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.
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.
A.I. Is the Future of Local Journalism
An important announcement about some new innovations coming to Hell Gate.
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.
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.
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.








