I spent two months reporting on rowdy boat and jet ski parties in and around City Island for the New York Post. People on both sides of the argument had a lot to say and gave me rare access.

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For the New York Post, I spoke to former Dickey’s Barbecue Pit owners on Long Island who say they were misled by the company with claims of sweet profits that turned out to be all smoke and mirrors.

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For the New York Post, I wrote about a 1969 Fordham University graduate who, thanks to a kind Long Islander with a metal detector, was reunited with his long-lost college ring more than 55 years after it vanished into the Long Island Sound.
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I saw Superman last night and I wondered if I was the only one worried that the Daily Planet might not have a robust enough digital content strategy to survive in the Metropolis’ very active media market.

For the New York Post, I wrote about the Danbury Police Department's ‘copsicle’ truck, an ice cream cruiser operated by good-humored officers and paid for by legal weed sales.

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“The whole testing culture has made people feel betrayed if the exam doesn’t exactly reflect the published curriculum.” @dcbloomfield.bsky.social @brooklyncollege.bsky.social
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
By @mattcaputo.bsky.social &
Susan Edelman @nypost.com
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I continued my reporting on the deafening speakers used at loud New York City “car music” meetups with comments from shops in New York and New Jersey, where the giant sound systems are built and sold.

Biz behind obnoxiously loud NYC ‘churchero’ car speakers used at meet-ups insists, ‘Our clientele is all families’

For the New York Post, I reported on the the massive automotive meetups that are making life hell for residents from Queens to the Bronx to Brooklyn.
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Venturing over here to bsky in a heatwave to share an archive of my recent stories for the
@newyorkpost.bsky.social

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