“The exposure was so significant that both Wesley and Dentel started coughing hard and vomited multiple times – Dentel while he was still in the shower stall and Wesley in his cell, they testified.”

"Hundreds of workers representing low-income defendants in Brooklyn and Queens walked off the job Thursday morning, after failing to reach a deal with management on wages and benefits before an 8 a.m. strike deadline." — @clauirizarry.bsky.social reports www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/16/b...

"But the action plan is also notable for what it leaves untouched: how to address the growing number of detainees with serious mental illness or overhaul the disciplinary system for officers accused of brutality." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/16/r...

NYC: Emergency officials say air quality has reached unhealthy levels in parts of the city. Experts we spoke to say the wildfire smoke from the Canadian border could become thicker and move closer to the ground through Thursday. Here's how to stay safe: THREAD

“Our family is completely shattered,” said Gaurav Mahajan, an uncle of the 18-year-old tourist, a recent high school graduate. “We are living in a state of profound shock and agony that we may never truly be able to overcome.” — via @jmartineznyc.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/14/c...

"In much of the economy, immigrants aren’t competing for jobs held by American-born workers; they make other jobs possible." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...

So proud of my colleague @rosagoldensohn.bsky.social for her Sidney Hillman award. She highlighted how New York State uses EBT cards w/zero protection from fraud. Cardholders don’t get reimbursed for fraudulent charges as credit cards. www.hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-award...

"Since May 2025, the city Department of Buildings has responded to numerous reports at the tower, ranging from debris falling onto the sidewalk below to at least two back-to-back worker injuries in November and December." www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/07/m...

The documents also show that on October 1, 2025, O'Gara wrote another missive to Ingoglia's office: "Your intimidation failed! You've proved your lack of principles + incompetence."

The findings are damning: • Pepper spray use jumped from 124 in 2015 to 4,758 in 2024. • DOCCS struggled to fire COs accused of serious abuse. • Officers who treated incarcerated people with kindness were mocked as "inmate lovers." The full story —> www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/06/w...

“The nicest stuff right now, it’s really embarrassing,” he says, completely serene yet almost sheepish. “It’s being loved and actually appreciating the people that are giving that to me.” cailey.substack.com/p/i-wanted-t...

Holiday news dump: The state prison system just released its highly-anticipated $9.3M outside review by the law firm WilmerHale. The findings? Systemic failures that made abuse easier to hide. Recommendations: stronger oversight, electronic records, more camera reviews and streamline discipline.

“The formula really just is not adapting to climate change. It’s just been set in stone in a way that is really out of touch with reality,” said Caleb Smith, a policy manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, adding that the overall pot is also too small.

“She challenged herself, and all of us, to be better journalists, better people, to question our assumptions, to investigate human suffering and relentlessly seek accountability and ultimately relief." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

"Federal officials have not offered a detailed account of how the firefighters perished, but said the five-person team became trapped on Saturday and had to deploy their emergency shelters, typically a last, desperate act when there is no way to escape a burnover." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...

“It still feels kind of ludicrous in 2026 that we’re still having this conversation,” said Matthew Hora, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who studies the transition from higher education to the labor market. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/n...

Honored to moderate a panel at the Tribeca Festival premiere of March Forth with Reginald Dwayne Betts. The documentary follows Betts' extraordinary journey from prison at 16 to becoming an acclaimed poet, lawyer, MacArthur Fellow, and founder of Freedom Reads. www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bbumy...

New: New York has paid at least $25.7 million to settle 170 lawsuits over the past five years alleging prison abuse, excessive force and medical neglect.The cases offer a rare look inside a hidden and broken prison system. — with @kennedysessions.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/29/n...

“In one of the buildings, workers have been greeted by rats struggling to escape glue traps that have been placed in the middle of their work space.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u...

“There are some individuals who won’t be able to receive this drug, even if it is the best option for them, which puts pharmacists, doctors, patients and families in a horrific situation,” said Dr. Andrew Shuman, a head and neck cancer surgeon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/h...

"A pro-landlord member of the Rent Guidelines Board resigned from her post Thursday morning, just hours before the body was scheduled to vote on how much to raise rent on rent-stabilized apartments." — @smaldo.bsky.social reports www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/r...

A Holocaust survivor in her 90s went to buy groceries and discovered every dollar of her food benefits had been stolen. Thousands of NYers are losing SNAP benefits to fraud. Unlike credit card users, they don't get reimbursed. — @rosagoldensohn.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/s...

NEW: In just the past week, NYC jails Commissioner Stanley Richards approved the early release of four people from Rikers Island under Article 6-A of state law. He's freed 14 in total. Advocates have long pushed jail commissioners to use it more. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/r...

E-X-X-X-PRESS BUS! “Orthodox Jews are forbidden to willingly look at ads and images that attract them to sex,” said Rabbi Abraham Zimmerman. “We are very hurt and upset when such ads are thrown and forced in front of our faces.” — @jmartineznyc.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/24/m...

“While the changes in the department's leadership structure are important to note...there has been no material change in ameliorating the risk of harm in the jails and the reform effort continues to move at a glacial pace." — @jacob-kaye.bsky.social reports queenseagle.com/all/2026/6/2...

New York in one photo. No notes. 📸 @fractenberg.bsky.social

“53 years for this?” one man in the crowd said. “What would our forefathers do? Push the barricade down,” another man said. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/18/k...

our reporters went to the Knicks parade route to see if anyone was camping out overnight for a spot. and yes. yes, they very much are. DISPATCH FROM THE BARRICADES:

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” he said. “We like to be the first for everything, if we can.” www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/17/k...

“A pregnant woman from the Dominican Republic suffering from severe stomach pains was denied prenatal care for a month. A Guatemalan man diagnosed with leukemia grew sicker after missing two months of treatments. A Haitian woman had a throat tumor.” www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/17/m...

Bitat’s leased taxi was not the only thing wrecked by rowdy revelers. He’s getting new glasses this week after the pair shown here got stomped on in the commotion. 📸 by @alexkrales.bsky.social Story in @thecity.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/15/k...

NEW: Officers involved in a fatal 2023 NYPD dirt-bike pursuit violated department rules to prevent deadly chases, according to a report by AG Letitia James. No charges were filed. Williams' family says that's unacceptable. — @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/11/l...

NEW: New York judges who sentence people to prison or jail will soon be required to regularly visit correctional facilities, tour housing units and medical clinics, and speak with incarcerated people under a major court-system reform. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/11/n...

"They are, at their best, annoying. At their worst, they are a real threat to public safety." As World Cup visitors arrive, airport officials are targeting hustlers who approach travelers at baggage claim offering illegal rides. — via @jmartineznyc.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/09/a...

Every year New York Focus moves as a pack to break down the spending decisions by state lawmakers. I'm so proud to have everyone on the team work on this interactive scrollytelling version of the budget story. It's fun, animated, and you'll see some familiar faces.

The new Brooklyn jail is literally falling onto neighbors homes and two construction workers were injured on the job and the construction firm apparently failed to properly notify the city — @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social and @lillysabs.bsky.social report www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/08/b...

our summer newsletter today is about — what else? — basketball and Da Knicks, penned by THE @katiehonan.bsky.social it hits inboxes at 4 p.m. Thursdays! sign up: www.thecityreporter.nyc/summer-the-c...

really great @lillysabs.bsky.social story today about a strange a magical place in Coney Island ... read it! (and then take a trip there this summer)

"Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to nominate Alexander Dockery, a formerly incarcerated person whom she previously granted clemency, to a three-person state board tasked w/overseeing conditions at correctional facilities." — via @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Eight years after NY launched a task force to reduce maternal deaths, state auditors say officials are only now making "significant" progress. Meanwhile, Black women in NYC remain 5 times more likely than white women to die during pregnancy or within a year. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/03/m...

"An immigration judge Monday had a docket of 121 cases in a single day. In the past, master calendar hearings have summoned two to three dozen people at a time early in their deportation proceedings." — @gwynnefitz.bsky.social reports www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/02/t...

"The Adams administration promised Sadé Singh she would be able to build a granny flat, or ADU, on her Queens property under new development rules. She’s still waiting." — @smaldo.bsky.social reports for @thecity.nyc www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/01/a...

A thread of pigeons in art, in honor of @thecity.nyc & @rachelholliday.bsky.social. First up, Morris Hirshfield, "Girl with Pigeons," 1942 www.moma.org/collection/w...

"A program that has helped connect tens of thousands of New Yorkers to federal, state, and city benefits is under threat after it wasn’t earmarked for any funding in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest budget proposal." — @katiehonan.bsky.social reports www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/05/29/m...

We have a new name! THE CITY is now The City Reporter. Happy to be a small part of the awesome team. youtube.com/shorts/fDV26...

Our team spent months tracking hundreds of street arrests by ICE across the New York region through federal court records. Here’s what we found: 🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

Smart story on the 500 tons (!) of vapes that New Yorkers toss per year. 💨 💨 💨 Good stuff, as they say in the trade, from @lillysabs.bsky.social. She’s had an outstanding internship @thecity.nyc - she hustles and produces sharp stories. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/26/v...

This new effort follows President Donald Trump's National Security Presidential Memo 7, which instructs the Department of Justice to target anyone holding “anti-American,” “anti-Christian,” and "anti-capitalism” beliefs. www.wired.com/story/us-law...

"The winning plan to rebuild Penn Station features renderings of a new train hall with American flags at the entrance, gold-accented railings, columns and escalators — and a presidential seal featuring President Donald Trump’s name." gothamist.com/news/exclusi...

“I have never heard of the department ever being willing to grant blanket immunity,” said Jennifer Ricketts, a former branch director in the department’s civil division. “That seems blatantly corrupt. It’s a shocking gift to the president.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...