More 501(c)(3) nonprofits making illegal contributions are located in Brooklyn than anywhere else in NY, although Manhattan has 40,000 more registered nonprofits than Brooklyn. I found more than a dozen cases of them making endorsements, promoting election fundraisers and displaying campaign signs

NEWS: Hundreds of NY nonprofits that are prohibited from engaging in election activity have been making contributions to candidates in violation of state and federal law. Many told the IRS under penalty of perjury that made no such donations. Read more with gift 🔗 www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Tremendous investigation by @emiliemunson.bsky.social of @timesunion.com: www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Great reporting from @emiliemunson.bsky.social. More evidence that New York’s enforcement of campaign finance law is, to be generous, porous in the extreme.

My latest for @timesunion.com

It's the end of 🌞Sunshine Week🌞, celebrating public records and government transparency, so take this opportunity to exercise your right and file a records request if you haven't already! I've filed 5 this week

SCOOP: A special education teacher was arrested in the district that used wooden 'timeout boxes' with students. A parent told police the teacher put her child in a closet and poked with with tooth picks. Much more in @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/news/article...

happy sunshine week! go file an open records request. you do not have to be a journalist to do it and i highly recommend that everyone file at least one at some point and learn about how your government (federal, state, local, all of the above) works!

An uncredentialed "behaviorist" directed an upstate NY school district to use wooden "timeout" boxes to confine elementary schoolers. That violated state education regulations concluded a lawyer hired by the Salmon River CSD. More in @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Big thank you to @syracuseup.bsky.social for selecting me as a finalist for the Toner Prize in Political Reporting! What an incredible honor. My work investigating NY’s public campaign finance program was selected. Links below! newhouse.syracuse.edu/centers/robi...

UPDATE: @emiliemunson.bsky.social's reporting on New York's public campaign finance program — including her Slater bombshell — was just honored as a finalist for this year's Toner Prize for Local Political Reporting. newhouse.syracuse.edu/centers/robi...

New York investigators say a state Senate candidate ran a “straw donor scheme,” “participated in material misrepresentations and fraud” and now owed the state more than $200K. Confirms findings of my August investigation www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Republican state Senate candidate Caleb Slater rooked the state out of more than $200K in a 2024 political fundraising scheme, a probe by the NY Public Campaign Finance Board has concluded. New reporting from @emiliemunson.bsky.social, who exposed the scam last summer.

This blind man - a refugee from Burma - was dropped off by Border Patrol at a Tim Horton's in Buffalo, NY. In the middle of February. A mile from a home where he no longer lived. While his relatives were searching for him. Cops found his body 5 days later www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.

The invitation came as Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with real estate mogul Andrew Farkas, who was close to Epstein. Epstein offered to send a helicopter to pick them up.

NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein invited Andrew Cuomo to his island in October 2014 while Cuomo was governor and campaigning for re-election. Cuomo said he never went. Much more in @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

ICYMI: Lawmakers say the NY legislature must act after "timeout boxes" found at an upstate school. They say state education regulations revised three years ago do not go far enough www.timesunion.com/news/article...

License plate camera data from Connecticut towns searched to track woman who Texas officials say had an abortion. And Out-of-state police are using Connecticut license plate camera data for immigration enforcement. www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

If you've been following the battle over the reappointment of Schoharie County's 92-year-old elections commissioner, we have an update: the county rejected another candidate. Some county board members are still holding out hope to get Clifford Hay back www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Buffalo Bills fire head coach McDermott after 9 seasons www.timesunion.com/sports/artic...

NY is one of 12 states that votes on legislation without knowing how much it will cost. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

NEWS: After the discovery of multiple wooden "timeout boxes" at a school district in northern New York, police are examining a new device allegedly used to block or confine students there. More in @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/news/article...

SCOOP: Police are investigating the use of a new device at a New York school that allegedly confined students in 'timeout boxes.' It's a structure made of PVC pipes and mesh for dividing students from staff during behavior incidents. More in @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Thank you to Bridgeport CT for finally providing me a copy of their vehicle pursuit policy that I FOIA requested nearly SEVEN YEARS ago. This should come in handy for that story I was working on two jobs ago...

John Sarcone's tenure as the top federal prosecutor in New York's Northern District becomes more tenuous by the day. Brendan Lyons reports.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

Members of an Afghan family detained by ICE in Albany last year have been released. About 200 people rallied in the city to support them this weekend www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Rep. Elise Stefanik’s withdrawal from the New York governor race reflects an increasingly obvious reality: Republicans are not in a position to flip the state next year. The race shifts from Likely D to Solid D.

School leaders put on leave, state and local authorities investigating, and parents furious after discovering wooden “timeout” boxes in elementary schools in a NY district. Shocking story that you don’t want to miss www.timesunion.com/news/article...

NEWS: This week, parents discovered an NY public school district had 3 wooden, "timeout" boxes for confining students. Only after photos surfaced did some parents learn their kids may have been held inside. Investigations and outrage ensued. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Fascinating (and alarming) data analysis by Julie Zhu about how much household income is required to be "comfortable" in different regions of New York.

“There didn’t appear to be a single Black juror in the room.”

Here's what we know about the ongoing Attorney General investigation into the campaign of state Senate candidate Caleb Slater, who is accused of paying people for political donations and then collecting thousands from a state program that matched those donations www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is running for governor of New York. He'll challenge Elise Stefanik in the GOP primary www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

NEWS: At least 12 Afghans have been arrested by ICE in the Albany area in the past week as scrutiny of these immigrants mounts after the DC shooting of National Guard members. Others are being called in for questioning including a family of 4 yesterday www.timesunion.com/news/article...

The upstate New York's largest immigration raid since President Trump returned to office was on Sept. 4. That was just the beginning. Lawsuits and long fights for freedom are underway. www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

U.S. work authorizations for legal immigrants slashed from 5 years to 18 months @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-w...

NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Yousaf Sherzad, acting president of the Afghan American Community Center in Albany, said it was sad that a whole community of Afghans are being punished for the actions of the DC shooter: “The community is really scared." @emiliemunson.bsky.social reports.

NEWS: The federal crackdown on Afghans after last week’s DC shooting has resulted in the arrests of at least 10 Afghan immigrants in Albany NY who have pending asylum claims. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

NEWS: At least 10 Afghans have been arrested by ICE in the Albany NY area this week amid President Trump's crackdown on immigrants from that country after a shooting in DC last week www.timesunion.com/news/article...

News: ICE is on track to arrest twice as many people in New York in 2025 than in 2024. But the pace of arrests fell slightly in recent months compared to summer highs. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Less than two weeks after saying it would resume naturalization ceremonies in upstate NY, USCIS is once again cancelling them — this time claiming a lack of candidates. As with our previous reporting, the agency isn't answering questions. Maria Silva reports.

Shopping today? Here is what inflation data shows about your holiday shopping list www.timesunion.com/projects/202...

From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.

High-ranking members allegedly abused law enforcement credentials to obtain special access.

BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A federal judge also dismissed the criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The move comes days after the Times Union revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties, sparking bipartisan criticism and demands for answers.