Sammy Sussman
@sammysussman.bsky.social
Investigative reporter | sammybsussman2(at)gmail(dot)com | sammysussman.com
NEW:
A teen said she was being sexually abused by her adoptive father. An officer didn't believe the teen and didn't take steps to investigate. The teen was returned to the home, where she continued to face sexual abuse. The officer was given just a reprimand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
A teen said she was being sexually abused by her adoptive father. An officer didn't believe the teen and didn't take steps to investigate. The teen was returned to the home, where she continued to face sexual abuse. The officer was given just a reprimand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW:
A teen said she was being sexually abused by her adoptive father. An officer didn't believe the teen and didn't take steps to investigate. The teen was returned to the home, where she continued to face sexual abuse. The officer was given just a reprimand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
A teen said she was being sexually abused by her adoptive father. An officer didn't believe the teen and didn't take steps to investigate. The teen was returned to the home, where she continued to face sexual abuse. The officer was given just a reprimand.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
In a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Across New York State, police officers have driven drunk. And sometimes, they avoided criminal punishment.
An investigation with @nytimes.com.
An investigation with @nytimes.com.
September 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Across New York State, police officers have driven drunk. And sometimes, they avoided criminal punishment.
An investigation with @nytimes.com.
An investigation with @nytimes.com.
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
Across New York State, police officers have driven drunk. And sometimes, they avoided criminal punishment.
‘No Arrests’: In New York, Some Police Can Drink, Drive and Avoid…
Officers in New York State crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded…
nysfocus.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Across New York State, police officers have driven drunk. And sometimes, they avoided criminal punishment.
My first article as part of The Times' Local Investigations Fellowship:
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My first article as part of The Times' Local Investigations Fellowship:
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
In New York, Some Police Officers Can Drink, Drive and Avoid Charges
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
New, for @nymag.com:
‘A Persistent Pattern of Sexual Harassment’
New court filings offer the fullest picture yet of alleged misconduct at the New York Philharmonic.
www.vulture.com/article/new-...
‘A Persistent Pattern of Sexual Harassment’
New court filings offer the fullest picture yet of alleged misconduct at the New York Philharmonic.
www.vulture.com/article/new-...
‘A Persistent Pattern of Sexual Harassment’
New court filings offer the fullest picture yet of the scope of the alleged misconduct at the New York Philharmonic.
www.vulture.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New, for @nymag.com:
‘A Persistent Pattern of Sexual Harassment’
New court filings offer the fullest picture yet of alleged misconduct at the New York Philharmonic.
www.vulture.com/article/new-...
‘A Persistent Pattern of Sexual Harassment’
New court filings offer the fullest picture yet of alleged misconduct at the New York Philharmonic.
www.vulture.com/article/new-...
I'm so excited to continue writing for New York Focus while also working under the amazing stewardship of The Times' Local Investigations team!
New York Focus is thrilled to work with @sammysussman.bsky.social as a local investigations fellow with @nytimes.com.
He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.
He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.
We are thrilled to announce the 2025-26 class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The journalists, who hail from four states, will produce signature investigative work focused on the state or region they’re reporting from. www.nytco.com/press/introd...
July 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm so excited to continue writing for New York Focus while also working under the amazing stewardship of The Times' Local Investigations team!
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We just won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of the overdose crisis. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Baltimore Banner wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of overdose crisis
The Baltimore Banner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for groundbreaking local journalism that exposed Baltimore as the deadliest large city in the nation for drug overdoses.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We just won a Pulitzer Prize for our coverage of the overdose crisis. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli army led a massive deployment in destruction, killings & arrests in the West Bank. But while it maintains a webpage in 5 languages, the spokesperson updated with details in Hebrew only, @sammysussman.bsky.social reports. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Curious Gaps in the Israeli Army’s Updates
On a little-known web page called War Diary, the military spokesperson provides information on its activities in five languages, but reports details of West Bank operations in Hebrew only
newlinesmag.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli army led a massive deployment in destruction, killings & arrests in the West Bank. But while it maintains a webpage in 5 languages, the spokesperson updated with details in Hebrew only, @sammysussman.bsky.social reports. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
New, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social:
In Oct. and Nov. ‘23, as human rights groups worked to gather evidence of mass detentions in the West Bank, the IDF was releasing daily updates on these detentions — and targeted killings, airstrikes, etc. — on the just Hebrew version of a little-known press page.
In Oct. and Nov. ‘23, as human rights groups worked to gather evidence of mass detentions in the West Bank, the IDF was releasing daily updates on these detentions — and targeted killings, airstrikes, etc. — on the just Hebrew version of a little-known press page.
NEW: War Diary, a little-known page on the Israeli army spokesperson’s website, provides updates in five languages, but, as @sammysussman.bsky.social reports for @newlinesmag.bsky.social, many of the details are in Hebrew only.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Curious Gaps in the Israeli Army’s Updates
On a little-known web page called War Diary, the military spokesperson provides information on its activities in five languages, but reports details of West Bank operations in Hebrew only
newlinesmag.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social:
In Oct. and Nov. ‘23, as human rights groups worked to gather evidence of mass detentions in the West Bank, the IDF was releasing daily updates on these detentions — and targeted killings, airstrikes, etc. — on the just Hebrew version of a little-known press page.
In Oct. and Nov. ‘23, as human rights groups worked to gather evidence of mass detentions in the West Bank, the IDF was releasing daily updates on these detentions — and targeted killings, airstrikes, etc. — on the just Hebrew version of a little-known press page.
Impressive student journalism:
One of Ann Arbor’s major prop. owners is also a big local pol. donor.
These reporters found 3 previous felony convictions under different surnames — now a local councilwoman alleges she attempted bribery and an FBI investigation
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
One of Ann Arbor’s major prop. owners is also a big local pol. donor.
These reporters found 3 previous felony convictions under different surnames — now a local councilwoman alleges she attempted bribery and an FBI investigation
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
'I would make it up to you': A local developer, an FBI inquiry and money in Ann Arbor politics
FBI inquiry into Heidi Poscher’s alleged attempt to influence a former City Councilmember. Poscher has since become a large donor in Ann Arbor politics.
www.michigandaily.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Impressive student journalism:
One of Ann Arbor’s major prop. owners is also a big local pol. donor.
These reporters found 3 previous felony convictions under different surnames — now a local councilwoman alleges she attempted bribery and an FBI investigation
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
One of Ann Arbor’s major prop. owners is also a big local pol. donor.
These reporters found 3 previous felony convictions under different surnames — now a local councilwoman alleges she attempted bribery and an FBI investigation
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
nor do they want incarcerated people to read this one, apparently: nysfocus.com/2025/03/03/d...
just got this message yesterday:
just got this message yesterday:
March 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
nor do they want incarcerated people to read this one, apparently: nysfocus.com/2025/03/03/d...
just got this message yesterday:
just got this message yesterday:
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
New York's Prison Officials Don't Want Incarcerated People to Read This Story
The state's prison agency has censored lawsuits, emails, and Hell Gate stories during the three-week-long wildcat strike.
The state's prison agency has censored lawsuits, emails, and Hell Gate stories during the three-week-long wildcat strike.
New York's Prison Officials Don't Want Incarcerated People to Read This Story
The state's prison agency has censored lawsuits, emails, and Hell Gate stories during the three-week-long wildcat strike.
hellgatenyc.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New York's Prison Officials Don't Want Incarcerated People to Read This Story
The state's prison agency has censored lawsuits, emails, and Hell Gate stories during the three-week-long wildcat strike.
The state's prison agency has censored lawsuits, emails, and Hell Gate stories during the three-week-long wildcat strike.
Disappointing to see this at IRW, an institution that previously supported reporting by me and by other interns/staff on these very issues in workplaces across the country:
Wesley Lowery exits Investigative Reporting Workshop and American University following student complaints. www.cjr.org/news/wesley-...
Wesley Lowery Exits Investigative Reporting Workshop and American University Following Student Complaints
Lowery said he left voluntarily and denied any impropriety or wrongdoing.
www.cjr.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Disappointing to see this at IRW, an institution that previously supported reporting by me and by other interns/staff on these very issues in workplaces across the country:
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
NEW INVESTIGATION from me:
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
March 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
NEW INVESTIGATION from me:
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams
How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
Behind the scenes of our investigation: www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Sorting a trove of police disciplinary files to find stories
When you recognize a pattern of where to find information on documents over and over again, DocumentCloud’s Regex Extractor Add-On can help you pull it out and turn it into data. After that, the fun b...
www.muckrock.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Behind the scenes of our investigation: www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
NY’s conviction integrity units promise justice for the wrongfully convicted.
But an investigation by New York Focus and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Investigations found that nearly half of the county units have yet to support a single exoneration.
But an investigation by New York Focus and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Investigations found that nearly half of the county units have yet to support a single exoneration.
DAs Promised to Help Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers — And Left Many…
Our investigation identified dozens of cases in which a wrongful conviction unit denied someone's application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.
nysfocus.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
NY’s conviction integrity units promise justice for the wrongfully convicted.
But an investigation by New York Focus and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Investigations found that nearly half of the county units have yet to support a single exoneration.
But an investigation by New York Focus and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Investigations found that nearly half of the county units have yet to support a single exoneration.
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
NEW: Bedford Hills has seen delays in distributing medication in the short time since lockdown. One woman attempted suicide. Another had an apparent panic attack.
Across the state, those on the inside struggle to get by while prison guards walk off the job.
Across the state, those on the inside struggle to get by while prison guards walk off the job.
Unshowered and Hungry, Incarcerated People Wait Out Prison Guard…
With nearly all of New York’s state prisons on lockdown, those on the inside struggle to get by.
nysfocus.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW: Bedford Hills has seen delays in distributing medication in the short time since lockdown. One woman attempted suicide. Another had an apparent panic attack.
Across the state, those on the inside struggle to get by while prison guards walk off the job.
Across the state, those on the inside struggle to get by while prison guards walk off the job.
Reposted by Sammy Sussman
"Prisons all over the United States are withholding books from prisoners, but not because they contain contraband. Books are becoming harder to receive based on their content."
By My Prison’s Standards, the Bible Would Be a Banned Book
Today, more than 50,000 books are banned in prison. At Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the book ban is getting to be ridiculous.
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Prisons all over the United States are withholding books from prisoners, but not because they contain contraband. Books are becoming harder to receive based on their content."
Once again, The Daily is doing the essential reporting that holds the University accountable.
What a smart decision to include all the attorney’s quotes…
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
What a smart decision to include all the attorney’s quotes…
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
ECRT finds former SMTD Voice Chair sexually harassed student
Former SMTD Voice Department Chair Scott Piper violated UMich sexual harassment policy, ECRT report finds.
www.michigandaily.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Once again, The Daily is doing the essential reporting that holds the University accountable.
What a smart decision to include all the attorney’s quotes…
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
What a smart decision to include all the attorney’s quotes…
www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...
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The city resents the suggestion it was trying to hide something by calling a special meeting and not telling the media. But that's *opinion,* not a false statement of fact. And by suing over an editorial, the city's proving them right.
![[From the petition]: In the article Mr. Ingram stated Clarksdale failed "to go to the public with details" about the idea of the proposed legislation. Within the context of his title, Mr. Ingram also strongly stated or implied the rason he did not receive notice to the February 4, 2025 meeting was because the Board and its members received "kick-back," "just want a few nights in Jackson to lobby for this idea - at public expense," give "away candy at Halloween, toy giveaways at Christmas and hosting events where politicians can hand out goody bags to voters," and made the community "suspicious." His statements could be reasonably understood as declaring or implying that the "deceptive" reason he was not given notice of the meeting is provable through someone in the community willing to reveal promises made by Board members in exchange for votes or in the process of time. (A copy of the print and online articles (the "libelous editorial") is attached hereto as Exhibit "C".)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7r477jd7q7p2mzmyqfm7jmp7/bafkreiee5bft5rdrgmvntmngqpbxgsup6vb2pyd3craqq4z5scoklqza3i@jpeg)
February 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The city resents the suggestion it was trying to hide something by calling a special meeting and not telling the media. But that's *opinion,* not a false statement of fact. And by suing over an editorial, the city's proving them right.
Powerful reporting from @sanjanabhambhani.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
A border split my family's language. Now I'm bringing it back
Sanjana Bhambhani's ancestors fled their homeland during India's Partition – and her family gradually lost their mother tongue. Can she now reclaim it?
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Powerful reporting from @sanjanabhambhani.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Did someone say Sullivan?
February 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Did someone say Sullivan?