Tracey Tully

New Jersey

Reporter at The New York Times

I cover New Jersey for The New York Times. Reach me at [email protected]

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Articles

How a Private Health Crisis Has Loomed Over 2 Very Public Trials

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Olivia Bensimon

Nadine Menendez's breast cancer diagnosis has held a powerful grip on the government's bribery case against her and her husband, Robert Menendez, New Jersey's disgraced former senator. Her trial had just resumed after being suspended for three days. And Nadine Menendez, charged by federal prosecutors with orchestrating a complex international bribery scheme, had something to say. It involved a lapel pin.
A Teachers' Union Is Spending Millions to Elect Its Boss Governor of New Jersey

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

The candidate, Sean Spiller, is president of the union, the New Jersey Education Association. A related PAC is prepared to spend $35 million on his election. He failed to qualify for matching state campaign funds and fell short of the threshold to participate in two upcoming debates as he runs for governor of New Jersey. His spokesman works for a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and he has no paid campaign manager.
‘Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Tracey Tully

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‘Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home

3 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Tracey Tully

Sen. Cory Booker’s staff members described a nagging fear as they worked for a week to fill 15 binders with enough material to cover what would soon become a history-making, 25-hour speech. What if no one listened? Their worry was short-lived. By 11 a.m. Tuesday, 16 hours after Booker, D-N.J., had begun railing against President Donald Trump’s policies on the floor of the U.S. Senate, roughly 14,000 callers had left messages on his office hotline, aides said.
Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Hits a Nerve at Home

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

"He retaliates against anybody that says anything bad about him - what makes you think New Jersey is any different?" he said. "But that shouldn't deter people from speaking out against his policies."Praise for Mr. Booker was hardly universal.
Nadine and Bob Menendez Were 'Partners in Crime,' Prosecutor Says

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Olivia Bensimon

Mr. Menendez and his wife were charged together in 2023 with taking bribes of gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and a Mercedes-Benz convertible in exchange for the senator's efforts to steer military aid to Egypt and scuttle criminal cases that threatened his allies in New Jersey. After a lengthy trial in Manhattan, he was convicted of taking bribes and acting as an agent of a foreign government and is expected to begin serving an 11-year prison sentence in June.
Where do the Candidates for New Jersey Governor Stand on the Issues?

1 month ago | news.nestia.com | Tracey Tully

Where do the Candidates for New Jersey Governor Stand on the Issues? Ras Baraka Steven Fulop Josh Gottheimer Mikie Sherrill Sean Spiller Stephen Sweeney Jon Bramnick Jack Ciattarelli Edward Durr Jr. Bill Spadea The New York Times sent a wide-ranging survey to candidates for governor of New Jersey about housing, immigration, abortion, transit, affordability, schools and climate. Share full article By Tracey Tully March 21, 2025 ……
For a New Jersey family that lost 5 loved ones, ‘COVID will never be over’

1 month ago | pressdemocrat.com | Tracey Tully

The quality that made the tightly knit Fusco family great was the very thing that exacted the harshest price. Two dozen or so relatives had gathered five years ago for dinner, as they often did. They talked loudly, hugged and shared food, unaware of the virus that filled the air in a kitchen in New Jersey and was about to dig its deadly spikes into the fabric of life in the United States. Within days, four of the Fuscos were dead.
For a Family That Lost 5 Loved Ones, 'Covid Will Never Be Over'

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

The quality that made the tightly knit Fusco family great was the very thing that exacted the harshest price. Two dozen or so relatives had gathered five years ago for dinner, as they often did. They talked loudly, hugged and shared food, unaware of the virus that filled the air in a kitchen in New Jersey and was about to dig its deadly spikes into the fabric of life in the United States. Within days, four of the Fuscos were dead.
Trump Casts a Long Shadow Over New Jersey's Governor Race

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

There are plenty of thorny policy issues facing the next governor of New Jersey. Housing and health care costs are high. Mass transit is on the ropes. Schools are among the most segregated in the country, and along the state's 130-mile coastline are rising. But on the campaign trail, nearly all the candidates in both parties have been forced to focus heavily on another topic altogether: President Trump. He has dominated the rhetoric at Republican and Democratic debates.