Mark Chiusano

New York

Columnist and Editorial Writer at Newsday

Wrote THE FABULIST and MARINE PARK. Work in @nymag @nytimes @thedrift_mag @parisreview etc. Senior Fellow @nylawschool. Talk: [email protected]

Articles

A Mother Took Her Sons to an ICE Check-in. She Never Saw Them Again.

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Mark Chiusano

Alma Lopez Diaz was sitting in a waiting room of 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan when an officer came out with one of her son’s wallets and another’s debit card. She had walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office with her sons Josue, 19, an usher at the family’s church, and Jose, 20, a recent high-school graduate, to accompany them on a routine check-in with the authorities.
A Mother Took Her Sons to an ICE Check-in. She Never Saw Them Again.

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Mark Chiusano

Alma Lopez Diaz was sitting in a waiting room of 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan when an officer came out with one of her son's wallets and another's debit card. She had walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office with her sons Josue, 19, an usher at the family's church, and Jose, 20, a recent high-school graduate, to accompany them on a routine check-in with the authorities.
Tiny

1 month ago | metropolitanreview.org | Mark Chiusano

This Easter Weekend, we’re pleased to share “Tiny” by Mark Chiusano, a story in which a broken ankle forces two estranged brothers into uncomfortable proximity. When their impulsive trip to Cape Canaveral unearths a poignant family secret, Chiusano masterfully reveals how even blood relatives can remain strangers locked in distant orbits, and how the path to reconnection, if possible at all, often requires limping toward difficult truths. —The EditorsIt was a bad break, a slip and then a tumble.
Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”?

1 month ago | thenation.com | Mark Chiusano

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DHS Told Him to Leave the U.S. Immediately - He’s Been a Citizen Since Age 8

1 month ago | documentedny.com | Mark Chiusano

The email came in before dawn on Friday with an alarming first line. “It is time for you to leave the United States.”The sender was listed as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Where Does the Left Go After Bernie Sanders? Zohran Mamdani May Have the Answer.

2 months ago | politico.com | Mark Chiusano

Zohran Mamdani may not win his election, but he could offer a strategy to the left. Progressive New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has become a fundraising powerhouse. | Angelina Katsanis for POLITICO Mark Chiusano is a journalist and the author of The Fabulist, a biography of George Santos. He is a senior fellow at New York Law School's Center for New York City and State Law. One frigid night in February, a Brooklyn comedy club is packed and buzzing.
Where Does the Left Go After Bernie Sanders? Zohran Mamdani May Have the Answer.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Mark Chiusano

2 hours agoThe price is right – in one Big Apple borough. Manhattan home prices have nosedived while median costs in the outer boroughs are surging, new data shows. Manhattan’s median asking price of $1.55 million this January sank 6.3% since the same period last year, according to StreetEasy. “Prices have come …
The Democrats Are Losing the Social Media Wars. This Young Socialist Is Changing That.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Mark Chiusano

One frigid night in February, a Brooklyn comedy club is packed and buzzing. The usual pleasure-seekers with beanies, scattered facemasks and tech-adjacent professions. The usual jokes about polycules and all genders being equivalently attractive — male, female and Italian.
NYC hospitality industry and immigrant workforce fear ICE raids

Feb 20, 2025 | amny.com | Mark Chiusano

Losing some or many immigrant hospitality workers to Trump’s ICE raids could have a significant impact on New York’s restaurants.
Trump Ends CBP One, Mexico Says It Will Welcome Deported Migrants - Documented

Jan 20, 2025 | documentedny.com | Tracey Khan |Fisayo Okare |April Xiaoyi Xu |Mark Chiusano

President Donald Trump, following his swearing in as the 47th president of the United States, kicked off his second, nonconsecutive term with an immigration-centric inauguration speech. Later on today, President Trump is expected to sign a series of historic executive orders. “With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense,” Trump said.