A developer tore down Greenpoint’s historic Meserole Theater and gave us this in its place

“It just makes me mad that he could do that and get away with it,” says John Henries. His son, Matthew, died at age three after being born with a brain injury due to the malpractice of Dr. Thomas J. Byrne.
Grantees Karen Shakerdge & Christopher Werth for Gothamist.bit.ly/46mF7nU

This A.M., we heard from Karen Shakerdge and Christopher Werth who discussed their new WNYC 🎙 podcast “Imminent Danger.' In it, they uncover a system that allows doctors who've harmed patients to evade punishment, putting patients in harm's way. wnyc.org/story/when-pat…

This series and podcast is incredible.

In 1990, New York revoked the license of Dr. Thomas J. Byrne, an OB-GYN, after considering him an “imminent danger.”

How did he regain his medical license and practice again?

Story by grantees Nsikan Akpan, PhD, Karen Shakerdge, & Christopher Werth for Gothamist. 👉 bit.ly/3tMc6o3

Donita initially trusted Dr. Byrne. That would change after she gave birth.

She was one of 11 patients the state of New York would later determine were harmed under his care.

Listen to this podcast by grantees Karen Shakerdge & Christopher Werth for WNYC 🎙. pulitzercenter.org/stories/podcas…

In 1991, New York health officials declared Dr. Thomas J. Byrne, an OB-GYN, an “imminent danger” to the public and stripped him of his medical license. Yet Byrne is still seeing patients today.

A podcast by grantees Karen Shakerdge and Christopher Werth for WNYC 🎙. pulitzercenter.org/stories/podcas…

A little side project I’ve been working on for a long time is finally out. Imminent Danger. It's a five part WNYC 🎙 investigative series about an OB/GYN who has managed to practice in multiple states for decades despite revoked licenses, continued allegations of negligence + more

Part 1 of Gothamist's and WNYC's new five-part investigative series Imminent Danger examines the track record of one OB-GYN across several states and what it says about how doctors are vetted before being allowed to treat patients. gothamist.com/news/one-docto…

Powerful, disturbing new series by Karen Shakerdge w/ Christopher Werth and Nsikan Akpan, PhD on the injuries and death caused by one OBGYN whose license was revoked in NY but who still managed to practice in other states before returning to work at Harlem Hospital gothamist.com/news/one-docto…

NYC’s new black market for short-term rentals: A throwback to the time before Airbnb gothamist.com/news/nycs-new-… via David Brand

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Unbelievable Story Alert ‼️

NYPD sergeant drove from his Long Island home every week to his old block in Brooklyn & littered thousands of pages of paper — old pornos, a Poe novel, etc. — under cover of darkness.

Why??

No one knows.

Punished??

He was docked 1 vacation day.

This is one weird-ass story.
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NYPD to share internal records with agency investigating racial profiling. Some say it's not enough. gothamist.com/news/nypd-to-s… via Samantha Max

A story in which Clayton Guse and Just your friendly neighborhood transit reporter give away pizza on the subway gothamist.com/news/a-48-bill… via @gothamist