Nick Pinto

New York

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Co-founder @HellGateNY. Also @NYTMag @VillageVoice @TheIntercept @NewRepublic @CJR @RollingStone @WSJ @Gothamist @Vice. On the other site as nickpinto@

Articles

Monitor: The NYPD Can’t Quit Its Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk Habit

2 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

1:11 PM EDT on May 23, 2025 More than a decade after it agreed to stop fighting a landmark federal ruling compelling it to reform its racist and unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices, the NYPD continues to have a real problem conducting stops, frisks, and searches in a way that consistently doesn't violate the United States Constitution, according to yet another report released this week by the federal monitor overseeing the department.
DOI Has 'Serious Concerns' That NYC Jail Guards Are Faking Injuries to Get Big Payouts

2 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

3:44 PM EDT on May 22, 2025 On Monday, the New York City Department of Investigation and federal prosecutors announced the indictment of three men, a current Department of Correction employee and two former DOC employees, on charges that they faked injuries in order to bilk the City for workers' compensation payouts.
Eric Adams: 'I'm the Young Lords of Today.' Historian: LOLOLOL

2 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

11:28 AM EDT on May 21, 2025 The Young Lords, the left-wing organization of the 1960s and '70s that fused the revolutionary agenda and grassroots community organizing of the Black Panthers with a Puerto Rican nationalist project, are known today for their work calling attention to the racist neglect of Spanish Harlem by the Sanitation Department with community clean-ups and garbage-dumping protests, and fighting institutional medical neglect with a campaign that culminated in the takeover of...
CCRB Members Caught Burying Police Misconduct Cases Won’t Defend Their Actions

2 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

12:01 PM EDT on May 19, 2025 Give us your email to read the full story Sign up now for our free newsletters. Sign up Great! You’ve successfully signed up. Welcome back! You've successfully signed in. Your link has expired. Success! Check your email for magic link to sign-in. Success! Your billing info has been updated. Your billing was not updated.
Eric Adams Appointee and NY Post Veteran Can't Stop, Won't Stop Upending NYPD Discipline

3 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

12:13 PM EDT on May 12, 2025 Give us your email to read the full story Sign up now for our free newsletters. Sign up Great! Youâ€™ve successfully signed up. Welcome back! You've successfully signed in. Your link has expired. Success! Check your email for magic link to sign-in. Success! Your billing info has been updated. Your billing was not updated.
The NYPD Wants to Be Able to Keep Arresting Journalists Unimpeded

4 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

11:24 AM EDT on May 09, 2025 The New York Police Department wants to leave its options open when it comes to arresting journalists for doing their job. That's the upshot of new court filings in the long-running legal battle that arose out of the NYPD's violent and unconstitutional suppression of the George Floyd protests in 2020.
Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Tisch Hype Up Tren de Aragua, Downplay NYPD's Illegal Collaboration With Trump's Immigration Force

1 month ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

4:11 PM EDT on May 06, 2025 Pointing to emojis and gang signs and not much else, Mayor Eric Adams and his top police officials are claiming that a group of minors who tangled with police in Times Square last Friday are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
The NYPD Is Arresting More New Yorkers for Unarrestable Charges: 'I Shouldn't Have to Go Through This'

1 month ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

1:21 PM EDT on April 29, 2025 Give us your email to read the full story Sign up now for our free newsletters. Sign up Great! Youâ€™ve successfully signed up. Welcome back! You've successfully signed in. Your link has expired. Success! Check your email for magic link to sign-in. Success! Your billing info has been updated. Your billing was not updated.
This Eric Adams Appointee and NY Post Veteran Is Upending Police Oversight

1 month ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

A panel of politically appointed Civilian Complaint Review Board members reversed nearly half of their own investigators' findings of police misconduct at a session in March, according to internal documents reviewed by Hell Gate, an enormous increase over the board's usual "flip rate," which has hovered around 10 percent for more than a decade.
Adams and Tisch Promised Police Accountability. The Families of Two Men Killed by Police Are Still Waiting

2 months ago | hellgatenyc.com | Nick Pinto

3:46 PM EDT on April 08, 2025 On March 27 of last year, 19-year-old Win Rozario called 911 seeking medical assistance as he struggled with a mental health crisis at the Queens home he shared with his parents and brother. Two police officers arrived shortly after.