Molly Osberg
Molly is a writer and occasional editor covering crime, labor, and the American health care system.
It’s Tuesday, Check Out These Correction Officers Throwing a Party at Rikers Island
As people continue to die at Rikers, those who run the City's notorious jail get booze, white tablecloths, and thrones.
NYPD Officer Who Brandished Gun at BLM Protesters Avoids a Trial
The City declined to represent the officer, but taxpayers are still on the hook for his bill.
New York’s Delivery Class Is Just Trying to Stay Cool
The city’s delivery workers are braving deadly weather conditions, again .
Eric Adams’s Super-Criminal Fever Dream
Like any good cop, the mayor is good at manufacturing a threat.
NYC’s New 5G Monolith Is ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’ With Free Wi-Fi For Exactly One Bronx Block
"The mayor is gonna come out here and say oh, we’re giving you Wi-Fi? You walk away half a block and it’s gone.”
Photos: How New Yorkers Are Keeping Cool Against the Backdrop of Certain Environmental Collapse
City residents are hitting the Big Apple’s beaches, pools, and parks to find some much-needed chill as the planet burns.
Small Claims NYC: Did This Bodega Cat Beat Up a Pit Bull Puppy?
“The cat is famous, a part of the neighborhood, a mascot,” one woman said of the alleged assailant.
Want a Rent-Regulated Apartment? Pay This Broker $10,000
Brokers are capitalizing on an already exploitative rental market, and in the process are effectively destroying the few rent protections we have.