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Investigative reporter for @newsday. Send tips and food recs to [email protected].
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Joined March 2013
RT @HouseInSession: Thrilled to join Newsday as a DC reporter covering fed gov't & congressional actions, personalities, direct impacts, on….
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RT @Brendan_LyonsTU: The @nyspolice hiring standards in question after former Long Island trooper who lied about shooting himself in leg re….
timesunion.com
The attempted suicide by former Trooper Thomas J. Mascia has rekindled concerns by some rank-and-file members about New York State Police hiring standards
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RT @luisferre: NEW: A deep dive into Trump's immigration crackdown in New York:. - 2,365 + arrested in NYC area, up 200% vs. 5 months befor….
nytimes.com
More than half of the immigrants arrested in the New York City area since Jan. 20 do not have criminal convictions or charges, new data shows.
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RT @Brendan_LyonsTU: National Guard member charged with selling NY prison inmates drugs, phones. The 30-year-old service member from Brookl….
timesunion.com
A New York National Guard member has been arrested on charges of selling contraband to state prison inmates at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County.
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RT @ClaytonGuse: Mayor Eric Adams’ re-election campaign submitted faked and fraudulently obtained petition signatures in his effort to secu….
gothamist.com
The Adams campaign said it is conducting a review after Gothamist found signatures that were fraudulently obtained or outright forged.
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RT @byjayroot: Rose Chiara’s friends were surprised to see records showing she voted in a close NY City Council race last month. She quit v….
nytimes.com
The New York Times found several questionable absentee ballots that were tallied in a Republican City Council primary, including one from a dead woman.
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NEW: Ex-NUMC Officials dined on lobster, wagyu beef while hospital floundered. Via @candiceferrette
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RT @YanceyRoy: NEW: Ex-NUMC Officials dined on lobster, wagyu beef while hospital floundered. Via @candiceferrette .
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The safety-net hospital's parent company is $1.4 billion in debt.
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RT @mrochele: All in the family: Relatives helped NY candidates garner public funds | A new program made it possible to get state money to….
timesunion.com
The New York Public Campaign Finance Program, first used in the 2024 election, is one of a few that matches contributions by politicians to their own campaigns.
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RT @THECITYNY: An investigation by THE CITY uncovered donors who insist they didn’t donate to Eric Adams’ campaign, a donor who paid with a….
thecity.nyc
The campaign sought public matching funds from donors who insist they didn’t give, just weeks after a judge dropped his corruption case.
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RT @Jan_Ransom: New🚨: Rikers Island guards stood by as Michael Nieves bled out onto the floor after cutting his throat with a razor. Their….
nytimes.com
The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.
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RT @BaharOstadan: Almost 1 year after making it illegal to wear masks in Nassau County, Bruce Blakeman signs executive order allowing polic….
newsday.com
He signed the order citing protesters targeting police or ICE agents wearing masks.
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RT @BaharOstadan: ICE uses Nassau jail to detain 1,400 people — many arrested in NYC — under Blakeman program
newsday.com
County Executive Bruce Blakeman is allowing ICE to use its jail facilities.
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RT @Brendan_LyonsTU: Sigh: Interim U.S. attorney orders Times Union removed from media distribution list after story about his boarded-up r….
timesunion.com
The Times Union published a story last month about interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III listing a boarded-up residence in Albany as his address.
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On Long Island, over 5,700 households could risk losing their housing by a Trump budget proposal to slash Section 8. None of the four congressional members on Long Island - Ds and Rs - explicitly backed Section 8 for working age, able-bodied residents.
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A plan to slash rental assistance by $26 billion would cap housing vouchers for working-age, able-bodied adults at two years.
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RT @Brendan_LyonsTU: U.S. attorney lists boarded-up Albany building as his residence via @TimesUnion.
timesunion.com
John A. Sarcone III is required under a federal statute to reside in New York’s Northern District. The row house in Albany’s Sheridan Hollow that he listed as his address is boarded up.
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RT @YanceyRoy: “Totally Selfish:” Aggressive driving on Long Island's roads has increased post-pandemic, causing fatalities and injuries, o….
newsday.com
Aggressive driving on Long Island's roads has increased post-pandemic, causing fatalities and prompting law enforcement to intensify traffic enforcement.
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A Trump budget proposal seeks to cut housing vouchers for working age, able-bodied adults after two years on the program. On Long Island, the average stay on a voucher is nearly 12 years. Nearly 6,000 households could face homelessness if enacted.
newsday.com
A plan to slash rental assistance by $26 billion would cap housing vouchers for working-age, able-bodied adults at two years.
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RT @JonCampbellNY: .@JimmyVielkind has this story on one of the first applications of the Laken Riley Act in New York state, which started….
gothamist.com
The case represents one of the first tests of the Laken Riley Law in the state.
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RT @m_jfrench: Remember former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bridge lights?. NYPA is auctioning them off, more than 7 years later. Minimum bid? $25.….
politico.com
The state’s power authority spent more than $100 million for lights the former governor wanted on New York City’s bridges.
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