Josh Solomon

NEW: @NYCMayor is suspending NYC's 'predatory' tax lien sale, and potentially scrapping it altogether gothamist.com/news/mamdani-h…

My colleague @pitaarji visited a D.C. suburb to see a plan to eliminate road deaths in action. Here's what he learned, via @Newsday ⤵️ newsday.com/long-island/tr…

LIRR service is suspended at Jamaica Station, but maple dip donuts are available at Tim Hortons

It’s lit on the LIRR tracks at Jamaica Station

“An ‘official joint statement’ from both IDAs said the two agencies worked ‘cooperatively’ … Asked whether the efforts were coordinated, Panzenback said: ‘No comment, OK? That’s all.”

One the oldest legal tools in America is surging as the last remaining lifeline to get immigrants out of ICE detention. We reviewed hundreds of habeas corpus cases in the Eastern District if NY and found that they’re working. newsday.com/long-island/in…

This member did not step foot in the state Assembly chamber *one time* last year. timesunion.com/state/article/… It looks like that hasn't changed this year, per @shugheswrites ⬇️

Island lawmaker has missed about 100 votes this year, so far; has not filed travel expenses to Albany in more than 2 years. Via ⁦@shugheswrites⁩ ⁦@Newsday⁩ newsday.com/news/region-st…

DOCCS said it expects the report in the “near future.”

Preet Bharara is helping lead an audit of NY’s prison prompted by the death of Robert Brooks. Via ⁦@therealjsolo⁩ ⁦@Newsday⁩ newsday.com/news/region-st…

NEW, by me: Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct The agency's disciplinary system is weaker than other large departments in NY. Troopers who committed serious misconduct have been allowed to remain on the job. nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/…

After the death of Robert Brooks, NYS DOCCS hired a law firm for $9 million to study its prison system. A copy of the contract shows the state is working with public corruption professionals, including Manhattan’s former top prosecutor, Preet Brahara. newsday.com/news/region-st…

“One of the victims, a 52-year-old man living in Queens, was found Sunday morning with discharge papers in his pocket showing he had been released from Elmhurst Hospital, a city-run facility, on Friday, according to State Senator Jessica Ramos.” apnews.com/article/nyc-sn…

Remember Hot Girls for Cuomo? The influencer who founded it, @emilyaustin, was appointed by @NassauExec and NY governor candidate Bruce Blakeman to serve on the Nassau County Bridge Authority (1/2)

Before Hochul proposed increasing a Broadway subsidy by $150M, industry figures gave her $243K in campaign cash while lobbying Hochul’s office for the expanded subsidy nysfocus.com/2026/01/22/hoc… w/@nick_garber

The chairman of the state Assembly Judiciary Committee plans to take a "fresh look" at a system that for two decades has allowed the defrauding of downstate New Yorkers out of real estate escrow funds, following a Newsday investigation. newsday.com/news/region-st…

For the last two decades, in near verbatim language, NY’s little-known lawyers’ fund for client protection has urged the bar and officials to find an answer to escrow theft in real estate deals downstate. $112 million for stolen money later, no answers. newsday.com/news/region-st…

ICE is detaining immigrants for hours/days in "putrid, cramped" conditions in shadowy rooms in a Long Island courthouse, according to interviews and court records. newsday.com/long-island/in…

“It appears that the conditions maintained at the Central Islip hold room, given the recklessly expanded use of these facilities by ICE, may well violate constitutional requisites,” wrote Eastern District Judge Gary R. Brown, a Trump appointee.

For 15 years a Long Island company sent aides into the homes of seniors. It’s now under investigation for allegedly operating an unlicensed home health care agency. My first investigation for @Newsday: a glimpse into the Wild West of this industry newsday.com/long-island/in…