Samantha Max
Articles by Samantha Max
Samantha reports on whether New Yorkers feel safe and whether the institutions that are supposed to protect them are working. Before coming to WNYC/Gothamist, she spent three years covering the criminal justice system in Tennessee for Nashville Public Radio. Her reporting on Nashville's police department received multiple awards, including the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize. Samantha was also part of the inaugural class of Report for America, a service journalism program that sends up-and-coming reporters to local newsrooms across the country. She is a Northwestern University grad, a Baltimore native and fluent in Spanish. Got a tip? Email [email protected] or Signal: samanthamaxwnyc.93.
Officials say he planned to throw Molotov cocktails at Nerdeen Kiswani’s Staten Island home.
Prosecutors say both teens arrested professed support for Islamic State and one told police he watched propaganda on his phone.
The attorney general’s office has agreed not to enforce a controversial portion of the state’s 2022 gun permitting law.
Lawyers say he plans to read through 800 jury questionnaires ahead of his federal trial.
The baby was one of the more than 1,300 children the city separates from their parents without a court order each year, according to the agency’s data.
The city’s top lawyer said evidence showed the alleged encounter occurred outside the scope of Adams’ employment.
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, professed support for ISIS after their arrest, the complaint says.
Randy Santos’ conviction offers some closure in a case that took nearly seven years to go to trial.
James Carlson admitted in court to burning the flag and damaging police property.
That’s the third-highest total since at least 2018, according to a new analysis from the Legal Aid Society.
Cross-country skiing, sheet-pan sleds, kids and dogs running wild: There’s no day like a New York City snow day.
New Jersey was the hardest hit. It was not immediately clear when all electricity would come back for many Garden State customers.
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