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A personnel note: Today is my last day at @THECITYNY 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face"> The last two years have been rewarding and challenging in so many ways. And I am *very* proud of the work I was able to do there to amplify the voices, work and concerns of Bronx residents. A few of my favorite stories:
Very early in 2019, before our site was live, I met a someone at an event in Soundview who told me that the 20th anniversary of the Diallo killing was coming up. I wrote about what the death meant to some in the community for this story, our first: https://www.thecity.nyc/justice/2019/2/1/21211182/20-years-after-the-nypd-killing-of-amadou-diallo-his-mom-asks-what-s-changed">https://www.thecity.nyc/justice/2...
I cherish the stories that come out of public records, especially when they are as fun as this one was to report. In this story, an official& #39;s public schedule offered an interesting detail: he was meeting with Melo about opening a BX basketball facility: https://www.thecity.nyc/bronx/2019/5/22/21211062/forward-thinking-carmelo-anthony-eyes-south-bronx-site-for-new-athletic-facility">https://www.thecity.nyc/bronx/201...
When she was 80, Lorraine Evans went in for a throat biopsy. She didn& #39;t end up having one, because five of her teeth had been "knocked out" and her jaw broken during the procedure, she claimed. The hospital billed Medicare $14K for the biopsy anyway. https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2019/9/30/21210794/in-hospital-for-routine-biopsy-bronx-woman-left-with-broken-jaw-and-14k-medicare-bill">https://www.thecity.nyc/health/20...
BX DA Darcel Clark, who ran unopposed last year, collected thousands from the union representing jail guards, whom her office investigates and prosecutes in its jurisdiction over Rikers Island. https://www.thecity.nyc/2019/11/4/21210723/correction-officers-are-top-donors-to-unopposed-bronx-da-darcel-clark">https://www.thecity.nyc/2019/11/4...
Another story about a BX senior struggling with a system, this time the city& #39;s adult protective services apparatus. APS denied this man& #39;s plea for help twice, saying he didn& #39;t qualify for their help. Somehow, after our story ran, that changed https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">: https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2020/2/20/21210487/he-s-67-with-renal-disease-an-eviction-case-and-no-help-finding-a-home">https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2...
Reminder: COVID-19 is a health story AND a housing, environment and poverty story too. Chilling detail from this reporting: At the time, the South Bronx’s only public hospital, Lincoln Medical Center, didn& #39;t have a COVID-19 testing site, politicians said. https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2020/4/3/21210372/bronx-residents-twice-as-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-in-nyc">https://www.thecity.nyc/health/20...
And COVID-19 could be exacerbating existing disparities in maternal health care, doctors and birthing experts said. I will never, ever forget Amber Isaac and the work her family is doing to honor her. https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2020/4/27/21247056/a-pregnant-woman-tweeted-concerns-about-a-bronx-hospital-she-died-days-later">https://www.thecity.nyc/health/20...
Finally, I hope to do more work like this in the future: Projects born out of engagement work that both explain a problem and help people understand how we got here: https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/28/21492252/cross-bronx-expressway-covid-19-environmental-justice-nyc">https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/28...
