Email Author Nick Pinto

Awards

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "Pawlenty Pardon"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "Pawlenty Pardon"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published September 29, 2010

  "So Unionized You'll Freak"

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2012 Stories by Nick Pinto

• The Rat Czar Plots His Ascent

  published December 26, 2012

  It was an ugly meeting last week when the Metropolitan Transit Authority's board voted to raise transit fares. Members of the public were... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Lead Us Not Astray, Reverend James Cooper

  published December 12, 2012

  It is Sunday morning at Trinity Wall Street, the historic Episcopal church in Lower Manhattan. The season of Advent is beginning, and... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Hurricane Sandy Is New York's Katrina

  published November 21, 2012

  The morning after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, many people woke up to a more or less normal day. People switched on their lights and... More >>

• Sandy, Occupy, and the City's Failures

  published November 7, 2012

  It has been more than a week since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and in much of the city, life has returned more or less to normal. Power is... More >>

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  Sandy's Unequal Impact

  published October 31, 2012

  The scenes on the television as Sandy hurled its full destructive force against New York showed spectacular devastation: an enormous crane... More >>

• Making Bail Better

  published October 10, 2012

  When Judge Ralph Fabrizio saw William Miranda, free of handcuffs and dressed in street clothes, sitting in his Bronx courtroom, he was... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Occupy Wall Street, Year Two

  published August 29, 2012

  Every Monday for the past six weeks, a crowd of activists has piled into a cramped office space on 23rd Street to plan the anniversary... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The NYPD's Poor Judgment With the Mentally Ill

  published August 15, 2012

  On the evening of March 15, Shauna Francis called 311 looking for some information. She wanted to call an ambulance for her 30-year-old... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Can Occupy Wall Street Trust Its Own Candidate?

  published June 13, 2012

  George Martinez is on his grind, stalking the corner of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in Brooklyn, while intercepting pedestrians,... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Bail is Busted: How Jail Really Works

  published April 25, 2012

  Lauren DiGioia's face was stony and impassive beneath bright blue hair as she was brought into a courtroom in handcuffs on March... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Occupy Spring

  published March 28, 2012

  Almost from the moment Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted from their camp in Zuccotti Park last November, observers have speculated... More >>

• Council Grills NYPD About Cycling Death

  published February 22, 2012

  As a mayor preoccupied with his legacy, Mike Bloomberg takes pride in the sweeping transformation of New York into a bicycle-friendly... More >>

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  Rise of the Facebook-Killers

  published February 15, 2012

  On a cold Friday evening in February two years ago, with a historic blizzard bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard, a small crowd of... More >>

• Don't Fence Me Out

  published January 25, 2012

  It's lunchtime on a Thursday, and Paula Segal wants to go to Chase Manhattan Plaza, a large open space that takes up a whole city block between... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Air Safety on the Cheap

  published January 4, 2012

  Prince Jackson's days usually go like this: He gets off work at 6:30 in the morning, gets on the bus, and is home by 7:30 a.m. This time of... More >>