Activists rallied outside City Hall on Monday, calling for the shut down of the NYPD's Strategic Response Group, which began as a counter-terrorism unit. The unit has since expanded its responsibilities and drawn criticism for its treatment of protestors.
Samantha reports on whether New Yorkers feel safe and whether the institutions that are supposed to protect them are working. Before coming to WNYC/Gothamist, she spent three years covering the criminal justice system in Tennessee for Nashville Public Radio. Her reporting on Nashville's police department received multiple awards, including the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize.
Samantha was also part of the inaugural class of Report for America, a service journalism program that sends up-and-coming reporters to local newsrooms across the country. She is a Northwestern University grad, a Baltimore native and fluent in Spanish.Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donationsTransportation Alternatives finds that 16 children were killed in 2022 by drivers. The total is double the number of kids killed by drivers in 2018 or 2020.
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