Recent Happenings
Below are some recent projects, conference presentations and other things I've been up to
Impact: Education Department will forgive $5.8 billion in student loans for disabled borrowers
Under federal law, borrowers who develop severe and lasting disabilities after taking out federal student loans are entitled to have their debts forgiven. But as my Columbia Journalism School investigative reporting classmates and I discovered in a 2011 investigation, the Department of Education’s process for forgiving disabled borrowers’ debts was Read More …
What it’s like traveling to Hong Kong during quarantine
My wife and I recently made the move to Hong Kong, flying during some pretty restrictive travel conditions caused by the pandemic. Here’s what our experience was like. Read More …
Impact: New York law closes “preferential rent” loophole
New York lawmakers close rent loophole I profiled in my ProPublica series “The Rent Racket.” Read More …