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2025 was an election “off-year”, but there were many consequential races. For those of us working elections it was hardly a year off! Some of the key takeaways, brought to you by @carolinelsoler, @alexlemonides & me. 🎁 a link, for the holidays: nyti.ms/4s5533p

NEW: New Jersey’s township data is (mostly) in. @ShaneGoldmacher & I crunched the numbers on NJ’s blue shift/pendulum swing The same majority-Hispanic areas that swung to Trump in 24 shifted back D, to Mikie Sherrill, in this month’s governor’s race 🎁nyti.ms/49EF9Np

NEW: We asked voters to describe their feelings about the election in one word. *JOY* has jumped; so has *ANXIETY* Join @alexlemonides @RuthIgielnik on our journey of a story that grapples with the duality of hope and fear 🎁nyti.ms/3Mh1R0P

"For all of their rhetoric of the moment, increasingly through the Trump era many Republicans have helped inject into the mainstream thinly veiled anti-Jewish messages with deep historical roots" New story with @karenyourish @jenvalentino @alexlemonides nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/…

come for the “zombies” in the headline stay for the analysis of the anti-trump primary votes by @alexlemonides & me 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ nyti.ms/3wengDu

NEW: New York City has found that 18 Hasidic religious schools are breaking the law by not providing students with an adequate education, an unprecedented decision that could lead to more secular instruction for thousands of students: nytimes.com/2023/06/30/nyr… (with @ElizaShapiro)

NEW: NYC has finished its investigation into Hasidic yeshivas and found that 18 schools are breaking the law by not providing a basic secular education. Huge finding, not what yeshiva leaders hoped/expected to hear from Adams admin. w/ @brianmrosenthal nytimes.com/2023/06/30/nyr…

🧵IN A STUNNING VICTORY FOR HASIDIC CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE, NY STATE ED DEPT ORDERS NYC TO COMPLETE ITS LONG-OVERDUE INVESTIGATION OF FAILING HASIDIC YESHIVAS

NEW: New York City pays private companies $350 million a year to provide special education in Orthodox Jewish schools. But in the Hasidic community, money is going for services that are sometimes not needed, or even provided, a NYT investigation has found: nytimes.com/2022/12/29/nyr…

For Sunday Styles, my story about the Luddite Club. A New York tale about a band of Brooklyn teens and their quest to walk away from technology 🙏📚nytimes.com/2022/12/15/sty…

Each December, @nytmag dedicates an issue of the magazine to remembrances of notable people who have died during the year. It is called The Lives They Lived. This year, we have dedicated the issue to 12 American kids who were killed by guns in 2022. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

This is important. The @nytimes is looking into NYC nonprofit hospitals, like my former employer, which receive billions of dollars in tax breaks every year, to see whether they are fulfilling their charitable missions. nytimes.com/2022/10/07/hea…

The @nytimes analyzed statements from 550+ Republicans running for the highest state and federal offices. More than 370, the vast majority, have questioned the 2020 election. Most are still doing it — nearly 2 years after Donald Trump's defeat. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

It's back. #gooutside

You can now listen to the article about Hasidic yeshivas here, via @audmapp nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…

Hasidic schools in New York State compared to other Jewish schools, to private schools in general, and to high-poverty public schools. nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…

We are proud to be able to offer a Yiddish version of our investigation on Hasidic schools, so that it is more accessible for members of the Hasidic community. nytimes.com/yi/2022/09/11/…

It was a privilege watching @elizashapiro and @brianmrosenthal report this out with care, compassion and an unstinting devotion to understanding the community and portraying it fairly. A feat of journalism — and they are far from done reporting. nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…

NEW: An NYT investigation has found that scores of Hasidic Jewish schools in New York are purposely denying some 50,000 students a basic secular education – and have received $1 billion in taxpayer dollars over the last 4 years. w/ @brianmrosenthal nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…

NEW: The Hasidic Jewish community runs scores of private boys’ schools that have gotten over $1 billion in public money. But a NYT investigation found they are denying students a basic education, trapping generations of kids in poverty. With @ElizaShapiro: nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…