I cover the clashes playing out in courtrooms over climate policy and the individuals, advocacy groups and businesses behind the cases.
I joined The Times in 2013. Most recently I worked on the Metro desk, where I covered law enforcement with a focus on the Brooklyn federal court, including cases related to overfishing, transnational repression and gun rights.
While on a detachment to the International desk, I helped cover the Israel-Hamas war.
I have also written about immigration, chronicling the migrant crisis in New York and working on long-term projects on a Bangladeshi enclave in Brooklyn and on the Middle Eastern/North African box on the census.
My 2022 investigation with Dan Barry into a deadly construction site in the Bronx won awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Hillman Foundation. I was also a key member of the team covering Covid-19, for which The Times won the 2021 Pulitzer for public service.
Before joining The Times, I worked at The New York Daily News, The Associated Press and a chain of community newspapers in my home borough of Brooklyn. I am a graduate of SUNY Purchase and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. I speak Spanish and some Arabic.
I share the values and am committed to upholding the high standards outlined in the paper’s Ethical Journalism handbook.
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The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.
By Karen Zraick and David Gelles
An environmental group said the company, a major food producer, was misleading shoppers with its claims about eco-friendly practices.
By Karen Zraick
The courts have become one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over planet-warming emissions. Here are prominent cases to watch.
By Karen Zraick
The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.
By Karen Zraick
The suit challenges a measure that prohibits state entities like retirement funds from doing business with firms that “boycott energy companies.”
By Karen Zraick
The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.
By Karen Zraick
Mr. Wang is on trial this week in Brooklyn federal court. He vigorously disputes the charges against him.
By Karen Zraick
Nargis Baran was a rising legal star in Afghanistan. She became a target once the government fell.
By Karen Zraick
Court papers said the “youth development specialists” took more than $50,000 in bribes to allow in items like razor blades, marijuana, alcohol and prescription pills.
By Karen Zraick
Lamor Whitehead, who prosecutors said was a career con man who ran a church, took in millions, which he spent on cars, clothes and jewels.
By Karen Zraick
Under the bill, New York nonprofits that provide financial support to Israel’s military or settlements could be sued for at least $1 million and lose their tax-exempt status.
By Karen Zraick
Hui Qin pleaded guilty to giving more than $10,000 in illegal political campaign donations to three candidates, including Mayor Eric Adams.
By Karen Zraick and Bianca Pallaro
Harvey Weinstein faced similar sex crimes charges in New York and California, but the arguments used to overturn one case may not help in the other.
By Karen Zraick, Maia Coleman and Lauren Herstik
Ms. Gentili, a transgender activist and actress, died in February after buying fentanyl-laced heroin, prosecutors said.
By Liam Stack and Karen Zraick
The actions on both sides of the Atlantic, which included sanctions, underscored the escalation of cyberconflict between Western allies and Beijing.
By David E. Sanger and Mark Landler
Viktor Zelinger, a Ukrainian native, admitted to running an illegal gambling club in Brooklyn and threatening debtors.
By Karen Zraick
Mayor Eric Adams was among those who received illegal donations from Hui Qin, a Chinese businessman, a person familiar with the federal case said.
By Karen Zraick, William K. Rashbaum and Dana Rubinstein
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could allow more New Yorkers to carry guns is raising thorny questions and has jeopardized at least one case so far.
By Karen Zraick
Lamor Whitehead was accused of using $90,000 of a parishioner’s retirement savings to buy luxury goods and trying to force a businessman to lend him $500,000.
By Karen Zraick and Olivia Bensimon
Six New York City residents were arrested on Tuesday and charged with importing the sought-after delicacies in violation of federal rules.
By Karen Zraick