Danika Fears

communications @mtaoig // former head of news @Independent US and editor @thedailybeast

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

OIG found that a repair shop overbilled the LIRR and couldn’t justify over $1.6M in parts charges. LIRR’s fleet oversight systems missed the red flags — but the agency has since cut ties with the shop and is strengthening controls.

Read the full report: https://t.co/YzaZCxhwxh

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

A senior MTA official's inappropriate communications led to a bidder on an $18M contract receiving non-public information, OIG found. This and other troubling behavior jeopardized the fairness of the procurement process.

Read the report: https://t.co/7VFdMONxPy

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

An LIRR official asked employees at six companies with active MTA contracts to help his son get a job — and it worked.

Read the report: https://t.co/e6TiyYLROw

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

OIG released its 2025 Annual Report today — highlighting investigations, audits, and other notable work over the last year.

Read the report: https://t.co/R9M7d5iswE

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

An OIG audit of NYC Transit subway bathrooms found that while most were functional, some lacked basic components like toilet seats, toilet paper, and/or working locks.

Read the report: https://t.co/lt4KbiGu1t

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

An NYC Transit worker made more than $300K by working for at least nine private businesses without approval and repeatedly violated rest requirements for his safety-sensitive position, an OIG investigation found.

Read the report: https://t.co/UxvsOkx0NK

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

An OIG investigation uncovered a culture of time abuse and fraud at three LIRR facilities. The scheme involved duplicate ID swipe cards — sold by LIRR employees for up to $40 — to help each other skip out on work and still get paid.

Read the report: https://t.co/mypipjw1ui

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. OIG is proud to wear purple and show our support for victims and survivors, a crucial step in breaking the silence that often surrounds abuse.💜

To learn more, visit @NYSOPDV

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

LIRR employees at a Queens facility routinely left work early, sometimes while on overtime, but got paid for their full shifts by having colleagues swipe them out.

Read the report for more on the scheme and the discipline handed down by LIRR: https://t.co/NN6GEeq2AF

[MTA Inspector General @mtaoig]

Surveillance video shows a subway station agent improperly accepting cash from multiple riders. The agent pocketed the money rather than turn it over to NYC Transit, OIG found.

He retired after OIG confronted him with the evidence.

Read the report: https://t.co/sAIB2lR4PQ

[Jodi Kantor @jodikantor]

This is a dispatch for history. About a mass grave of children. One killed on the soccer field. Another so young that an umbilical cord is still attached. By the last two international journalists in Mariupol, risking their lives to write. @ap https://t.co/T9eKWb6t2U

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

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[Lachlan Cartwright @LachCartwright]

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[Katie Baker @Katie_M_Baker]

The amazing @TracyConnor is our new, truly fearless leader https://t.co/QqJeVZwPSD

[Danika Fears @danikafears]

@analuciamur @MONEY congrats!!

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

A police officer. A Medicare agent. King Soopers employees.

These are the victims of yesterday's mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. https://t.co/9x2F7OugG4

[Danika Fears @danikafears]

@JuliaArciga @POLITICOPro Congrats!!

[Danika Fears @danikafears]

@attackerman Congrats!

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Tucker Carlson is devoting an entire segment to attacking my colleague, Brandy Zadrozny, for doing actual reporting, like using public records to confirm identities of people who create harassment campaigns.

It's disgraceful.

She's the best reporter I know. I'm with her 1000%.