Nate Schweber

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Chelsia Rose Marcius |Nate Schweber

The house in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood had no working smoke detectors and was crammed with tenants, fire officials said. In a house on an affluent street in Queens, a tenant woke up early on Easter Sunday choking on black smoke. A fire had broken out on the first floor, where he lived in a cramped single room. "There were people screaming, jumping out the windows," the tenant, Tony Rock, 40, said hours later.

1 week ago | the.ink | Nate Schweber

Can an experimental program called ranked-choice voting improve democracy? Today in The Ink, journalist and author Nate Schweber dives deep on how it’s playing out in New York City. He talks about the city’s use of ranked-choice voting, which aims to provide a fairer, less polarized election experience and to enable voters to choose according to their conscience with less risk of backing a spoiler in a close race.

3 weeks ago | the.ink | Nate Schweber

Journalist and author Nate Schweber continues his coverage of the New York City mayoral race, this week turning his attention to the voters. This weekend, he visited neighborhoods across the five boroughs and asked New Yorkers what they want from their next mayor. Are they looking for a fighter who’ll take on the White House, or a dealmaker who’ll try to work with Donald Trump to get favorable terms for the city? A progressive or a centrist?

1 month ago | the.ink | Nate Schweber

Journalist and author Nate Schweber continues his coverage of the New York City mayoral race and what it means for American democracy with a look at Zohran Mamdani, the millennial socialist who’s leaped past the field and to national visibility with a mix of fighting spirit and viral video skill. Can he make being a progressive Democrat cool again? Read on. Want to know more? Join us this Thursday, March 27, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, when we’ll be having a Live conversation with Zohran Mamdani.

1 month ago | the.ink | Nate Schweber

Journalist and author Nate Schweber has covered everything from the great outdoors to the politics of the big city for publications like The New York Times, ProPublica, and Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown. In this new series, he will explore the race to replace New York City’s embattled mayor, Eric Adams, and the implications of New York’s decision for cities, the Democratic Party, and the country at large.