The developers hoping to win casino licenses in and around New York City are sponsoring kids events. Some parents are less-than-thrilled w/ Nicole Hong nytimes.com/2023/08/21/nyr…

Two years ago, 23-year-old Genesis Reynoso overdosed at the Brooklyn Mirage. It came at a time when the State Liquor Authority was cracking down on the venue. But the SLA didn't learn about her death until earlier this year. Here is Genesis' story: gothamist.com/news/a-23-year…

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After emigrating to New Jersey from Egypt, Wael Hana faced a string of business and legal problems. Then he met a powerful U.S. senator: Robert Menendez. They're now facing charges in what's been described as a wide-ranging corruption scheme together. nytimes.com/2023/10/01/nyr…

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F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams’s Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifies, with William K. Rashbaum Michael Rothfeld nytimes.com/2023/11/10/nyr…

Federal investigators are examining whether Eric Adams, before his election as mayor in 2021, intervened to help the Turkish government get city approval to open its new consulate despite Fire Department safety concerns. with William K. Rashbaum Dana Rubinstein nytimes.com/2023/11/12/nyr…

Supervisors invited employees to strip clubs. A supervisor had sex with his employee & said he wanted to reassign her. Bank examiners sent women dick pics. Inside the toxic work environment at the FDIC that for years has caused women to leave the agency: wsj.com/us-news/fdic-t…

Amazing dive into the system that is failing homeless people with mental illness in NYC, over and over, with tragic and violent results. By Amy Julia Harris & Jan Ransom nytimes.com/2023/11/20/nyr…

A hospital turned away a man who was homicidal. Another man's outpatient treatment team stood by as he became violent. We found glaring mistakes in NYC's care of nearly 100 homeless mentally ill people who went on to commit acts of violence w/ Jan Ransom nytimes.com/2023/11/20/nyr…

A beloved Xmas-themed bar crawl that says it's raised $1.4M for charity actually spent most of the money on a itself — plus a mix of cryptocurrency, Burning Man stuff and a documentary on pelvic exams Ryan Kailath on the Santa con gothamist.com/arts-entertain…

In 1960, 90 percent of French speakers lived in Western countries. By 2060, up to 85 percent of them will live in Africa. A look at how artists, standup comedians and writers are creating new expressions and changing French nytimes.com/2023/12/12/wor…

THREAD: Lured by a fake job, a man was kidnapped and trapped in a labor camp by a Chinese scam gang. He worked for his captors for six months while secretly sending me photos, videos and financial records from inside. Then, he went silent. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

New The New York Times investigation: Countless parents are pushed into unneeded tongue-tie surgeries for their babies, sometimes with awful consequences. Katie Thomas Sarah Kliff Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️ Virginia Hughes Inside the Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues nytimes.com/2023/12/18/hea…

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NEW: Kendra's Law was supposed to prevent mentally ill people from unraveling and committing random acts of violence. We found it failed more than 380 times in recent years. w/ Jan Ransom nytimes.com/2023/12/21/nyr…

NEW: Our deep dive into life inside Shen Yun, the dance company of the Falun Gong religious movement. Practitioners send their children to live, learn and train at a 400-acre compound in upstate New York known as "the mountain." nytimes.com/2024/08/15/nyr…

“Her weight was recorded on a sheet posted in a classroom, with the names of those deemed to be too fat scrawled in red.” Read this astonishing investigation into Shen Yun by Nicole Hong Michael Rothfeld. nytimes.com/2024/08/15/nyr…

"Inside Shen Yun, the group’s leaders told their young performers that each show was an urgent spiritual mission, and they led them to believe that anyone who spoke out against the movement would face dire consequences." Nicole Hong Michael Rothfeld nytimes.com/2024/08/15/nyr…