Emma Whitford
Columbia Journalism Review
New York, United States
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Past articles by Emma:
Day in, day out: TV reporter makes public housing conditions her beat
Monica Morales, a reporter for PIX11, had never heard of the eighties hip-hop and funk band ESG (emerald, sapphire, and gold) when she visited Debbie Scroggins’s apartment. Scroggins, ESG’s original bassist, lives at the Farragut Houses, a public complex in Brooklyn. She had sent Morales cell phone photos of rot beneath her toilet and moisture […] → Read More
Little-Used Community Land Trust Model for Affordable Housing May See Big Boost
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
A Closer Look at Albany Democrats’ Compromise on Bail Reform
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
'We're in a New Era’: Inside the Crowded Race to Elect the Next Queens District Attorney and Reset the Borough’s Prosecutorial Agenda
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
Automatic Sealing? Expungement? As They Legalize Marijuana, New York Lawmakers Negotiate Clearing Criminal Records
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
New York Democrats on Eliminating Cash Bail: Not When, But How
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
At Least One Arrest By Plainclothes ICE Agents 'Lurking' At Brooklyn Courthouse
ICE activity in NYC courthouses is on the rise in 2017, according to public defenders and advocates. → Read More
NYU Applicants Must Now Disclose 'Violent' Criminal Record, Not Entire Criminal Record
"We know that because of racial stereotypes, the police assume people of color are more violent than their white counterparts, and will be charged differently." → Read More
The NYPD Wants To Know What YOU Think Of Its Proposed Body Camera Policy
"It's true that in all of government we regularly solicit public views, but that hasn't been true in policing." → Read More
Lawsuit Accuses Donald Trump Of Raping Teenage Girl In 1994
Trump and billionaire investor Jeffrey Epstein allegedly raped the minor on multiple occasions at parties at Epstein's Upper East Side mansion. → Read More
The World's Oldest Person Has Died In Brooklyn At Age 116:
Susannah Mushatt Jones was a tenant advocate who helped set up a college scholarship fund for black women. → Read More
Free Tampons Are Coming To 25 NYC Public Schools
The DOE says it may expand the pilot program to more high schools and middle schools city-wide. → Read More
MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"
Is your station one of them? → Read More
Controversial School Rezoning Plan In Gentrifying Brooklyn Wins Approval:
"I think people need to get it out of their heads that a successful school is a white school." → Read More
Report: Banks Are Dodging Fines & Hurting NYC's Communities Of Color:
State legislators calculated $2 million in unpaid buildings fines. → Read More
Cuomo Announces Plan To Finally Overhaul Penn Station
Goodbye Penn Station, hello dignity. → Read More
Suicidal Driver After Christmas Eve Hit-And-Run Rampage: "I Wanted To Go Out In A Glorious Way":
He said he was headed for the Empire State Building. → Read More
Playwright Opens Up About Getting Stabbed In The Neck In Fort Greene:
"I found that I couldn't walk steadily and veered, first into a wall, then into a parked car." → Read More
22-Year-Old Woman Killed By Runaway Taxi On Midtown Sidewalk:
The cabbie was not behind the wheel when his taxi rolled forward onto the sidewalk, hitting two people. → Read More
NYPD's Times Square NYE Security Is Tighter Than Ever:
"We are not aware of any threat at this time we deem credible to this event in Times Square," NYPD Commissioner Bratton said. But some 6,000 cops will patrol in and around Times Square anyway. → Read More