Chris Bragg
Capitol Bureau Chief at New York FOCUS
Capitol bureau chief, New York Focus. Longtime investigative reporter covering New York government, former Buffalo News, Times Union. Tips: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
thecity.nyc | Chris Bragg
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. As chair of the New York City Council’s Land Use Committee, Rafael Salamanca has the power to determine whether development projects live or die — and it’s made him a magnet for campaign donations from the real estate industry.
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1 month ago |
ryerecord.com | Chris Bragg
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. By Chris Bragg, New York FocusA Westchester County town’s top elected official helped advance a rezoning law that significantly increased the value of land he owned — then sold that land to a developer for nearly $3 million, reaping a substantial personal profit.
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1 month ago |
nysfocus.com | Chris Bragg
At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
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1 month ago |
nysfocus.com | Chris Bragg
Nick Spano went from prison sentence to multimillion-dollar lobbying comeback. Chris Bragg · May 5, 2025 The Manhattan skyline and George Washington Bridge are visible through foliage near the proposed Park Studio site at 501 Hawthorne Avenue on the Yonkers waterfront.
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1 month ago |
nysfocus.com | Chris Bragg
Mayor Mike Spano has stated his administration has not been lobbied by his powerful brother’s firm. Emails indicate otherwise. Chris Bragg · April 30, 2025 Pedestrians and traffic fill South Broadway in downtown Yonkers, N.Y., on Monday, April 29, 2025.
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RT @jul1arock: In 2010, the NYC Bar Ass'n said: “Despite more than 40 years of periodic attention to deficiencies in the process server ind…
New: A powerful Bronx politician dines on developers’ double donations https://t.co/j3Nd8RPgiO
A Westchester County mayor helped rezone land he owned — dramatically increasing the value — then sold it to a housing developer for $2.9M https://t.co/GOcxYVwrKx