Nick Pinto
Nick Pinto served two tours as staff writer at the Village Voice. His reporting has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Gothamist, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, The Intercept, and elsewhere.
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In Another Secret Court Hearing, Adams Administration Again Asks to Wriggle Out of Right-to-Shelter Duties
And after a closed-door court conference on Tuesday, the presiding judge mysteriously recused herself from the case.
When the Going Gets Tough, Rikers Head Louis Molina Goes to Europe
The guy who has presided over 27 deaths in custody is “sharing best practices on facility management, safety, and security” with his counterparts abroad.
‘No Hamptons on a Dead Planet’
On Wednesday, Extinction Rebellion protesters tried to shut down a Manhattan heliport.
Judge Reverses Course on 2020 Protest Settlement Because Police Union Doesn’t Like It
The lawyer for the police union is the judge's long-time friend with whom she co-hosts a Super Bowl party, and also Ben Smith's dad.
NYPD Settles the Last of the Big 2020 Protest Lawsuits With No Admission of Wrongdoing
The NYPD commits to some reforms—for a few years.
Fine-Tuning the Trade-Offs of Congestion Pricing Is Like Assembling a Mechanical Watch in the Middle of a Firefight
The board in charge of figuring out the toll structure for congestion pricing met on Thursday, and many questions remain unanswered.
Where in the World Is Yenchun Chen?
The now-folk hero who escaped DOC custody out a fifth-floor window is still free.
‘Something Can and Must Change’: The Long Process to Take Rikers Out of NYC’s Control Has Begun
Faced with ongoing constitutional violations, a federal judge Thursday scheduled arguments for putting NYC jails into receivership
Ahead of Crucial Hearing, Rikers Monitor Says Adams Administration’s Jail Reforms Are ‘Haphazard, Tepid and Insubstantial’
The report will likely strengthen calls to take the jails out of the City's control.
City and State Must Come Up With a Plan to Shelter Migrants, Judge Says
The mayor says ‘There’s no more room,’ but a court says both City and State are bound to provide shelter.