She Says Her Lawyer Stole Her Money. She Can’t Get the DA to Return Her Calls.
Despite mounting evidence that a disbarred attorney stole client funds, Manhattan prosecutors have taken no action.
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Apple Pickers Are Still Waiting for Promised Union Protections
An entire season has come and nearly gone, and Wafler Farms still isn’t following its union contract.
ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded
So far this year, the state’s county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.
Illegal wildlife shops in Laos target Chinese tourists with scams
LUANG PRABANG, Laos — “No coffee, no coffee,” repeated the security guard. His smile stood in stark contrast to his faded camouflage fatigues and the machine gun slung over his shoulder. Few cafés in the sleepy Laotian tourist town of Luang Prabang boast armed guards, but Kin Liao Coffee is not the average café. While […]
New York Farms Refuse to Follow New Union Contracts
Four farms upstate won’t sign or follow contracts awarded by state-appointed arbitrators after bargaining stalled.
An Upstate Orchard Is Putting New Farmworker Protections to the Test
New York’s farm labor law was meant to transform life for agricultural workers. One apple farm shows how hard that may be.
Harrison Mayor Helped Rezone His Own Land — Then Sold It for $2.9 Million
Richard Dionisio participated in multiple votes related to a controversial rezoning effort without publicly disclosing his financial interest.
The New York State Police Are Feeding ICE a Gang Database
For 20 years, the state police have been quietly building a database of suspected gang members — and they’re feeding it to Donald Trump’s administration.
Thousands Wait for Long-Term Help While Hochul Pushes Involuntary Commitment
In some counties, the waitlist for state-funded mental health treatment programs can exceed two years.
Top New York Judge’s Son, and His Boss, At Center of Ethics Dispute
A Queens court’s failure to reveal a romance has sparked accusations of bias.
Fraudster-Linked Company Set to Begin Massive Insurance Contract for Home Health Workers
The company used to help employers avoid paying for workers’ benefits. Now it’s slated to administer health insurance for tens of thousands of low-wage New Yorkers.
Patronage Never Left: New York Courts Still Favor the Politically Connected
A New York Focus investigation reveals how party officials and politically connected law firms continue to profit from court-appointed roles.
The Martuscello Dynasty: Power and Patronage in New York Prisons
A man in a green prison uniform, his face bleeding and wrists shackled behind his back, slouches on a medical examination table. A uniformed guard shoves an object into his mouth, while another grips his throat, and several more take turns beating him. They hit him all over his body. When he loses consciousness, they lift him by his collar and throw him against a window.
A Decade and $600 Million Later, New York Prisons Still Lack Cameras
When Jaquan Myers was sent to the Franklin Correctional Facility infirmary last summer, bleeding and hyperventilating, he knew he couldn’t do anything about the incident that landed him there.
Congo’s green diplomacy collides with mineral extraction in Sangha
This article was produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network in collaboration with the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP). Read the first part of this two-part series. BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over […]
Gold mining threatens Congo's forest carbon project
This article was produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network in collaboration with the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP). It is the first part of a two-part series, read part two here. Environmentalist Justin Landry Chekoua says he’s shocked by images of century-old trees uprooted and rivers contaminated in […]
In Fight Over Fortune, a Young Man Takes on the Kingmakers of Queens
Brandon Bishunauth is an unlikely candidate to pick a fight with a bastion of old-time machine politics.
Drug airstrips threaten Indigenous communities in Peru
The boat comes to a halt, shuddering against the dirt bank that rises from the edge of the Ucayali River. Sixto, tanned and with a frown cutting deep furrows across his forehead, jumps ashore. He strides up to a flat area dotted with banana plantations, yucca crops and scattered foliage. He raises his hand and […]
Fifteen illegal airstrips found near Indigenous communities in Peru
The hum of a small plane is heard overhead during a community assembly, but no one looks up. Conversation rises naturally over the sound as the engine’s intense roar fades into the background. The aircraft takes five minutes to pass over an Indigenous community located between the districts of Yuyapichis and Puerto Bermúdez, its course […]
German conservation funding linked to Maasai evictions
A Tanzanian journalist contributed to this report, but has requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. OLOLOSOKWAN, Tanzania — Just days after rangers from Serengeti National Park confiscated Lankenua Sainguran’s cattle and pushed her family into poverty, the German ambassador to Tanzania ceremonially handed over the keys to new facilities for the […]
