What I Cover

I cover housing, transportation, cities and infrastructure. I’m tracking how the Trump administration reshapes policy at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation. My main focus is how these changes affect people who depend on those agencies for their safety or well-being, such as public housing residents, victims of housing discrimination and commuters of all types.

The topics that I’m looking into include highway expansions, restrictive zoning laws, the affordable housing shortage and the companies profiting from it, and the country's high rate of traffic injuries and deaths.

My Background

I joined ProPublica in 2024 after three years as an investigative reporter at Streetsblog. My series there on the black market for temporary license plates led to enacted or proposed laws in three states as well as civil penalties and criminal investigations.

Before that, I was a reporter at Newsday, where my stories on wrongdoing in Long Island local governments spurred investigations and reforms.

My reporting has received a George Polk Award, an IRE Award, a Sidney Award, a Deadline Club Award and other distinctions. I was also a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.