Latest article, with Tim Healy. Thanks to DocumentedNY for publishing it.

Bar chart showing the surge in detained immigrants opting for voluntary departure in recent months in the New York area

Driven by the prospect of a lengthy and harsh time behind bars, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373% in the New York area in recent months. documentedny.com/2025/11/24/d...

Map shows the places where more than 1,000 detainee immigrants in New York were sent to by the government.

Take a look inside a court system where even a former Homeland Security lawyer and Trump appointee says she’s “sick of the shenanigans.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/28/i...

Inside the Manhattan Court Where ICE Fights to Keep Immigrants Locked Up The Varick Street immigration court detention docket, reserved for the highest-risk cases, includes many people with scant or nonexistent records of criminal conduct, sent to far-flung jails with litt...

"Detention by any means": I observed immigration court hearings for months to see what evidence ICE actually had to detain people.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/28/i...

Wicked good.

Where are you going? (So I can apply and try to resume the confusion.)

Big Tax Breaks Get Bigger as Mega-Developers Challenge Assessments Properties in Hudson Yards and Times Square are among the buildings that win millions of dollars in tax appeals even after getting up-front tax reductions — a maneuver New York allows that some other ...

Mega-developers that got big tax breaks are still challenging their property tax assessments to get further reductions, a maneuver that New York allows that some other states restrict. www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/11/h...

Property tax breaks for Manhattan office towers cost taxpayers $1.5 billion in the nine fiscal years from 2014 to 2022. Amid a sea of vacant offices, the city is looking to do more. Details at #thecity.nyc. bit.ly/3tvpBbN