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Walter Wuthmann
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Brooklyn-based reporter and writer. Former state politics reporter for WBUR, Boston's NPR station.

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New for @hellgatenyc.com: tenants of bankcruptcy-plagued Pinnacle Group say the real estate behemoth has stopped paying the power bills:
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"I went ballistic," said one longtime tenant of a Crown Heights building where power was cut, owing to to Pinnacle's $10,350 in unpaid bills. "We have tenants here that are very sick, in their 80s and 90s, that need the ambulance to come and take them up and down the steps."
Bankrupt Pinnacle Group Is Leaving Its Tenants in the Dark—Literally
The real estate behemoth apparently isn't paying the power bills for at least 11 of its properties, and Con Ed cut power to some of them.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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NYC may be getting rid of those horse drawn carriages @npr.org @wwuthmann.bsky.social
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New York's city council looks to ban Central Park horse-drawn carriages
New York City has long argued over whether to ban the horse-drawn carriages that ferry tourists around Central Park and other sites. Now, it looks like the horses may at last be put out to pasture.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Hundreds of people have been held at the Burlington ICE field office - a place not meant for overnight stays @wbur.org @miriamwasser.bsky.social and data crunched by @twallack.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
Hundreds were detained in ICE's Burlington office for multiple days, data shows
ICE has said it's rare for people to be detained inside its Burlington field office for more than a few hours, but a new WBUR analysis finds that hundreds were detained for more than a day this past s...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Boston Police Chief Cox routinely rejects review board's recommendations to discipline officers -- even in egregious cases. Investigation by @wbur.org @wwuthmann.bsky.social
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Boston police chief routinely rejects disciplinary recommendations by oversight board
The Boston Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, launched in response to protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, has so far sustained 18 citizen complaints and...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was taken into custody by FBI agents in Florida this morning and charged with extorting a Bostoncannabis business. Details at @wbur.org:

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Suffolk County sheriff arrested by FBI, charged with extortion related to a Boston cannabis business
Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a cannabis executive into returning $50,000 he'd invested in shares of the compan...
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August 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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85% of ICE detainees at the Plymouth County jail are classified as "no ICE threat" -- despite claims by the Trump admin. that it's pursuing the "worst of the worst" immigrants @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social @amygorel.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...
The vast majority of men in ICE custody in Mass. are classified as 'no threat'
About 85% of federal detainees held by ICE in Plymouth County this year have been classified as “no ICE threat” by the agency. That category began exploding by the last half of President Joe Biden's t...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Hundreds of tenant activists rallied inside the State House today to support a bill that would bring rent control back in Mass. Rent control has been banned in the state since 1994 @wbur.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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State lawmaker arrested for drunk driving near Beacon Hill. Mass. has a history of lawmakers accused of driving under the influence after events at the State House. @wbur.org

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State lawmaker arrested for drunk driving near Beacon Hill
Boston police said that Lawn, a 56-year-old Democrat who chairs the influential health care financing committee, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. with the assistance of Massachusetts State Police.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is in the crosshairs of the feds following her criticisms of ICE: "We don't know what's coming next ... Democracy is a fight and Michelle Wu is directly in that fight."

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Mayor Wu's week in the crosshairs of the feds
Supporters are pleased, saying the mayor needs to stand up to the Trump administration – and for due process for immigrant residents. But critics warn her tough talk could backfire, putting Boston in ...
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June 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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When @mayorwu.boston.gov dared to demand better from mask-wearing ICE agents, she faced a week of attacks from the feds, including the White House @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @wwuthmann.bsky.social
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Mayor Wu's week in the crosshairs of the feds
Supporters are pleased, saying the mayor needs to stand up to the Trump administration – and for due process for immigrant residents. But critics warn her tough talk could backfire, putting Boston in ...
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June 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Mass. auditor DiZoglio in new shelter report slams Healey admin on costs, no-bid contracts. @wbur.org Walter Wuthmann www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
Auditor's report slams Healey administration's handling of shelter costs
While the state has leeway to use no-bid contracts during emergency situations, like the one Healey declared in August 2023 in response to a rapid increase in migrants arriving to Massachusetts, the r...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM