The Cowboy and the King
Can a cowboy become the greatest polo player of all time?
Can a cowboy become the greatest polo player of all time?
Alvin Townley Truly*Adventurous Sep 2021 10min Permalink
On the Long Island Inferno, two fathers, both with complicated pasts took it all too far. Neither man was ever the same.
David Gauvey Herbert Esquire May 2021 30min Permalink
Uncovering evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents.
Ann Choi, Bill Dedman, Keith Herbert, Olivia Winslow Newsday Nov 2019 40min Permalink
A 7-part investigation into the true nature of Long Island politics, through the story of street tough-turned-power broker Gary Melius.
Gus Garcia-Roberts, Sandra Peddie Newsday Feb 2018 25min Permalink
On Long Island, unaccompanied minors are caught between the violence of MS-13 and the fear of deportation.
Jonathan Blitzer New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink
The story of Melissa Barthelemy, a prostitute killed in a string of murders on Long Island in December 2010.
Robert Kolker Slate Jul 2013 15min Permalink
“I haven’t put out an album in 20 years. Let’s face it. I am an oldies act. I just don’t want it to be like when you watch Channel 13 and there’s the Delltones or some English band from the ’60s, and they’re real crotchety and they look terrible, and I go, ‘Oh, God, I don’t want to be on that show.’”
Andrew Goldman, Billy Joel New York Times Magazine May 2013 20min Permalink
The author expounds on culture and crime in the early 90s:
Yes, I know there are sensational tabloid crimes everywhere and the closeness to the Manhattan media nexus tends to magnify everything. But even so, that was always true. There's just no denying that something has changed in the past decade, that, as our bard Billy Joel sings on his new album, there's "lots more to read about, Lolita and suburban lust." But why? Why is this Island different from all other islands? And why are so many Long Islanders suddenly running amok?
Ron Rosenbaum New York Times Magazine Aug 1993 30min Permalink
Five prostitutes disappear. Bodies turn up on a Long Island beach. On the women lost, and the families left behind.
Robert Kolker New York May 2011 25min Permalink
On 30 years of Long Island politics.
Steve Kornacki Capital New York Feb 2011 Permalink