Reporter @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com. Previously: Columbia Journalism Investigations; @SFChronicle; @Oregonian; @AP. Desert rat. 🏜 www.ryantkost.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3m6z5eiknd22pA new federal lawsuit targeting NY rent regulations was written with the U.S. Supreme Court in mind … https://gothamist.com/news/a-supreme-court-fight-just-might-start-with-a-few-vacant-nyc-apartments https://gothamist.com/news/a-supreme-court-fight-just-might-start-with-a-few-vacant-nyc-apartments?fbclid=PAdGRleAOb1UZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAae7szO2JVs40oycnm81ts8qbrEWAdx_N3iFx1GB_M4afWQxIKjchFhZ406SNA_aem_l144mJcLObOdTQHifSBahA02 Dec 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6z5eiknd22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3m4ilvlwamc2uI got mine done, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ilvlwamc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3m4ilwvqewc2uAlso! I work at @wnyc.org/ @gothamist.com now… Get in touch with any and all tips.31 Oct 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ilwvqewc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3m4ilvlwamc2uI got mine done, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ilvlwamc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3m4ils3iiok2uI wrote about Eliz Digital and NYc’s fave passport portrait artist: https://gothamist.com/news/why-the-internet-fell-for-a-chinatown-passport-photographer31 Oct 2025 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ils3iiok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lmrx2znpxs2gWhat happens when prosecutors help convict innocent people — and their colleagues are tasked with investigating it? We looked at every exoneration tied to New York’s conviction review units. Here’s what we found. @nysfocus.bsky.social https://nysfocus.com/2025/04/14/wrongful-conviction-integrity-unit-new-york-prosecutorial-misconduct14 Apr 2025 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrx2znpxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lmcjgoqyo22jDiscovery rolllbacks are holding up New York’s budget. One case Bronx DA Darcel Clark used to argue for rollbacks didn’t happen the way she said it did. My latest for @nysfocus.bsky.social: https://nysfocus.com/2025/04/08/discovery-law-new-york-state-budget-hochul08 Apr 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcjgoqyo22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lkdv6m46kk2pAfter 25 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit, Renay Lynch finally heard the words she'd been waiting for: "You are fully exonerated." But there was a catch: To win the DA's support, she had to abandon her claims of prosecutorial misconduct. 🧵 https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/13/conviction-integrity-units-failure-new-york-wrongfully-incarcerated14 Mar 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdv6m46kk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lkdwiyve622iGreat reporting by Dan Hinkle and @injusticewatch.org on Cook County's integrity unit. Highlights many of the same issues we identified in our investigation of New York's CIUs for @nysfocus.bsky.social … [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdwiyve622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lkdv6m46kk2pAfter 25 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit, Renay Lynch finally heard the words she'd been waiting for: "You are fully exonerated." But there was a catch: To win the DA's support, she had to abandon her claims of prosecutorial misconduct. 🧵 https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/13/conviction-integrity-units-failure-new-york-wrongfully-incarcerated14 Mar 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdv6m46kk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lkbqrkobhk23Conviction integrity units were designed to correct wrongful convictions. But when prosecutors are the ones at fault, CIUs often stay silent. Our @nysfocus.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social series on conviction integrity units continues with Part 2: https://nysfocus.com/2025/03/13/conviction-integrity-units-failure-new-york-wrongfully-incarcerated13 Mar 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbqrkobhk23https://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3li5awzw4tk2zCheck out the first part of our yearlong investigation into New York’s conviction integrity units: “DAs Promised to Help Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers. In Many Cases, They Made Things Worse.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5awzw4tk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3li3fzhm2bc2dFor the past year, Willow Higgins and I have been looking into NY’s conviction integrity units. They promised justice for the wrongfully incarcerated. But our investigation, in collab w/ @nysfocus.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Investigations, shows they have fallen short. 🧵13 Feb 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3fzhm2bc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3li3fzhm2bc2dFor the past year, Willow Higgins and I have been looking into NY’s conviction integrity units. They promised justice for the wrongfully incarcerated. But our investigation, in collab w/ @nysfocus.bsky.social and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Investigations, shows they have fallen short. 🧵13 Feb 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3fzhm2bc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lf3tq3v4v22gIs there anything more 'personal essay' than learning a random scientific fact and using it as the basis/metaphor for a 2,000+ word piece without actually understanding the random scientific fact at all? 'In Chile, there are vines that ..."06 Jan 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3tq3v4v22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lcv7dy5sws2uA while back, I started asking experts to help me understand why it was so difficult for ppl in prison and jail to sue for proper medical care. Why, for example, had one state system gotten away with delaying treatment for Hep C? https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/04/kentucky-jail-deaths-federal-courts-lawsuits09 Dec 2024 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcv7dy5sws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryankost.bsky.social/post/3lcv7dy5sws2uA while back, I started asking experts to help me understand why it was so difficult for ppl in prison and jail to sue for proper medical care. Why, for example, had one state system gotten away with delaying treatment for Hep C? https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/04/kentucky-jail-deaths-federal-courts-lawsuits09 Dec 2024 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:uxmffu76iclf2hxuaab7hwid/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcv7dy5sws2u