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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2 days ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
Police on Monday were investigating five separate homicides that happened across New York City over the weekend, including one that took place on an MTA shuttle bus, according to NYPD officials. Officials said they had not made any arrests yet, and had not publicly identified the victims. The killings occurred in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn at various times of day, starting Friday night, the NYPD said. Three of the victims killed were stabbed, and two were shot.
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4 days ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein |David Brand
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that “there will likely be more arrests coming” for members of Congress who were present when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested outside a federal immigration detention facility in New Jersey on Friday. In an interview on CNN Saturday morning, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told anchor Victor Blackwell that the agency was reviewing body camera footage that allegedly showed elected officials pushing and shoving federal agents.
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4 days ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein |David Giambusso
The federal investigation into Mayor Eric Adams’ alleged corruption was expanding just as the newly installed Trump administration was rushing to shut it down, according to court documents released Friday night.
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5 days ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at a newly reopened federal immigration detention center in his city Friday afternoon, according to local and federal officials. The Trump administration’s new acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey accused him of trespassing on the property. Baraka was handcuffed and brought into the Delaney Hall detention center, according to his spokesperson, who said it was not immediately clear whether he was still at the facility or had been transported elsewhere.
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6 days ago |
gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump administration efforts to withhold funding for housing assistance across the country, including for thousands of New York City families, according to local officials and court records. The city and seven other jurisdictions sued the administration in Seattle District Court last week, challenging what they called “unlawful conditions” on the funding, which supports organizations that help house vulnerable populations.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested by feds, accused of trespassing at ICE center https://t.co/hmnJlGtvVv vía @gothamist
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Our new gun violence map shows how shootings have decreased in East Harlem. Photo 1 is the neighborhood from 2020-2022, when it included one of the city’s most concentrated hot spots (in red). Photo 2 is from 2023-2025. Huge thanks to Joe Hong for this data viz. https://t.co/Ath970prjB