After nearly 10 years, today is my last day at the @latimes.com. I'm so grateful to have worked with so many talented people. Please be on the lookout for one more big story soon! Can't share yet where I'm headed next, but I'll still be writing about California housing issues.

"The poll’s findings underscore just how much Mr. Adams and Mr. Cuomo may have misread the electorate by expending energy to attack Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/n...

McGuinness Boulevard rears its head again: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...

After emigrating from Sicily, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grandfather, Andrea Cuomo, opened a grocery store in Jamaica, Queens. The store soon drew a regular patron: Mr. Trump’s father, Fred Trump, a politically connected developer building homes nearby. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...

A fellow user suggested Mr. Emerson change his vanilla X handle to something more provocative: 'Andrew Cuomo Is A Sex Pest.' Mr. Cuomo soon found his X stream populated by an unwanted reference to the 11 sexual harassment allegations that drove him from office. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...

Bombshell report from The New York Times reveals that President Donald Trump spoke directly to Andrew Cuomo about how to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

NEW: While business leaders are anxious over the prospect of Zohran Mamdani in City Hall, the Democratic Socialists of America are contemplating how they would wield power and influence policy. w/ @jeffcmays.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...

“There was this ‘play it safe, make no mistakes’ attitude. That was not who I am.”

FEMA Is Holding Up $2.4 Billion in Grants to Fight Terrorism, States Say FEMA officials are two months behind in posting grant application guidelines, which are expected to reflect Trump’s demand for cooperation on his priorities (i.e., immigration enforcement.)

Here is @governor.ny.gov's letter to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem. The delays to this FEMA funding put NY “communities at a greater risk than perhaps anywhere else in the nation,” she wrote, noting the vulnerability of “the largest Jewish community outside of Israel.”

SCOOP: Billions of dollars in federal grants to help states protect against terrorism and disasters are being held up. The delay appears to be about President Trump's immigration agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/n...

UPDATE: Avi Small, Gov. Kathy Hochul's press secretary, resigned today. He had been placed on leave last week and was being investigated after another aide accused him of inappropriate touching. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/n...

This is a big deal in New York political circles. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/n...

Gov. Hochul Suspends Top Aide Accused of Sexual Harassment, written w/ Ben Oreskes www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/n...

“Ms. Glazer, 38, said former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the front-runner, reminded her of a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

During Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani's whirlwind rise in the New York City mayoral race, he has put forth a wish list of big ideas, including freezing rents for stabilized apartments. The proposals have energized his base, but their ambition could exceed the ability of any mayor to see them through.

NEW: Elon Musk’s work w/Trump has prompted NY Dem lawmakers to propose stripping Tesla's ability to sell its cars directly to consumers. The liberal anger here has trickled down into opposition against a planned Tesla dealership in an Albany suburb. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...

“The governor always said to me she wanted the D.A.s to be in a good place,” Mr. Heastie said. “The D.A.s seem to be in a very good place. Her team was briefed on the language last night and they seemed to be fine. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/n...

New York Leaders Agree to Ease Evidence Requirements for Prosecutors www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/n...

“It’s just insulting for any governor to believe that not paying people is going to make them walk away from their principles,” Mr. Heastie said in an interview. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/n...

NEW: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is cutting $325 million in grants that was to go to New York State, much of it destined for essential flood mitigation efforts in New York City. W/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social + Grace Ashford. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...

Trump's “funding threats against states, for nothing but political purposes, will directly harm millions of red voters in those purple and blue states,” said Jason Elliott, who previously served as Mr. Newsom’s deputy chief of staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

For real waste, fraud, and abuse, have a look at Tesla's decade-old subsidy deal with the State of New York. Proud to be working with @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social to take the fight to Elon Musk.

Two New York Democrats are introducing a bill to audit Elon Musk's so-called "Buffalo Billion" project, in which the state spent $959 million to build a plant for Musk’s company to lease for $1 a year. Elon Musk sure has a lot of government money flowing to his businesses.

What a story from Andy Newman! Spend some time with this piece today. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“If you end up in a head-to-head battle with the federal government, you’re likely to lose,” @sengianaris.bsky.social added. “But we can fill in the gaps that the federal government is now falling away on.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...

"Bally’s and the Trump Organization made the agreement before Mr. Trump’s second term, but the payout would come while he is president, and as he considers countless issues affecting the finances and governance of New York State and New York City." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/n...

As Congress works out the particulars of how it might roll back trillions of dollars in federal spending, New York and other states have been left to play a guessing game about how they might be affected. In Albany about $91 Billion is at risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/n...

"Never Again, NOW! never convened the summer symposium it said would...nor an advertised lecture series in the fall. It has yet to launch the educational hub on Israel and Hamas still promised on its bare-bones web page" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...

ANOTHER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOAL FOR PULISIC 😤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Amazing that these traitors get rewarded, rather then face their own demise— only in America and only for a particular shade www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/n...