Erin Durkin

2 weeks ago | nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Erin Durkin |Savannah Behrmann |Philip Athey

The Trump administration wrongfully deported a Maryland resident to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador and has now asked the Supreme Court to block attempts to return him to the U.S. The dramatic case is raising alarm among lawyers representing migrants in the U.S. as they grapple with an administration that is removing their clients with little due process and refusing to address deportation errors.

3 weeks ago | nationaljournal.com | Ledyard King |Savannah Behrmann |Erin Durkin |Cristina Maza

Don Maston is president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, which has more than 130,000 members delivering mail to rural and suburban communities throughout the U.S. Maston spoke with Ledyard King about President Trump’s push to privatize the U.S. Postal Service, his thoughts on recently departed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and why he thinks rural America needs its letter carriers more than ever. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

3 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Erin Durkin

11:23 AM EDT on March 31, 2025 Outdoor dining is once again a mostly Manhattan affair. According to the Department of Transportation, a majority of the restaurants cleared by the City to offer outdoor dining are in Manhattan, followed by Brooklyn, reversing progress made by the temporary program launched early in the pandemic to spread al fresco eating across the five boroughs.

4 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Erin Durkin

10:11 AM EDT on March 27, 2025 A pro-Palestinian Brooklyn City Councilmember is facing a strong primary challenge in a race roiled by local fallout from the conflict in the Middle East. Challenger Maya Kornberg, who is Jewish, and incumbent Shahana Hanif, the first Muslim woman elected to the City Council, both say the race is not about Israel—an issue the City Council has zero power to influence.

1 month ago | nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Ledyard King

Amidst staffing layoffs and efforts to modernize the nation’s organ-transplant process, stakeholders worry a loss of knowledge and expertise could detrimentally impact an already fragile system. The current organ-transplant system is far from perfect, with 17 people per day dying while awaiting a transplant and more than 100,000 men, women, and children on the national waiting list. Every eight minutes, a person is added to that list.