Brittany Kriegstein
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Reporter at WNYC (New York, NY)
Breaking news & crime reporter @WNYC/Gothamist. Former: @NYT @NYDailyNews. CJS ‘19. Bodega Bathrooms expert. ✉️[email protected]
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3 days ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein |Catalina Gonella |Paige Oamek |Elijah Hurewitz-Ravitch
New Yorkers turned out to the polls Tuesday in sweltering heat to vote in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor and other offices. “I think local elections, we don't put as much emphasis on it, we tend to care more about the presidential ones,” Jianna Dejesus, a 23-year-old who works in film, said outside the poll site at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
New York City mayoral candidate Comptroller Brad Lander was detained Tuesday by federal agents at an immigration courthouse in Lower Manhattan, according to campaign staff. Video posted to social media shows Lander being led away into an elevator by two men who appear to be masked agents, which is consistent with recent practices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “You have no authority to arrest U.S. citizens,” Lander can be heard saying in the video.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
Two of the detainees who escaped a Newark immigration detention facility last week have been arrested, but two others remain at large, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Federal agents caught Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez in Passaic, New Jersey, on June 13, DHS officials said in a release Monday.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
Relatives of a Bronx toddler who authorities say was killed by his father and who was missing for a month are considering legal action against New York City, accusing officials of mishandling the case, family representatives said Monday. Outside the 40th Precinct stationhouse in the South Bronx, the Rev.
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
As New Yorkers face a critical shortage of affordable homes, city lawmakers are asking why thousands of public housing apartments are vacant — and why they are taking well over a year to fill on average. The New York City Council’s public housing committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Monday to question NYCHA officials on why units are staying empty longer and tenant transfers are moving so slowly.
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The daughter of the woman brutally beaten on Randall's Island told @_charleslane her mom had to be resuscitated & is undergoing another surgery. Police still don’t know who attacked her. https://t.co/kykf8ld5vN vía @gothamist
Truly honored to have been recognized by the @deadlineclub with @jeffwilen for our story about gun violence hot spots across NYC. This project involved complex data mapping & many days out on those blocks, talking to residents. So grateful to all those people for trusting us. https://t.co/76j4RKjsC3
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy in the killing of Evette Jeffrey, who was riding a scooter home from school yesterday when she was struck by a stray bullet. https://t.co/tDJKnzLIZS vía @gothamist