Chris Gelardi
@chrisgelardi.bsky.social
Exasperated journalist investigating the criminal-legal system for @nysfocus.bsky.social. Also The Intercept, The Nation, many more. He/him. Send tips ⬇️
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Senator @jabaribrisport.bsky.social calls for a special session to remedy the fact that the state legislature has ended for the year without passing immigration protections.
June 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Senator @jabaribrisport.bsky.social calls for a special session to remedy the fact that the state legislature has ended for the year without passing immigration protections.
the nuggets you find digging through police training documents
June 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
the nuggets you find digging through police training documents
This moment when some dude whipped out a bagpipe and accompanied a "the people united will never be defeated" chant
June 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This moment when some dude whipped out a bagpipe and accompanied a "the people united will never be defeated" chant
After the main NYC anti-ICE protest dispersed, a few hundred — mostly younger people — broke off and marched back to federal plaza. The NYPD started picking them off, but they kept demonstrating. They're still there. The kids are tireless.
A couple of the violent arrests:
A couple of the violent arrests:
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
After the main NYC anti-ICE protest dispersed, a few hundred — mostly younger people — broke off and marched back to federal plaza. The NYPD started picking them off, but they kept demonstrating. They're still there. The kids are tireless.
A couple of the violent arrests:
A couple of the violent arrests:
nyc's in the streets
June 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
nyc's in the streets
The laughable police tactics we're currently seeing in the news have been in the works for years.
These screenshots come from a 2009 document that didn't make it into the below article. Echoes of
@alexbkane.bsky.social's recent NYPD reporting and Trump's bizarre fixation on hand tattoos.
These screenshots come from a 2009 document that didn't make it into the below article. Echoes of
@alexbkane.bsky.social's recent NYPD reporting and Trump's bizarre fixation on hand tattoos.
April 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The laughable police tactics we're currently seeing in the news have been in the works for years.
These screenshots come from a 2009 document that didn't make it into the below article. Echoes of
@alexbkane.bsky.social's recent NYPD reporting and Trump's bizarre fixation on hand tattoos.
These screenshots come from a 2009 document that didn't make it into the below article. Echoes of
@alexbkane.bsky.social's recent NYPD reporting and Trump's bizarre fixation on hand tattoos.
🚨 @nysfocus.bsky.social scoop:
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
April 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 @nysfocus.bsky.social scoop:
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
🚨 Immigration reporters! I know there are so many of you out there doing incredible work, especially freelance work. Here's an unexpected but killer opportunity for a full-time gig at @nysfocus.bsky.social. We're looking for those who know the beat, how to dig, and how to tell a story.
April 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
🚨 Immigration reporters! I know there are so many of you out there doing incredible work, especially freelance work. Here's an unexpected but killer opportunity for a full-time gig at @nysfocus.bsky.social. We're looking for those who know the beat, how to dig, and how to tell a story.
albany people! come hang! talk shop, give us tips, tell us about stuff, ask us stuff.
readers, sources, civically engaged folks, wannabe civically engaged folks — all are welcome.
readers, sources, civically engaged folks, wannabe civically engaged folks — all are welcome.
April 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
albany people! come hang! talk shop, give us tips, tell us about stuff, ask us stuff.
readers, sources, civically engaged folks, wannabe civically engaged folks — all are welcome.
readers, sources, civically engaged folks, wannabe civically engaged folks — all are welcome.
wait wait wait wait wait. this whole thing was just symbolic? he just did it for shits? what about, like, actually filibustering stuff?
April 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
wait wait wait wait wait. this whole thing was just symbolic? he just did it for shits? what about, like, actually filibustering stuff?
nor do they want incarcerated people to read this one, apparently: nysfocus.com/2025/03/03/d...
just got this message yesterday:
just got this message yesterday:
March 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
nor do they want incarcerated people to read this one, apparently: nysfocus.com/2025/03/03/d...
just got this message yesterday:
just got this message yesterday:
The agreement goes into effect if 85 percent of striking corrections officers return to work by Monday.
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The agreement goes into effect if 85 percent of striking corrections officers return to work by Monday.
The National Guard will stay in the prisons in "support posture" for the time being.
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The National Guard will stay in the prisons in "support posture" for the time being.
The document isn't radically different from past failed agreements, as far as I can tell. In addition to staffing and discipline items, it suspends aspects of the HALT Solitary Act for 90 days and convenes a commitee to issue recommendations for the legislature to change the law.
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The document isn't radically different from past failed agreements, as far as I can tell. In addition to staffing and discipline items, it suspends aspects of the HALT Solitary Act for 90 days and convenes a commitee to issue recommendations for the legislature to change the law.
With a tentative deal reached to end the New York prison guards strike, the future of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act is still very much up in the air.
February 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
With a tentative deal reached to end the New York prison guards strike, the future of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act is still very much up in the air.
Example no. 2 of an incarcerated person in New York saying they wished the National Guard could stay because they treat the incarcerated people better than the regular corrections officers.
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Example no. 2 of an incarcerated person in New York saying they wished the National Guard could stay because they treat the incarcerated people better than the regular corrections officers.
I co-wrote this article with an incarcerated journalist. When I tried to send her the published piece over the prison messaging system, it was rejected.
Reporting on conditions inside locked down prisons apparently involves "plans for activities which violate DOCCS policies"
Reporting on conditions inside locked down prisons apparently involves "plans for activities which violate DOCCS policies"
February 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I co-wrote this article with an incarcerated journalist. When I tried to send her the published piece over the prison messaging system, it was rejected.
Reporting on conditions inside locked down prisons apparently involves "plans for activities which violate DOCCS policies"
Reporting on conditions inside locked down prisons apparently involves "plans for activities which violate DOCCS policies"
Just now from the state prison agency:
"Those participating in the illegal job action will face administrative penalties along with Department discipline for violating the State’s Taylor Law and a judge’s temporary restraining order."
"Those participating in the illegal job action will face administrative penalties along with Department discipline for violating the State’s Taylor Law and a judge’s temporary restraining order."
February 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Just now from the state prison agency:
"Those participating in the illegal job action will face administrative penalties along with Department discipline for violating the State’s Taylor Law and a judge’s temporary restraining order."
"Those participating in the illegal job action will face administrative penalties along with Department discipline for violating the State’s Taylor Law and a judge’s temporary restraining order."
A deeply hilarious dispatch that didn't make it into this story:
The National Guard "refer to us as 'ma'am,' ask us how we are doing ... NEVER have I had a C0 ask me 'Ma'am, do you have any garbage you'd like to dispose of.'"
"I have one question for G0vern0r H0chul, CAN WE PLEASE KEEP THEM?"
The National Guard "refer to us as 'ma'am,' ask us how we are doing ... NEVER have I had a C0 ask me 'Ma'am, do you have any garbage you'd like to dispose of.'"
"I have one question for G0vern0r H0chul, CAN WE PLEASE KEEP THEM?"
February 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A deeply hilarious dispatch that didn't make it into this story:
The National Guard "refer to us as 'ma'am,' ask us how we are doing ... NEVER have I had a C0 ask me 'Ma'am, do you have any garbage you'd like to dispose of.'"
"I have one question for G0vern0r H0chul, CAN WE PLEASE KEEP THEM?"
The National Guard "refer to us as 'ma'am,' ask us how we are doing ... NEVER have I had a C0 ask me 'Ma'am, do you have any garbage you'd like to dispose of.'"
"I have one question for G0vern0r H0chul, CAN WE PLEASE KEEP THEM?"
Yesterday, the Trump admin deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct.
In New York, however, the state's highest court handed down two victories for police transparency. It held that pre-reform and "unsubstantiated" complaints are both subject to disclosure.
In New York, however, the state's highest court handed down two victories for police transparency. It held that pre-reform and "unsubstantiated" complaints are both subject to disclosure.
February 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Yesterday, the Trump admin deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct.
In New York, however, the state's highest court handed down two victories for police transparency. It held that pre-reform and "unsubstantiated" complaints are both subject to disclosure.
In New York, however, the state's highest court handed down two victories for police transparency. It held that pre-reform and "unsubstantiated" complaints are both subject to disclosure.