Dana Rubinstein
@danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social
Reporter at the NYT covering NYC
“This court is granting you voluntary departure...I wish you all the best.” Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/31/u...
Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys
Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.
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When a boat hits a wave, the jolt can intensify 10x between the deck and the head of a crew member. That counter-intuitive physics is leaving some of the Coast Guard's most elite rescuers with serious brain injuries that go undiagnosed. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
Rescue Boat Crews Show Signs of Brain Injuries, but Coast Guard Isn’t Looking
Untreated and undiagnosed, the crews that save lives in the roughest seas face the relentless pounding of waves.
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ICE agents have begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The NYT and interviews with immigration lawyers — opening up a new pool of possible deportees www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (Gift Article)
Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.
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The Trump administration is no longer dodging the question of whether it wants to rename Penn Station in New York City. In a letter to the leaders of three Senate committees on Wednesday, the transportation secretary, Sean P. Duffy, listed renaming Penn Station as an administration priority.
End of the Line for Penn Station? A Trump Official Calls for a New Name. (Gift Article)
Sean P. Duffy, the transportation secretary, said renaming the New York transportation hub was an administration priority. But he hasn’t offered any options.
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James Dolan has quietly won another protracted war, this one against the New York State Liquor Authority. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/n...
Inquiry Into James Dolan’s Use of Facial Recognition Ends in Modest Fines
The New York State Liquor Authority withdrew charges that tied facial recognition systems at James Dolan’s MSG Entertainment to exclusionary practices and issued $30,000 in fines for an unrelated offe...
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"California has reduced reported food and cash benefit theft by 76% relative to the 2024 peak, the state said. New York, on the other hand, does not even keep data on people losing their benefits to fraud." by @rosagoldensohn.bsky.social www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/25/s...
Stolen Food Stamp Funds Leave Thousands Hungry as New York Sleeps on Reforms
Unlike other states, New York hasn’t taken basic anti-fraud measures found in commercial banking — and it doesn’t reimburse the victims.
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1,300 people who sued the archdiocese over sexual abuse face a monumental choice: accept an $800M proposed settlement w/the archdiocese or risk fighting it out in court, an option that would likely lead the archdiocese to declare bankruptcy. w/ @mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/n...
Plaintiffs in Catholic Church Abuse Case Weigh $800 Million Offer
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For James Dolan, the famously irascible owner of the New York Knicks, a sudden feud with Mayor Zohran Mamdani seemed in character, and unsurprising to longtime Madison Square Garden Kremlinologists. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/n...
Mamdani Finds a Foil Familiar to New Yorkers: James Dolan
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“A.I. is coming for all of us.” by Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/n...
The A.I. Proxy Fight Roiling the Race for a New York House Seat
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"The primary in New York’s 7th District has turned the left against the lefter." by Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/n...
The Congressional Primary Tearing the Mamdani Coalition in Two
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Adams has seemed to move on with his life. Recently, he has reached out to members of New York’s business community. One of those members said Adams is pitching construction industry products, including a type of rust-resistant rebar and wallpaper that can heat a room www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/n...
Manhattan D.A. Is Urged to Pursue a Criminal Case Against Eric Adams
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Schlossberg has translated fame, charisma and creativity into a narrow lead. But fellow Democrats, family friends and union leaders describe an operation so erratic and plagued by turnover that it raises questions about how he would handle being in Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...
Inside Jack Schlossberg’s Chaotic Campaign to Revive Camelot
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New York City’s emergency management agency, which ran the alert network, said it needed to free up personnel to help translate messages for the World Cup. w/ @matthewhaag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/n...
A Text System Sent Safety Alerts to Private Schools. Now, It’s Silent.
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For 25 years, through the terms of three mayors, the Office to Combat Domestic Violence oversaw the city’s domestic violence prevention efforts and retained a relatively direct line to the mayor. That appears to be changing. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/n... with Hurubie Meko
Advocates Worry Mamdani May Be Weakening Anti-Domestic Violence Office
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NYC is remarkable for its dynamism, but also for its stubborn refusal to change www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/n...
A Parking Dispute Where the Judges Aren’t Exactly Impartial
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Congressman’s Gambit to Save Seat: He’ll Personally Match Each Donation, by Nick Fandos: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/n...
Congressman’s Gambit to Save Seat: He’ll Personally Match Each Donation
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Mamdani Expected to Reject Bill Involving Police at School Protests, w/ @sallygoldberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/n...
Mamdani Expected to Reject Bill Involving Police at School Protests
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A spokesman for the mayor said that the administration was “not actively engaged in negotiations to move this project forward at this time.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/n...
Mamdani Faces Pressure to Cancel $2 Billion Deal to Expand Hudson Yards
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"Black homeowners in Queens are fuming. Brooklyn 20-somethings are suddenly very invested in potholes. And one young Republican admitted that his fears New York would turn into “Gotham City” now feel overblown." by Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/n...
How’s He Doing? 13 New Yorkers Weigh In on Mamdani’s First 100 Days.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s law department on Tuesday sought a judge’s approval to stop representing the former mayor, Eric Adams, in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...
Mamdani Moves to End City’s Defense of Adams in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
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"What emerges is a pragmatic and cunning politician at the height of his powers and unafraid to use them — even if it means delivering a sharp elbow to old friends and compromising his ideological purity as a democratic socialist." by Nick Fandos and Sally Goldenberg www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/n...
Behind Mamdani’s Smile, a Politician Who Can Be a Ruthless Operator
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today is the anniversary of the death of kitty genovese, and every year someone posts posters for her at the LIRR station in kew gardens next to where she was killed ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
New: Steve Banks, Mamdani's corporation counsel, is cutting off city-funded legal representation for Tim Pearson and Jeffrey Maddrey, two top adviser to former Mayor Eric Adams, against lawsuits accusing them of sexual harassment and retaliation.
“Hold on,” the judge said. “Insanity. Talk about timing. Unbelievable.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/n...
He Was Convicted in a Fatal Hit and Run. Why Isn’t He in Prison?
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NEW: Under Trump, mental health care for vets is getting squeezed VA is bleeding shrinks & *not replacing them* One told me she's so overloaded her sessions can be *16 mins* She's had to online sessions w/ 35 vets How is that therapeutic? It's not, she said www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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"An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings." Gift link, free article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
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Thomson Reuters is best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, but it is also a huge data broker that provides investigative tools to the government, including ICE. Its Minneapolis workers aren't happy about that: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/t...
They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
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