Bianca Pallaro
@biancapallaro
Followers
4K
Following
12K
Media
351
Statuses
4K
Data reporter @NYTIMES | Prev. @THECITYNY @USAToday & @LNdata 🇦🇷 @LANACION | MS. Data Journalism, ‘21 @columbiajourn
Manhattan, NY
Joined August 2014
In today’s DealBook: @m_delamerced breaks down the corporate panic around the changes to H-1B visas; @martyswant on Google’s antitrust troubles; @nikogallogly + @biancapallaro on Mamdani’s Big Tech support; @vivwalt on Climate Week tensions; and more
nytimes.com
The Trump administration has clarified its new visa policy, but corporate bosses are still trying to sort through the fallout.
1
2
3
JUST POSTED: How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City - a New York Times investigation with @byjayroot @biancapallaro @Fahrenthold
https://t.co/TLaznZbkrD via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
The Chinese Consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.
14
66
138
Since lots of people are asking, my colleague @biancapallaro has a comment on the story explaining why the NYT published this info when it did. Please take a read before jumping to your own conclusions >> https://t.co/4oziNYiqEP
nytimes.com
New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes. Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets.
27
6
51
NEW TONIGHT: Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies w/@biancapallaro and @PekingMike
nytimes.com
New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes. Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets.
24
48
212
Breaking News: A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.
nytimes.com
A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag.
109
380
2K
Adams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter with @biancapallaro and @byjayroot:
nytimes.com
A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag.
5
2
9
Adams’s Associates Under Federal Investigation Over Ties to China by @biancapallaro @byjayroot @PekingMike @WRashbaum
nytimes.com
The Justice Department is pushing to drop corruption charges against Eric Adams in Manhattan while federal authorities in Brooklyn have been investigating his top fund-raisers.
1
4
6
JUST POSTED: Two of NYC Eric Adams's top fund-raisers are under federal investigation for ties to the Chinese government. Scoop by @biancapallaro @byjayroot @WRashbaum and me.
1
53
111
Chinese man who prosecutors say was at center of an effort to influence local politics in CA was charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent over his role in getting someone elected to a City Council position https://t.co/R8MlhoGfL0 w/ @PekingMike and @biancapallaro
nytimes.com
The man is charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent. The move is part of an effort by the authorities to prevent China from influencing American politicians.
1
7
12
Mayor Adams Is Denied Public Money for His Re-election Campaign with @biancapallaro:
nytimes.com
The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to withhold as much as $4.3 million in matching funds from Mayor Eric Adams, as he faces federal corruption charges focused on his fund-raising practi...
0
2
6
How a Criminal With Close Ties to China Became a New York Power Broker - with @byjayroot @biancapallaro @BenWeiserNYT
nytimes.com
John Chan was a Chinatown gangster before remaking himself into a powerful force in New York politics — one closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.
0
20
38
For years a #Brooklyn powerbroker named John Chan has played an outsized role in New York politics. His ties to the Chinese Communist Party were not a secret. His criminal past was. Today we revealed it (w/@PekingMike, @biancapallaro & @BenWeiserNYT)
nytimes.com
John Chan was a Chinatown gangster before remaking himself into a powerful force in New York politics — one closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.
9
36
76
Here’s the original investigation into Mayor Adams, the reverend and the developer with door knocking and research from @biancapallaro @haideechu and @KEXU3: https://t.co/x1Z9eqfmkE
theguardian.com
Weihong Hu raised money for Eric Adams’s campaign and helped his friends while winning favorable regulatory decisions and city contract funds, an investigation by the Guardian US, the City and...
0
3
4
F.B.I. Agents Investigate Use of Fake Donors in N.Y. Assembly Race - belatedly tweeting this news , which followed a NYT investigation. @byjayroot @biancapallaro @WRashbaum
nytimes.com
The inquiry follows a New York Times report questioning the validity of more than $162,000 in matching funds given to Dao Yin, a Democrat of Queens.
0
1
5
IMPACT 🚨 F.B.I. Agents Investigate Use of Fake Donors in N.Y. Assembly Race The inquiry follows our reporting questioning the validity of more than $162,000 in matching funds given to Dao Yin, a Democrat of Queens. w/ @byjayroot @WRashbaum
https://t.co/mAH2bCZqLI
nytimes.com
The inquiry follows a New York Times report questioning the validity of more than $162,000 in matching funds given to Dao Yin, a Democrat of Queens.
0
6
7
NEW: For months, @byjayroot @biancapallaro @PekingMike @emmagf and I investigated Winnie Greco's ties to the Chinese government. In interviews, photos, documents, and posts, we found examples of how the top Adams aide guided the mayor toward pro-Beijing narratives. A1 today:
5
29
66
For months @biancapallaro, @yoavgonen @haideechu + I investigated alleged “straw” donations given to Eric Adams’ campaign—including Turkish ones at the heart of this indictment. His team said it had no knowledge of wrongdoing—but the feds say they knew: https://t.co/Ras8EFSY7U
thecity.nyc
A campaign spokesperson said the Adams team returned the money from Bay Atlantic University employees because it had more than it could spend.
4
40
105
New: A security firm once owned by a top aide of Eric Adams received a $154 million contract this year to provide “emergency fire watch services" at public housing buildings in New York w/ @WRashbaum @danarubinstein @biancapallaro
nytimes.com
The company received a $154 million contract to provide “emergency fire watch services” to the New York City Housing Authority. The firm was once owned by the deputy mayor for public safety.
27
60
112
Big @nytimes investigation: A leading chain of psychiatric hospitals is luring patients in and then refusing to release them, even when detaining them is not medically justifiable. @jbsgreenberg @katie_thomas @virginiahughes
nytimes.com
Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.
4
40
61