New York’s Troubled Cannabis Rollout

Big Weed Is on the Brink of a Multi-Million Dollar Surge into New York’s Cannabis Market | THE CITY 

Criticisms of Office of Cannabis Management Scrubbed from Public Video | THE CITY 

State Cannabis Agency Pauses Trials for Unlicensed Shops | THE CITY

NY Promised Pot Store Loans Would Build Wealth and Create Equity. Instead, They’re Loading Businesses With Steep Costs. | THE CITY

Weed Gone Wild: 34 Cannabis Shops — But Just One Licensed — on the Lower East Side | New York Magazine

Sudden Cannabis Board Meeting Cancellation Came at Hochul’s Request, Email Suggests | THE CITY

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New York’s Migrant Crisis

Sexual Harassment at NYC Shelter for Migrant Families Went Unchecked for Months | THE CITY

NYC Kills Pending Contract With Group Running Troubled Migrant Shelter Exposed by THE CITY

The Signature Bank Collapse

How the Sale of Signature Bank’s Mortgages Could Affect NYC Tenants | THE CITY

Signature Bank Portfolio Sold in Two Deals That Could Preserve Affordable Housing | THE CITY

How the Credit Card Industry Fails Victims of Fraud 

Two-Card Monte: Why Mastercard And Visa Rarely Shut Down Scammers Who Are Ripping Off Consumers

Mastercard And Visa Won’t Shut Down Payments For Ghost Guns

Lawmakers Are Pushing Visa And Mastercard To Do More To Clamp Down On Consumer Fraud

COVID Frauds and Failures 

After One Tweet To President Trump, This Man Got $69 Million From New York For Ventilators

A Man Who Got $69 Million After Tweeting At Trump Apparently Tried To Sell Masks To California

New York Is Still Owed Millions From The Man It Paid $69 Million After He Tweeted At Trump

Nobody Knows Exactly How Hard The Coronavirus Is Hitting America’s Assisted Living Facilities

Rikers Island Detainees Say They Fear Dying From The Coronavirus

He's Been A Hospital Chaplain For Years. He's Not Shocked That So Many COVID-19 Victims Are Black.

Medical Workers Need Masks So A Grassroots Army Is Checking Basements, Garages, And Warehouses

Everyone Is Looking For Coronavirus Protective Masks. Some Are Looking To Get Rich.

A Top Cancer Hospital Faces Mask Shortages As COVID-19 Cases Show Up In Staff And Patients

Inside the 2019 Hong Kong Protests

Huge Protests Are Tearing Hong Kong Apart. And This Family.

Made In America: For $9.50 An Hour, They Brew Tear Gas For Hong Kong

Hong Kong Has Weaponized The City’s Subway Against Protesters

Hong Kong Banned Wearing Masks In Public. So People Filled The Streets Wearing Masks In Defiance.

A Teenage Protester Has Been Shot By A Live Police Round In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Protesters Mourn Alex Chow's Death

A College Campus Became A Literal Battleground In Hong Kong

Hong Kong University Protests: How The Battle On Campus Unfolded

New Records Show How Hong Kong Police Shuttered The City's Subway During Pro-Democracy Protests

Tech and Surveillance Reporting

Binance Volunteers Work for Swag and Hope for Jobs. It’s Raising Red Flags. - Barron's 

Amazon, Apple, And Google Are Distributing Products From Companies Building China's Surveillance State

Hong Kong Protesters Are Worried About Facial Recognition Technology. But There Are Many Other Ways They're Being Watched.

Someone Is Doxing Hong Kong Protesters And Journalists — And China Wants Them To Keep Going

Have You Seen These Ads About Hong Kong's Protests? China Certainly Hopes You Have.

Thousands Of Accounts Linked To The Chinese Government Have Been Kicked Off Of Social Media

US Universities And Retirees Are Funding The Technology Behind China's Surveillance State

US–China Trade War: There’s A Growing “Boycott Apple” Movement In China

Investigating America’s Largest Chain of Psychiatric Facilities: Universal Health Services

“What The Fuck Just Happened?”

How A 6-Year-Old Got Locked On A Psych Ward

After Troubled Psychiatric Hospital Company Conducts "In-Depth Interviews," Two Nurses Retract Statements Detailing Fraud

Videos Show The Dark Side Of Shadow Mountain Youth Psych Facility

Oklahoma Governor And Senator Want Troubled Youth Psych Facility Investigated

Sen. Grassley Turns Up The Heat On Nation's Largest Psychiatric Chain

The FBI And Defense Department Are Investigating America's Biggest Psychiatric Hospital Chain

UHS Hospital Poses “Immediate Threat To Life,” Accreditor Says

Psych Hospital At The Center Of BuzzFeed News Investigation Will Lose State Funding

Videos Show UHS Hospital Staff Assaulting Young Patients

Lawmakers Slam Violence At UHS Hospital In Alabama

How a Giant Psychiatric Hospital Company Tried To Spin Us — And Silence Its Staff

Sen. Chuck Grassley Calls For New Probe Into UHS

Covering Sexual Assault

Diplo May Face Criminal Charges For Sexual Misconduct

A Lyft Driver With A Criminal Record Was Charged With Rape. So Why Was He Even Behind The Wheel?

If You're Drugged And Raped, The Police May Never Know. Here's Why.

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Investigating New York’s Oversight of Nurses 

Weak Oversight Lets Dangerous Nurses Work in New York — ProPublica

Cuomo Floats Reforming Oversight of New York Nurses — ProPublica

NY Lawmakers Discuss Tougher Oversight for Nurses — ProPublica

State Audit Slams New York’s Oversight of Nurses — ProPublica

How Texas Courts Polluters

Texas weakens chemical exposure guidelines, opens door for polluters - The Center For Public Integrity

One-stop science shop has become a favorite of industry—and Texas - The Center For Public Integrity

Features and other work

Aibo: People In Japan Learn To Love Their Robot Dogs

They Used To Be Strangers. Now They're Organizing Some Of The Largest Protests In America's Biggest City.

Who Is Setting Off All The Fireworks? I Spent The Night Biking Around Brooklyn To Find Out.

Borrowers face billing errors in a rocky return to US student loan payments - Guardian US