Mike Hayes
Articles by Mike Hayes
Mike Hayes covers equity and access to opportunity in New Jersey. He joined WNYC and Gothamist in 2023. Before that, he worked as a freelance journalist writing about policing and criminal justice. He has written for ProPublica, CNN, HuffPost, BuzzFeed News and The Appeal. He is also the author of the book, “The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform.” In 2019, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
As energy costs skyrocket, campaign contributions from utility companies could become a liability.
Township officials are battling housing advocates over what’s known as the Mount Laurel doctrine.
The lawsuit ratchets up the bitter fight over a 1,500-person site in a deep-red part of the Garden State.
Andy Kim and other elected officials are criticizing the bank’s claim that it had a “fiduciary duty” to sell a warehouse to be used in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The state’s 7th Congressional District could help Democrats flip the House in November. But the party is moderating its message on immigration enforcement.
Aspen Medical has a government contract that allows it to staff ICE detention centers, but the company’s president now says it won't aid the agency.
Roxbury Republicans say they’re fighting to prevent an immigrant detention center in the town. They also say they’re in favor of deportations and aggressive ICE actions.
NJ township and state officials say they’ll continue fighting to prevent the deal from moving forward.
First they were buying the property. Then they weren't. Now they are.
DHS told Gothamist it had purchased a property. Roxbury officials say that was flat-out wrong.
Township leaders say they were blindsided by the news.
The progressive candidate bested a crowded field of other, more well-known Democrats amid strong turnout in a race seen as a harbinger for this year’s primaries.
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