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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.

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.

August 18, 2023

Where in the World Is Yenchun Chen?

The now-folk hero who escaped DOC custody out a fifth-floor window is still free.

August 15, 2023

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.

August 4, 2023

A.I. Is the Future of Local Journalism

An important announcement about some new innovations coming to Hell Gate.

July 28, 2023

Videos: Here’s the NYPD Violence That Cost You $13 Million

The City is paying to settle another lawsuit over the police response to the 2020 protests. The video evidence collected shows why.

July 20, 2023

The Rikers Monitor Is Finally Fed Up With the Adams Administration

"Real harm is occurring to real people in real time," the monitor reminds everyone.

July 11, 2023

What’s in Eric Adams’s Wallet?

And other questions raised by the most absurdly unnecessary government forgery operation ever reported.

Epstein Killed Himself, With the Help of a Broken and Neglectful Federal Prison System

Incompetence, violence and death in New York's federal jails don't require imaginative explanation—they're commonplace.

June 29, 2023