a sharp break from past messaging from City Hall on Middle East affairs.
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There won't be a casino in Manhattan. Committee just rejected "Freedom Plaza" which would've placed casino right next to the U.N. This comes after casinos in Times Sq and West Side were voted down last week.
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NEW: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will direct charges be served against the NYPD officers involved in the Win Rozario shooting before the statute of limitations runs out next week, per DCPI.
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Two Manhattan casinos were rejected back to back today. One in Times Square and another ("The Avenir") that would've been in Hudson Yards. Both lost by 4-2 votes.
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The proposals, among eight downstate casino proposals vying for approval, cannot advance after being rejected by community advisory committees.
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Casino has been REJECTED 4-2 SL Green CEO Marc Holliday just approached the CAC members after the vote to harangue them: “What you did here today was despicable.”
A 6-person community advisory committee is about to vote on the $5.4B Times Square casino bid by SL Green, Caesars & Roc Nation in this conference room around the corner from where it would be built. Outcome seems like a tossup; more than 2 nos would kill it. Updates to come...
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#JLF Where the World Was Built featuring @arunNYC moderating @MIT Professors, hosted at @AsiaSociety @AsiaSocietyNY CC @MIT_alumni @MITSloanAlumni
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“They're going to be studying anything that comes out of Schenectady, where the gaming commission is headquartered, the way the world will stare at smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel when there's a new pope elected” (via @arunNYC for @Gothamist)
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Eight casino proposals, all but one sited in the five boroughs, are vying for three licenses.
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'Call it a comeback': Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times https://t.co/PKojNa3SFm
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Visits to office buildings in the city’s commercial districts were up 1.3% last month compared to July 2019, data shows.
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Footnote in @ACLU lawsuit recounts how a woman who had her period while detained at Federal Plaza was denied sanitary pads and "had to thereafter remain in her blood-soaked clothes for the duration of her detention." https://t.co/agwiEqn7J1
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Officer Didarul Islam, who was killed in the Midtown shootings, represented a trend many New Yorkers may not be aware of: in recent years thousands of Bangladeshis have joined the NYPD. https://t.co/W96qv1oSeL
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The fallen officer was part of a growing immigrant community whose members have joined the NYPD in large numbers.
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These are the 2 stories atop the NYT's home page: - Gazans being killed trying to get food - The 21 best croissants in the city right now
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A must-read by @arunNYC on @ZohranKMamdani campaign. provides a sense of how Mamdani campaign is expanding the electorate by focusing on communities that have been ignored. He is using identity-specific tools as well as universal appeals to do that. https://t.co/Fhp36ucvW5
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Vying to become the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor, the Democrat has courted those voters in unprecedented ways.
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Some undocumented immigrants are opting to leave the United States on their own, rather than risk deportation: https://t.co/2ktQLu0zFp
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Who is Mohsen Mahdawi? The Trump administration says he's undermining efforts to stop antisemitism. But his classmates say he's a fierce advocate AGAINST antisemitism -- and a devout Buddhist and peace activist. That and more in my latest. https://t.co/nEEuduTIKH
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The student leader championed peace in Israel and Gaza and pushed back at antisemitism on campus, according to close associates.
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Love this @DavidFBrand story, because now when AirBnB starts spending on the mayor's race, you have all the context you need. It's a-ha, stay tuned reporting! Locked out of NYC, Airbnb is now single largest spender in local elections https://t.co/SLpWIndmVk via @gothamist
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The short-term rental giant is spending $5 million to influence local elections. Will they also try to influence the race for mayor?
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A Brooklyn school backed by Jay-Z said students could graduate debt-free. Now they're buried in it. https://t.co/qSYg4BGpyf
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A dozen scholarship students at LIU-Brooklyn's Roc Nation school say they unexpectedly owe the university thousands of dollars.
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Middle-income New Yorkers are the new face of eviction in the city, report finds https://t.co/YurbJwKJv9
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Eviction rates have slowed for lower-income families who qualify for free legal counsel.
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