Sam Mellins

New York

Senior Reporter at New York FOCUS

Writer at Freelance

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Articles

State Budget Will End Subscription Traps, Making It Easier to Cancel…

1 month ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
Health Execs’ Charity Gave Away Millions. Don’t Ask Where it Went.

1 month ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
Home Health Aides Are Getting New Insurance Coverage — From a Company…

1 month ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
Hundreds of New Yorkers’ Lives could be saved each year under new program

1 month ago | ithacavoice.org | Sam Mellins |NY Focus

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. ALBANY, N.Y. — James Urtel desperately needs a kidney. His own failed in 2012 — when he was 42 years old, working as a horse trainer — and he went through eight years of dialysis before being matched for a transplant. But his new kidney was heavily scarred and doctors told him it likely wouldn’t last longer than a year.
NYC’s Employee Health Fund Has Hit Zero — What It Means for Public…

2 months ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
Canceling subscriptions could get much easier in NY

2 months ago | niagara-gazette.com | Sam Mellins

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Health Care Costs Could Rise for NYC Employees as City Scrambles for Funds

2 months ago | thecity.nyc | Sam Mellins

This story was published in partnership with New York Focus, an independent, investigative news site covering New York state and city politics. Sign up for their newsletter here. A key fund that pays for New York City employees’ health benefits has run dry, opening up a $600 million hole in the city budget and threatening potential cuts to public workers’ health benefits.
Fraudster-Linked Company Set to Begin Massive Home Care Contract

2 months ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
The Upper Class Will Save The Most From Hochul’s ‘Middle-Class’ Tax…

2 months ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.
Millionaire Tax Hikes? Inflation Rebate Checks? New York’s 2025…

2 months ago | nysfocus.com | Sam Mellins

At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works. If you think this article succeeded, please consider supporting our mission and making more stories like this one possible. New York is an incongruous state. We’re home to fabulous wealth — if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world — but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We’re among the most diverse – but also the most segregated.