
Jeongyoon Han
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was: NY politics @WXXINews @nprpolitics @nhpr @WAMCRadio 🌱🍃🌷🌎🌟 Signal: jhan.76
Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2014
Friday was my last day covering NYS politics for @WXXINews and public radio stations across NY. I’ll be studying for an MPhil @CamSociology this fall. It’s been an honor working with my brilliant editor Brian Sharp and @JimmyVielkind @JonCampbellNY to serve NY listeners. …
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For those who want to follow what I’m studying/reporting and up to while I’m across the pond:
Friday was my last day covering NYS politics for @WXXINews and public radio stations across NY. I’ll be studying for an MPhil @CamSociology this fall. It’s been an honor working with my brilliant editor Brian Sharp and @JimmyVielkind @JonCampbellNY to serve NY listeners. …
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And a bill filed in July that would ban law enforcement from wearing masks in NY:
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New York state Democrats have criticized the federal immigration arrests, but have little authority to stop them. They say they do have the power, however, to ban all law enforcement from wearing...
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The messy fight that was discovery law which played a large part in delaying the state budget.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing a push by prosecutors to revise discovery laws that were passed alongside bail reform in 2019. The move has baffled public defenders.
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The prison strike’s ramifications on incarcerated people and their families:.
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Mercedes Christopher wants corrections officers to accept the prison strike deal so that her son, who was allegedly attacked by incarcerated people and guards, can get medical care. But she's torn:...
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Aired on NPR: Gov. Hochul’s game of political tightrope with Pres. Trump
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul has referenced the Rambo movies to describe her strategy to President Donald Trump. But she's not throwing punches all the time.
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Some stories I was proud to report on:. Starting off with how Andrew Cuomo’s bid for NYC mayor is ridden with baggage for some local leaders who had to work with him when he was governor.
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While supporters reflect on the former governor as a tough-minded politician adept at working the levers of government to get things done, others recall a bigfooting bully who was full of big...
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RT @JonCampbellNY: We got our hands on hundreds of state records, including voicemails — many of them violent and threatening — left for NY….
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Should ICE agents be allowed to cover their faces?. Proponents of a NY mask ban proposal for officers say it upholds transparency. Those who are against it say officers have a right to protect their identities. From both sides and a legal scholar: .
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New York state Democrats have criticized the federal immigration arrests, but have little authority to stop them. They say they do have the power, however, to ban all law enforcement from wearing...
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NEW: In an amicus brief filed Tuesday, 20 DAs — red and blue — argued that the Protect Our Courts Act is critical to their prosecutions. The Trump admin sued NY over the law in June. Spoke with @ManhattanDA and Wayne County DA Callanan about the brief:.
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The Department of Justice sued New York state in June, claiming its Protect Our Court Act is hampering ICE detention efforts. But in an amicus brief filed Tuesday, 20 district attorneys – Democrat...
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RT @JonCampbellNY: It's up to Gov. Hochul to decide whether to ban anonymous child abuse/neglect reports in NY. Supporters of the bill say….
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New York would be the third state to ban or curtail anonymous reports – if Hochul signs it into law.
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RT @ncpr: New York State’s Early Intervention Program is ranked last in the nation for the timely delivery of services. Right now, only hal….
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That's having big consequences for children and for the entire state education system.
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RT @JonCampbellNY: Gov. Hochul is joined by six Texas Dems (plus members of her cabinet and NY Speaker Heastie) in the Red Room at the NY C….
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Looking to speak with someone in NY who witnessed a federal immigration arrest for a story I’m working on. jhan@wxxi.org or Signal: .jhan.76.
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RT @JonCampbellNY: "But support for the people of Israel also requires us to demand that the Israeli government do what is right.". Gov. Ho….
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