Ted Alcorn

Wow, self-identifying as a cyclist drives better engagement than anything else I do in this wasteland these days.

As a cyclist and resident of Ocean Ave, can report this is true and great.

Great read ⬇️

She vast experience and vision - worth listening to her on @VitalCityNYC podcast earlier this year: vitalcitynyc.org/renita-francoi…

Mamdani taps Renita Francois to lead new NYC Office of Community Safety. nytimes.com/2026/03/18/nyr…

"Nearly five years." Investigative journalism takes years and years. The investment is immense, and always worth it, and, in the era of "hot takes" and ephemeral "content," rigorously reported journalistic work is needed more than ever. We must keep supporting investigative journalism. From @mannyNYT, lead reporter of the blockbuster piece on Cesar Chavez ⤵️

@khalil_spencer @davidyamane There’s never been that strong a basis between gun possession by the general population and interpersonal violence. The relationship is much stronger to suicide, which has been at all-time highs.

@davidyamane And in spite of all those purchases and "the risk of violent death...increased substantially", homicides are plummeting. Maybe the authors should have left out the politics, reporting the statistics and asking us to figure out why the two seem uncoupled? @TedAlcorn

And unfortunate that because it is privately funded the data is not public.

A lasting legacy of the pandemic: nearly 20 million Americans newly in homes with guns. Research in @AnnalsofIM by the leading team tracking trends in firearm purchase & possession. Crazy we only have this data thx to philanthropies like @JoyceFdn & @RWJF. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

Grateful to @nytimes for also prominently featuring the story in today’s “headlines” nytimes.com/2026/03/17/pod…

I just published a new essay in Foreign Affairs with an uncomfortable argument: Escalation in the Iran war may actually be strengthening Iran Iran’s strategy is horizontal escalation — widening the conflict to shipping, energy markets, and regional partners That shifts pressure onto the U.S. and its allies. History shows this is how stronger powers get pulled into wars they can’t control. Some historians argue American power ultimately restores control. My research suggests escalation often traps great powers instead.

@PPVSRB @prospect_park 💯 More than a month. Looks to me like a couple gallons a minute, which would mean hundreds of thousands of loss by now.

Hi @prospect_park this pipe near Lefrak has been leaking water for probably over a month. It’s a mess. What’s going on? Thx

An objectively wild career move and one I couldn’t be happier with or prouder of. The world needs more local reporters more than it needs more national ones and even if I go back to national reporting one day, I’ll be a much better reporter for this experience.

At a moment when government is cutting so much, it’s striking to see a quiet policy change meaningfully helping people who are usually last in line.

California jails and prisons have enrolled 50,000 incarcerated people in Medicaid, I reported, but this isn't just their story. Twenty-seven states have sought or obtained federal approval for these changes, including red states and blue states. Law enforcement are on board too.

I just reported a story for @nytimes about a policy change quietly sweeping the country and improving health care for the most vulnerable Americans: people leaving jails and prisons. 🧵: nytimes.com/2026/03/13/hea…