Nick Pinto
‘The Number One Issue in Our Budget This Year Is Locking Up Black and Brown People’
An interview with Assemblymember Latrice Walker, on the fifth day of her hunger strike to protest bail law rollbacks.
Plumbing the Depths of the Manhattan Criminal Court System (Bathrooms)
The facilities of 100 Centre Street might not meet the exacting standards of Donald J. Trump.
Why Did Chase Bank Cancel This NYC Cop City Protester’s Accounts?
The bank, which is helping to fund the sprawling police complex in Atlanta that has become a flashpoint for protest, won't say.
Manhattan Arraignment Court, April 4, 2023
Hell Gate puts you at the heart of the action inside New York Criminal Court.
Court to NYPD: Stop Illegally Accessing Sealed Arrest Records
After years of litigation, a state judge has given the NYPD a timeline to clean up its act.
The Police Budget Prospers As the Police Watchdog Budget Starves
While the NYPD is already $100 million over budget on overtime alone, the City's police watchdog says its own skeletal budget "does not allow the CCRB to function properly."
NYC Jails Watchdog Bucks Mayor Adams…For Now
The Board of Correction wouldn't sign off on an Adams administration plan to stop delivery of physical mail to incarcerated people.
Inside the Cancellation of WNYC’s ‘The Takeaway’
"This is how you treat people who do awful things. And we didn’t do anything awful. We did a show every day,” says Melissa Harris-Perry.
The Never-ending Battle Over Bail Reform
In the latest episode of the Hell Gate Podcast, we check in on the ongoing bail reform wars and hear from Prakash Churaman, who is still struggling to come to terms with his experience on Rikers.
Eric Adams’s ‘Worst of the Worst’ Report Violated State Law and a Court Injunction
The mayor's press stunt last August that featured that report? It was built on hundreds of violations of the state's sealed arrest law, a judge ruled on Thursday.