Rebecca McCray is a journalist based in New York. You can find her work in New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Gothamist, The Daily Beast, The Village…| New York Focus
Chris Gelardi is a reporter for New York Focus investigating the state’s criminal-legal system. His work has appeared in more than a dozen other outlets,…| New York Focus
This isn’t Daniel Martuscello’s first crisis. An investigation reveals how his family weathered one scandal after another on their road to dominating New…| New York Focus
The HALT Solitary Confinement Act altered the balance of power within New York’s prisons.| New York Focus
After footage of the killing of Robert Brooks sparked national outcry, Governor Kathy Hochul promised to fully equip New York prisons with cameras. The…| New York Focus
Though Heastie has not publicly acknowledged the relationship, he has privately pledged to avoid conflicts of interest, New York Focus has found.| New York Focus
Daniel Martuscello III, the prison and parole agency’s new acting commissioner, is the son of an entrenched system.| New York Focus
Annucci has been characterized as an institutionalist loyal to the prison system above all else — even, at times, the law.| New York Focus