Arun Venugopal

WNYC Race & Justice Reporter, guest hosted NPR's Fresh Air, wrote in the Atlantic, NYT, Guardian and so on.

[Arun Venugopal @arunNYC]

My first piece in @TheAtlantic -- about how the U.S. engineered the conditions for certain non-white groups to thrive beginning in the 1940s.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Today, it’s easy to take Indian American success for granted, @arunNYC argues. ”What is forgotten is that before Indian Americans became a model minority, we were regarded as a problem minority.” https://t.co/0qYhEQsWp8

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Artificial intelligence firms are feasting on Manhattan office space

https://t.co/CkKSxoC2BP

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

'Wicked' irony: The Broadway musical hit with a discrimination lawsuit.

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[Jon Campbell @JonCampbellNY]

New York state is pushing back its study on reparations by another two years.

As @arunNYC reports, the latest delay is tucked inside the state budget.

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[Crime In NYC @Crime_In_NYC]

NYPD and school officials are warning about risks associated with wearing luxury winter coats — singling out the Moose Knuckles brand, which costs as much as $1,600 and has been at the center of several winter robberies, including knifepoint and machete stickups.

NYPD Officer John Williams warned of the coat thefts at a recent community meeting in the 110th Precinct in Corona, Queens. He cited three robberies of Moose Knuckles jackets: one where the assailant brandished a knife and two others where machetes were used.

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Police departments in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., have issued similar warnings of potential “coat-jackings” in recent months, involving brands such as The North Face, Canada Goose and Moose Knuckles.

https://t.co/nBb08w9Oxu

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Fake immigration judges, lawyers and court officers, but real fraud charges in NY

https://t.co/w2AXvdVWWg

[Michael Lange @MichaelLangeNYC]

NEW: 10 years ago, Astoria had no democratic socialist elected officials.

Now, the People’s Republic is the only neighborhood in the United States with socialist representatives at the city, state, and federal levels of government.

How did we get here?
https://t.co/PAvM60W8KZ

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

St. John's University quietly suspends partnership with Customs and Border Protection

https://t.co/yO5CVxQEYd

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Popular Park Slope restaurant faces $3 million tab in unpaid wages case

https://t.co/bOWBup4gSv

[David Brand @DavidFBrand]

Woman in front of me at the grocery store this morning had to put food back because it was more than she could afford without SNAP benefits

[Brigid Bergin @brigidbergin]

Mamdani calls out NYC election foes for 'racist, baseless' attacks https://t.co/IXjX7RMcDI via @gothamist

Story by @arunNYC

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

With Mamdani's rise in NYC comes a tonal shift on Israel and the Middle East

https://t.co/N0wa64aZWV

[Arun Venugopal @arunNYC]

There won't be a casino in Manhattan. Committee just rejected "Freedom Plaza" which would've placed casino right next to the U.N. This comes after casinos in Times Sq and West Side were voted down last week.

[Ryan Schwach @RyanSchwach]

NEW: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will direct charges be served against the NYPD officers involved in the Win Rozario shooting before the statute of limitations runs out next week, per DCPI.

[Arun Venugopal @arunNYC]

Two Manhattan casinos were rejected back to back today. One in Times Square and another ("The Avenir") that would've been in Hudson Yards. Both lost by 4-2 votes. https://t.co/k29NYVkG9K

[Nick Garber @nick_garber]

Casino has been REJECTED 4-2

SL Green CEO Marc Holliday just approached the CAC members after the vote to harangue them: “What you did here today was despicable.”

[Asha Aravindakshan @DCasha]

#JLF Where the World Was Built featuring @arunNYC moderating @MIT Professors, hosted at @AsiaSociety @AsiaSocietyNY
CC @MIT_alumni @MITSloanAlumni

[Andrew Giambrone @AndrewGiambrone]

“They're going to be studying anything that comes out of Schenectady, where the gaming commission is headquartered, the way the world will stare at smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel when there's a new pope elected” (via @arunNYC for @Gothamist) https://t.co/F7yqJxpygF

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

'Call it a comeback': Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times

https://t.co/PKojNa3SFm

[Casey Berkovitz @CaseyBerk]

“NeW yOrK iS dEaD”

[Arun Venugopal @arunNYC]

Footnote in @ACLU lawsuit recounts how a woman who had her period while detained at Federal Plaza was denied sanitary pads and "had to thereafter remain in her blood-soaked clothes for the duration of her detention."
https://t.co/agwiEqn7J1