Sammy Sussman
@sammysussman.bsky.social
Investigative reporter | @nyc.streetsblog.org, @nytimes.com 2025 Local Investigations, bylines in @nysfocus.com, @nymag.com, @wired.com, etc. Signal: @sammysussman.01 and Email: sammybsussman2@gmail.com
I'm excited to join @muckrock.com tomorrow to speak about using (state and federal) public records laws to report about ICE and DHS: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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If you know something about the Sat night incident involving the NYPD commissioner's unmarked car and a cyclist, please reach out! Streetsblog was one of the first to cover this — we still want to hear from New Yorkers about what they saw. Email: sammy@streetsblog.org Signal: @sammysussman.01
Not even the NYPD can stop the NYPD from illegal parking.
S-Cop-Laws: Bronx Cops Will Even Park All Over A Memorial ... To Fallen Bronx Cops! - Streetsblog New York City
A brief city effort to rein in the illegal parking was limited to one tiny area before it was abandoned.
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Truly an insane story, now in video format!
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 4mo agoA NY State Trooper was arrested in NJ after a night getting drunk at a strip club... while he was supposed to be on duty patrolling MTA bridges and tunnels. The cop was part of a rogue unit based in NYC that includes some of the state's highest-paid cops, reports @sammysussman.bsky.social:
NEW: An unmarked NYPD car wracked up $38K in tickets, including 400+ school zone speeding tix. Though the dept can get tix dismissed, that's only if they can show "urgent" or "necessary" police action. Here, only $4K of the tix were dismissed. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/24/n...
New York's Fined-est: Meet the Reckless Cops With Thousands in Tickets - Streetsblog New York City
A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there's no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
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This unmarked grey Subaru that belongs to the NYPD's controversial Community Response Team has almost $38,000 in unpaid speed and red-light camera tickets — and none of the reckless driving done by cops in that vehicle was claimed to be a part of any police "emergency."
New York's Fined-est: Meet the Reckless Cops With Thousands in Tickets - Streetsblog New York City
A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there's no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
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NEW — a story I've been working on for 3 years: In a job interview in 2020, officer Joseph DeAngelis admitted to misconduct in 5 previous depts ranging from falsified reports and using the n-word to off-duty drunk driving, shoplifting and animal abuse. www.lohud.com/story/news/i...
NY officer lied, stole his way through 5 jobs. He was never fired.
A NY police officer admitted to a years-long string of misconduct in a four-hour interview. None of his former jobs knew about his checkered past.
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NEW: A @nyc.streetsblog.org analysis shows that patrol cops are writing nearly 1/3 less parking tickets (and 1/2 less speeding tickets) in lower Manhattan this year though tickets by traffic agents are up and 311 calls about parking are way up. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/04/n...
Cops Are Writing More Parking Tickets Citywide — But Failing Badly In Manhattan's Placard Zone - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD is issuing more traffic-related summonses citywide ... with one glaring exception.
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New Streetsblog buddy @sammysussman.bsky.social tackled this pressing basketball issue as well nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/26/k...
Knicks Watch Parties Are Back — Just Not Outside the Garden - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani didn't overrule NYPD's shutdown of the massive watch parties outside Madison Square Garden, but others will happen.
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NEW for @nysfocus.com: A heated debate over police collaboration with federal immigration enforcement kicked off in Oswego County after we reported that sheriff's deputies repeatedly held Spanish-speaking drivers at traffic stops while calling Border Patrol. nysfocus.com/2026/05/21/o...
Videos Reignite Fight Over Oswego County Border Patrol Calls
Footage published by New York Focus sparked a debate over deputies’ practice of calling Border Patrol on Spanish-speaking drivers.
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NEW for @nyc.streetsblog.org: A trooper was arrested for assault in NJ in 2024 when he was supposed to be on patrol in Brooklyn. A secret internal investigation found 9 other troopers in the unit who had also skipped out on their duties. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/21/s...
New York State Police Went AWOL During City Patrols — And Supervisor Had No Idea - Streetsblog New York City
Troopers based in the city routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assaul...
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NEW (my first solo byline for @nyc.streetsblog.org) The MTA's Inspector General caught a superintendent using two fake DOT placards he made on his home computer. The MTA demoted the superintendent following the report. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/m...
MTA Superintendent Busted for DIY Placard - Streetsblog New York City
Absolute placard corrupts absolutely, but a fake placard is even worse!
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NEW, for @nysfocus.com: Last month, we obtained hours of body-cam from Oswego County. It showed sheriff's deputies pulling over drivers — and if the drivers didn't speak English, the deputies called Border Patrol. Some drivers were held for 30+ min while BP responded. nysfocus.com/2026/05/07/o...
Videos Show Upstate NY Cops Calling Border Patrol on Drivers
Oswego County sheriff’s deputies held drivers for up to 45 minutes as they waited for immigration agents, potentially breaking the law.
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The Quizlet flaschards containing the door/gate codes was made private around 25 minutes after I texted a number seemingly affiliated with their creator. But many of the other sets described in this piece — including numerous about ICE Spanish-language training — remain public.
WIRED@wired.com · 6mo agoThe Quizlet flashcards, which WIRED found through basic Google searches, seem to include sensitive information about gate security at Customs and Border Protection locations. www.wired.com/story/cbp-fa...
NEW, for @wired.com: In Feb, a seeming CBP (DHS) employee created a public Quizlet set containing door/gate codes for their Kingsville, TX facility, along with other security information. They are not the only DHS employee that studied internal policies via Quizlet. www.wired.com/story/cbp-fa...
CBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards
The Quizlet flashcards, which WIRED found through basic Google searches, seem to include sensitive information about gate security at Customs and Border Protection locations.
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Worth noting that I've since seen this language in other agreements with departments in other states. I've spoken to experts who think it would be quickly overruled in a state court, but this adds time and expense to disclosure
MuckRock@muckrock.com · 6mo agoIn New Hampshire, a public agreement between the town of Carroll and ICE states that Carroll “must coordinate” with ICE’s public affairs office before releasing information to the media about its work under the agreement, reports @sammysussman.bsky.social.
I had a nice time speaking with @nhpr.org about my reporting earlier this week on the Carroll Police Department's agreement(s) with ICE: www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
Carroll police department receives money from ICE following agreement
Carroll’s cooperation agreement and participation means its four full-time police officers are committed to assisting ICE in federal immigration enforcement. They did just that in December when they d...
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NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that the salaries of a small NH town’s while police department are paid by ICE as part of its 287(g) program. @sammysussman.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
ICE Is Paying the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force
Under a Homeland Security program, police departments around the US are signing up to assist in immigration enforcement. The cops of Carroll, New Hampshire, are going all in—and they’re likely not alo...
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NEW, for @wired.com: The police department in Carroll, N.H., population 800, reached a collaboration agreement with ICE. In return, the town received over $122,000, and the salaries of their three police officers and chief may be covered by ICE. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
ICE Paid the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force
Under a Homeland Security program, police departments around the US are signing up to assist in immigration enforcement. The cops of Carroll, New Hampshire, are going all in—and they’re likely not alo...
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I'm excited to return to @umichsmtd.bsky.social next month to speak with Cara Kizer and antonio c. cuyler about reporting on the NY Phil, institutional responses to public reporting about allegations of abuse and the state of classical music in this post-#MeToo era. smtd.umich.edu/event/06-apr...
06 April 2026 - Confronting the Past: Addressing Stories of Abuse in the Post-#MeToo Era - University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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Impressive reporting, let alone student reporting, from @michigandaily.bsky.social: UM's 2nd-highest paid employee failed to note his board post at Eli Lilly — and his multi-millionaire dollar payments from them — in at least 12 of his journal publications. www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
Former Michigan Medicine dean omitted multimillion-dollar pharma ties in multiple publications, Daily investigation finds
Over a decade marked by a pandemic and nationwide cuts to health care funding, Marschall S. Runge led Michigan Medicine in a historic triple-leadership position. He served as executive vice president ...
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NEW: Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct. Some neglected their duties; others beat their spouses. Some used their badges to elicit favors; others to settle personal scores. All remained on the job. nysfocus.com/2026/01/28/n...
Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious…
New York State troopers used the badge to settle personal scores and elicit favors. Still, theyremained on the job, an investigation found.
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Here's what I've been working on the past two and a half years: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
How We Tracked Down Thousands of Police Misconduct Files
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NEW, by me: Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct The agency's disciplinary system is weaker than other large departments in NY. Troopers who committed serious misconduct have been allowed to remain on the job. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct
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An officer bungled a teen rape case. The victim was abused again. The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct.
New: Former @umichsmtd.bsky.social professor Stephen Shipps was release from prison yesterday, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. Back in 2023, right before I graduated from from U of M, I wrote about his sentencing for @michigandaily.bsky.social: michigandaily.com/news/former-...
Former SMTD professor sentenced to five years in prison
In the mid-1980s, a North Carolina School of the Arts student took a brave step that affected the rest of her high school career: she met with Robert Hickok, the school’s dean, to report that Stephen ...
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NEW: A teen said she was being sexually abused by her adoptive father. An officer didn't believe the teen and didn't take steps to investigate. The teen was returned to the home, where she continued to face sexual abuse. The officer was given just a reprimand. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again.
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Fascinating reporting from a fellow local investigations fellow: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
In a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
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