Billy Witz

New York

Reporter at The New York Times

Covering college sports for the New York Times national desk. @nytsports diaspora. Email: [email protected]

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Articles

Military deployments to LA Will Cost $134 Million

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Billy Witz |John Yoon

LOS ANGELES - The deployment of about 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles will cost $134 million, a Pentagon official said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump threatened heavy force if protests against his immigration crackdown spread to a military parade in Washington this weekend. After a night of small and mostly peaceful protests in Los Angeles, the Marines deployed by the Trump administration arrived in the area Tuesday.
Newsom slams Trump's 'brazen abuse of power' as LA mayor imposes curfew

2 weeks ago | sfexaminer.com | Juliet Macur |Billy Witz |John Yoon |Eric Schmitt

California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned President Donald Trump's deployment of the military in Los Angeles as a "brazen abuse of power" in a televised speech Tuesday, as protesters across the United States expressed anger over the Trump administration's workplace immigration raids. Newsom spoke shortly before an all-night curfew imposed by Mayor Karen Bass took effect at 8 p.m. in downtown Los Angeles, forcing crowds to mostly disperse from areas where police and protesters have clashed for days.
When the National Guard went to LA in 1992, the situation was far different

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Billy Witz

Some Republicans have drawn parallels between President Donald Trump’s dispatching of National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Saturday and what happened in 1992, when soldiers and Marines were sent to the Los Angeles area to restore order after the Rodney King riots. But that was a far different situation. In contrast with the isolated skirmishes seen in Los Angeles County over the past few days, there were neighborhoods in 1992 that had devolved into something resembling a lawless dystopia.
California asks court to block use of troops in ICE raids

2 weeks ago | sfexaminer.com | Billy Witz |John Yoon |Eric Schmitt

California officials asked a federal court for an emergency order on Tuesday that would restrict the federal government's use of Marines and National Guard troops in the Los Angeles area, limiting them only to protecting federal property.
A Mayor’s Son Prepares to Inherit the Job His Father Never Got to Finish

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Billy Witz

3 hours agoTribes say the US misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schoolsTwo tribal nations filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations of Native children were systematically abused.
Corey O'Connor's Pittsburgh Primary Win Follows His Father's Footsteps

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Billy Witz

In Pittsburgh, Corey O'Connor's victory in the Democratic primary represents a turn from progressive policies - and a chance for him to run the city his father once led. On the morning after, Corey O'Connor stood with his wife, Katie, on a corner in their Pittsburgh neighborhood. Each cradled a toddler in one arm - she carried Molly, he carried Emmett - and in the other arm held up a handmade sign that read "Thank you, Pittsburgh." Passers-by waved and honked.
O'Connor Wins Democratic Primary for Pittsburgh Mayor, Defeating Incumbent

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Billy Witz

Corey O'Connor, the son of a popular former mayor, won the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor on Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, signaling voters' dissatisfaction with the city under its current progressive leader, Ed Gainey.
Missteps and Party Fissures Bedevil Pittsburgh Mayor’s Re-election Run

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Billy Witz

NowOpinion | I have seen the future of AI. It’s in Western Pennsylvania. The region’s energy and know-how powered the Industrial Revolution. It’s following the same playbook now. Salena Zito is a columnist for the Washington Examiner.
Pittsburgh's Mayoral Race Heats Up as Pressure Mounts on Ed Gainey

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Billy Witz

The Democratic primary for mayor of Pittsburgh on Tuesday has become something of a proxy for the national struggle over the party's future direction. Ed Gainey was beaming on Thursday, even before the first shovel went into the ground for the African Queens Apartments, an $8.1 million mixed-use building in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that will have 12 affordable-housing units, two commercial spaces and resident services like a financial literacy adviser.
Suspect in Arson at Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion Had Troubled Past

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Billy Witz |Campbell Robertson

Mr. Balmer, in an interview with the police, "admitted to harboring hatred" of Mr. Shapiro and said that he would have "beaten him with his hammer" had he run into him that night at the mansion, according to an affidavit filed in the case. But Mr. Balmer's social media suggested not a particular ideology so much as a deep cynicism, in some posts espousing a libertarian bent bordering on anarchism, in others praising violence.

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