Zachary Groz is a freelance journalist based in New York. He previously served as co-editor-in-chief of The New Journal, an investigative magazine at Yale University that during his tenure was named Best Student Magazine in America by the Society of Professional Journalists. He is a two-time winner of the John Hersey Prize in Journalism.
Master agreements let the city wildly exceed spending projections while avoiding typical oversight, the city’s comptroller found.
The Adams administration is shelling out north of $320 million to give public school students Chromebooks that connect to the internet through cell service. Most already have internet at home.
The City Council held an emergency hearing on the NYPD’s use of a free internet program to gain real-time access to public housing cameras, in response to New York Focus’s reporting.
The renewal locks New York City into well over $100 million in costs for the controversial program.
“New Yorkers did not agree to trade their right to privacy for the promise of free internet,” key committee chairs wrote to city officials.
Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote surveillance. Here’s what we still don’t know about the clandestine program.
The Adams administration is using its flagship broadband program to give police real-time access to NYCHA camera feeds — without telling anyone.
The mayor enlisted an army of contractors to build a one-stop benefits platform. Two years and $100 million later, the website is a skeleton of what it was supposed to be.
The mayor and governor have long hailed their partnership. Will it survive federal corruption charges?