Christopher Maag

New Jersey

Enterprise Reporter, Metro Desk at The New York Times

I'm an enterprise reporter for the Metro desk of The New York Times.

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Articles

Before a Fatal Helicopter Crash, 2 Midair Breakdowns and Unpaid Bills

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Patrick McGeehan |Michael Rothfeld |Christopher Maag

The charter firm whose helicopter plunged into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five, had been struggling financially, records show. As federal investigators began the long job of examining what caused a sightseeing helicopter to crash into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people on board, details began to emerge about the small company that made the doomed flight - and its operator's checkered history.
Even After the Salman Rushdie Attack, Turmoil at Chautauqua Institution

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

The rebel leader believed success was in hand: An autocrat deposed, tyranny on the run, one of America's oldest cultural institutions rescued from disaster. "We used classic guerrilla tactics," said Twig Branch, the rebel leader, savoring his victory.
16-Year-Old Is Charged With Hate Crimes in Gang Assault on Black Teen

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

The suspect was part of a group that attacked a Black 16-year-old who was on his way to school at a subway station in Brooklyn, the police said. A 16-year-old has been charged with several hate crimes in a gang attack on a Black teenager at a subway station this week, the police said. The attack happened at 8 a.m. Monday at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn, according to the police.
N.Y. Corrections Department Issues Ultimatum to Striking Officers

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

Corrections officers who staged unauthorized strikes that have sowed chaos across New York State's prisons for the last two and a half weeks received an ultimatum on Thursday night: Return to work on Friday or face termination, disciplinary action and the possibility of criminal charges.
Immigration Reform News January 31, 2025

2 months ago | americasvoice.org | Ginia Bellafante |Tierney Sneed |Heather Knight |Christopher Maag

The New York Times What Mass Deportations Would Do to New York City’s Economy By Ginia Bellafante January 31, 2025 CNN How Trump calling immigration an ‘invasion’ could help him stretch the law By Tierney Sneed January 31, 2025 The New York Times Immigrant Communities in Hiding: ‘People Think ICE Is Everywhere’ By Miriam JordanHamed Aleaziz and Heather Knight January 30, 2025 The New York Times U.S. Says Sheriff Could Face Prosecution for Releasing Immigrant By Christopher Maag and Eileen...
U.S. Says Sheriff Could Face Prosecution for Releasing Immigrant

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag |Eileen Sullivan

The acting U.S. deputy attorney general called on Thursday for an investigation of an upstate New York sheriff who had released an undocumented immigrant from custody - in an apparent escalation in the Trump administration's campaign against sanctuary cities. Emil Bove III, who was named acting deputy attorney general last week, said that the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York was looking into the failure of Sheriff Derek R.
La colombiana que sobrevivió a un accidente aéreo (a veces desearía no haberlo hecho)

2 months ago | elespectador.com | Christopher Maag

En 1990, el vuelo 52 de Avianca se estrelló en los suburbios de Long Island y una chica de 17 años fue sacada de entre los restos. Sobrevivir ha sido su calvario. Los miembros del personal de rescate que encontraron a Astrid creyeron que estaba muerta. Astrid López movió su silla de ruedas hasta el borde del campo donde los médicos la declararon muerta en una ocasión. Se levantó, se tambaleó y luego plantó el bastón en la hierba.
Sobrevivió un accidente de avión. A veces desearía no haberlo hecho

2 months ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Christopher Maag

En 1990, el vuelo 52 de Avianca se estrelló en los suburbios de Long Island y una chica de 17 años fue sacada de entre los restos. Sobrevivir ha sido su calvario. Astrid López movió su silla de ruedas hasta el borde del campo donde los médicos la declararon muerta en una ocasión. Se levantó, se tambaleó y luego plantó el bastón en la hierba.
The Plane Crash Should Have Killed Her. Sometimes She Wishes It Had.

2 months ago | myheraldreview.com | Christopher Maag

Astrid López rolled her wheelchair to the edge of the field where medics once pronounced her dead. She rose, wobbled, then planted her cane in the grass. She hoped that something in this landscape — the green hillside, the barren winter trees, the little cove — might help pry loose memories of the plane crash and her life before it. kAmp== D96 76=E H2D A2:?]k^AmkAm{óA6K =@@<65 E@ E96 >2? DE2?5:?8 2E 96C D:56[ sC] ':4E@C u@C?2C:[ 2 49:=5 ADJ49:2EC:DE H9@> D96 >6E :? E96 H66<D 27E6C E96 244:56?E[ H96?
La dieron por muerta en un accidente de aviĆ³n. Hoy lidia con una vida de dolores

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

Astrid López movió su silla de ruedas hasta el borde del campo donde los médicos la declararon muerta en una ocasión. Se levantó, se tambaleó y luego plantó el bastón en la hierba. Esperaba que algo en aquel paisaje -la verde ladera, los áridos árboles invernales, la pequeña bahía- la ayudara a desenterrar los recuerdos del accidente aéreo y de su vida anterior.