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Nicole Rosenthal

Nicole Rosenthal (they/them) is an award-winning journalist covering news, culture and investigations from their home base in Brooklyn, N.Y. They are currently a New York City reporter at the New York Post. They are also a freelance reporter open for paid commissions and a guest lecturer available for class visits.

Nicole's work has appeared in NBC News, The Real Deal, Documented, Observer, Patch, amNew York and more. Their high-impact reporting has shed critical light on inequities and injustices in health care, housing, labor and immigration.

Nicole's 2021 collaborative investigation for Patch.com revealed a local political candidate's hidden criminal history and resulted in the candidate's departure from the race. In addition, their 2024 investigation into sex trafficking allegations at a luxury nightclub in Manhattan prompted Lady Gaga to pull her longtime support from the venue, and in 2026, their investigation into 25 unopened 3K centers in New York City prompted Mayor Zohran Mamdani to open one just three weeks later.

Nicole's work has been featured on MSNBC's Yasmin Vossoughian Reports and in ProPublica's 2020 Electionland project, POLITICO's NJ Playbook, Hell Gate, Gothamist, Real Clear Investigations and the National Immigration Forum newsletter. They hold a dual bachelor's degree in journalism and psychology from NYU and a master's degree in investigative journalism from the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University.

Nicole is a member of the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Trans Journalists Association. They are a proud recipient of the 2022 NLGJA Facebook Journalism Project Scholarship.

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NYC delays enforcing decades-old storefront gate law that could cost retailers thousands in upgrades: ‘Unrealistic’

Welcome to the gates of hell.


Big Apple retailers narrowly avoided having to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in upgrades to their roll-gown gates — as the city has temporarily paused its attempt to begin enforcing an obscure, decades-old law mandating changes to the security barriers this summer.


The 17-year-old measure, passed as an anti-graffiti tactic by the City Council in 2009, requires storefronts to replace solid security grilles with gates that are at least 70% transparent –...
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Exclusive | How bitter Ramones legal feud derailed Pete Davidson Netflix movie was finally settled — and why battle may rage on

Gabba Gabba hold on!

A years-long battle over the legal rights to the legacy of punk rock pioneers The Ramones has finally been settled after the feud boiled over because of a shelved Pete Davidson-led Netflix biopic about the band’s late singer.

But the bitter and personal battle may rage on between the family members of the founders — who are all now dead — with a former manager still in the crosshairs now saying he’s unfairly facing the prospect of having to pay millions in legal fees or ju...
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Exclusive | NYC’s most crime-ridden park revealed in startling stats: ‘My most hated’

Drug-infested Washington Square Park was by far the most dangerous green space in the city last year — with more than twice as much crime committed there than all of massive Central Park, data show.

The iconic but beleaguered Greenwich Village park — home to so many druggies and other criminals that community officials want to erect a gate around it — is fewer than 10 acres yet racked up 101 reported crimes, according to statistics.

There were 67 grand larcenies, 24 felony assaults and 10 robb...
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Exclusive | Child sex abuse probe launched at $40K-a-year NYC preschool after staff didn’t immediately report claim, kept parents in dark: records

A posh Upper East Side daycare and preschool that costs up to $40,000 a year is under investigation in connection to an allegation that a student was sexually abused by a staff member — and livid parents claim the administration kept them in the dark for more than a week.


The city Health Department was tipped off to the horrific accusation and launched the probe on April 27 into the Second Avenue location of Manhattan Schoolhouse after inspectors found that the staff failed to report the alle...
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Exclusive | Top NYC selfie spot battered by thousands of daily tourists braces for World Cup: ‘Sheer chaos’

An already overrun selfie spot in Brooklyn that’s battered by thousands of tourists a day is about to become even more of a chaotic mess with the World Cup this summer, frantic locals told The Post.

The world-class view of the Manhattan Bridge in trendy DUMBO has drawn busload after busload of visitors to Washington Street daily since the spot went viral as a picture-perfect backdrop a few years ago.

But along with the massive crowds have come hordes of price-gouging aggressive street vendors,...
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Chef behind iconic Central Park restaurant reveals his NYC-inspired menu with new cookbook

He knows a thing or two about leafy greens!

The executive chef behind Central Park’s iconic grill Tavern on the Green debuted his first cookbook last month – revealing nearly 200 recipes both inspired by the park’s vibrant seasons and the author’s decades-long career in Manhattan’s culinary scene.

“To me, there is a ‘New York’ thought behind a lot of these dishes … a lot of dishes, they come out of necessity,” said Bill Peet, the celeb-famous restaurant’s 10-year executive chef, who released “...
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Exclusive | Knicks fans skip sky-high playoff ticket prices – by making a fast break to games outside NYC

These tickets for “cheap” seats are giving fans a nosebleed.


Some hardcore New York Knicks fans are skipping out on astronomical ticket prices at Madison Square Garden and making a fast break to watch the team on the road at a fraction of the cost.


Tickets to the Round 1 playoff game against the Atlanta Hawks at MSG went up for eye-watering prices, including upwards of $350 with fees for seats in the nosebleed 400 sections — so high that some fans were booking flights to Georgia and still...
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NY students face testing delays due to tech issues — for second year in a row: ‘System is failing’

This system doesn’t pass the test.

New York students faced massive testing hiccups Wednesday due to a “widespread failure” of the state Education Department’s pricey exam tech — which experienced a similar glitch last year, The Post has learned.

Questar, the state’s assessment portal, faced “technical challenges” across school districts, pausing the second day of the New York State English Language Arts exam, the New York State Education Department said.

Officials from the SED later advised s...
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Hipster NYC straphangers fear third straight summer of hell on G train: ‘Here we are again’

G is for, “Give us a break!”

Straphangers who rely on the Brooklyn-Queens crosstown G train line in hipster neighborhoods from Long Island City to Greenpoint could be hit with more service shutdowns during what would be their third straight summer of hell.

The MTA is seriously “looking” at plans for G trains to halt each weekend in June as well as two weekends in August and one weekend in May, as heavily delayed work on the key line continues to slowly modernize its century-old signal system,...
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Exclusive | Nightclub to replace ill-fated Brooklyn Mirage scrambles to get ready in time for high-priced opening weekend

Is it déjà vu, or just a Mirage?

The embattled former site of the Brooklyn Mirage open-air music venue faces yet another race against time — after the “unsafe” structure from last year’s failed opening caused delays for the pricey new nightclub taking over, The Post has learned.

FIVE Holdings, the East Williamsburg venue’s new Dubai-based operator, is set to open the seasonal nightclub at 140 Stewart Ave. as Pacha New York by mid-June, and confirmed to The Post it is building a massive stage e...
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Exclusive | New website tracks wait times for trendy NYC eateries — by paying locals to film diners in line

If you think this is odd, get in line.


A new website is providing real-time wait-time predictions for buzzy Manhattan eateries — by paying nearby residents to put webcams in their apartment windows to spy on the hot spots’ lines, infuriating some of the businesses and weirding out locals.


DamnLines.com is the brainchild of 24-year-old software engineer Lucas Gordon, who launched it earlier this month to “determine and share the best time to visit the most popular restaurants across New Yor...
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Exclusive | Empty NYC preschools cost taxpayers nearly $100M in rent alone: ‘Terrible execution’

New York City has shelled out nearly $100 million in taxpayer funds to rent more than two dozen buildings that were meant to house preschools — but have yet to open half a decade later, The Post has learned. 

The city is still footing the rent and utility bills for the 28 facilities — a $99.3 million-and-counting boondoggle blamed on the “terrible execution” of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ambitious universal preschool expansion.

“I don’t think it’s corruption. It’s incompetence,” a former ci...
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Exclusive | Brooklyn’s hottest movie night draws both hipsters and the elderly to century-old, Italian-American social club

They’re living “La Dolce Vita.”

A 138-year-old Italian-American social club has become host to Brooklyn’s hottest movie night — drawing hordes of young hipsters and senior citizens alike to share in a feast of decades-old cinema and homecooked meals.

Cinema Club Piacere, a monthly film club at the St. Mary’s of the Snow Society in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been screening classic Italian-American flicks like “Moonstruck” and “My Cousin Vinny” to large crowds for nearly a year while serving up...
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Retro NYC video store marks booming first year in business – thanks to growing Gen-Z demand for VHS, DVDs

It’s been a blockbuster year for this Brooklyn shop!


Night Owl Video, the Big Apple’s sole remaining video store, is ringing in its first year in business this weekend – and is already considering expanding thanks to an overwhelming appetite for physical copies in the streaming era.


Co-owner Aaron Hamel told The Post his Brooklyn shop — which slings hundreds of movies on VHS and DVDs each week — is now looking to stock up on more material to keep up with growing demand, including from a so...
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Exclusive | NYC tows auto shop’s adorable ‘monster truck’ memorial and turns it to scrap metal

What a heart-braker!


The city towed a bright-green memorial “mini monster” truck decorated with flowers that had been parked outside a Brooklyn auto shop for years — then turned the tribute into scrap metal.


The hard-to-miss truck out front of New Millennium Motors in Gowanus had belonged to the body shop’s beloved owner Andreas Stylianou and was lovingly maintained by his family before it was taken away by city workers overnight on April 1, his widow told The Post.


“It was an unusual c...
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Central Park’s showstopping cherry blooms are having a ‘really good’ season — thanks to record-setting snowfall

A horrible winter is turning into a cherry nice surprise!


The winter may have been brutal, but it’s going to have a beautiful payoff this spring — as the snowy season is leading to an especially bright blooming of cherry blossoms, according to Central Park’s tree caretakers.


The good news for tree-lovers comes as the Big Apple arborists prepare the park’s trees for yearly time in the limelight.


“The [snow]storms didn’t really impact the cherries, but we got so much moisture over the wi...
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NYC is expected to spend $40M more than it’ll reap from the FIFA World Cup

So much for hitting this “goal!”


The Big Apple is set to shell out $40 million more than it expects to get back in revenue from hosting the FIFA World Cup finals this summer, according to city documents obtained by The Post.


Roughly $90 million in taxpayer dollars will be fronted for the massive international event at MetLife Stadium from mid-June to July 19, including more than $10 million on security, according to figures outlined in City Council budget documents.


The city’s own marke...
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Exclusive | NYC residents raise stink over demolition of potentially toxic, iconic old power plant

Something doesn’t smell right.

Roosevelt Island residents are demanding the city halt its emergency demolition of the iconic but decrepit local industrial steam plant that has them holding their noses and concerned about toxins.

Activists have claimed the site is “very likely” filled with dangerous toxins that will be released into the air with the upcoming project — but say they can’t be certain because the city won’t let them see related environmental records.

“It’s for sure very contaminat...
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Exclusive | NYC agency bizarrely used TikTok against city rules — to spotlight Staten Island’s compost facility

This brain rot is compostable!


The city’s sanitation department bizarrely returned to TikTok – weeks before the city reversed its ban on government accounts – in a brazen move against official rules, The Post has learned.


The quirky March 5 posting had a video about composting in the borough, as it highlighted so-called refuse “moors” in an apparent riff on the new film “Wuthering Heights.”


The timely joke appears to have violated a years-long ban on city agency use of the social media...
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Exclusive | Ritzy NYC restaurant Carbone hit with more health violations — while hiding its ‘B’ rating

How pre-pasta-rous!

Ritzy West Village red sauce joint Carbone is serving up more than just $50 linguine and clams — the high-end eatery’s offerings also include flies and contamination, according to its latest city health inspection, which found continued sanitary violations after it bombed an inspection last July.

The perennially-buzzy white tablecloth spot — which has also been hiding the “B” letter grade it has had since 2023 — was cited in a September probe for additional health violatio...
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Exclusive | Historic NYC plaza left in abysmal disrepair with destroyed pavement, defective lights — and city knows it

Historic Foley Square in the middle of some of Manhattan’s most storied public institutions is filthy with signs of neglect — from destroyed public art to defective street lamps and “dangerous” broken pavement.


Part of the city-maintained green space — the site of a series of high-volume protests from Occupy Wall Street to anti-ICE demonstrators — scored an “unacceptable” rating last year in a Big Apple audit after years of good marks, and even Mamdani administration officials admit it still...
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Exclusive | NYC pothole reports are shattering records – over 22K – with 2026 marking first triple-digit spike in calls

The thaw after this year’s unusually icy winter has caused havoc on the roads — and has lead New Yorkers to make a record-setting number of pothole complaints to the city.


A jaw-dropping 22,887 pothole reports have been made in the Big Apple through March 21 — marking a 119% increase over the 10,408 complaints made in the same period last year, according to a Post analysis.


That deluge of discontent marks the largest year-over-year increase in pothole complaints to the 311 system ever....
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Exclusive | Fate of historic NYC rec center with Keith Haring mural at risk as city pushes Adams-era plan – which Mamdani previously blasted

The Mamdani administration is brazenly pushing plans that could ruin a priceless Keith Haring mural in the West Village — despite the new mayor having previously blasted the project while a candidate, foes say.


The beloved 116-year-old Tom Dapolito Recreation Center in Manhattan was set to be repaired with $120 million in allocated city funding starting in 2021.


But those plans were walked back by the previous Adams administration when the site was deemed too far gone, and it was proposed...
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Exclusive | Meet NYC’s oldest pothole — an ancient roadway crater that has plagued The Bronx for decades

This pothole is old enough to drive!

A massive street crater has been wreaking havoc on cars and trucks in The Bronx for more than a decade, neighbors say — and has earned the dubious distinction of being the oldest pothole in city records.

The four-inch-deep crater at Adee and Bouck avenues in the Allerton section has seen multiple fill jobs over the years, residents said. But the temporary fixes are immediately ripped open again by tires on the “well-traveled” thoroughfare.

“I’ve been tryin...
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