Charles Lane
Senior ReporterCharles is senior reporter focusing on special projects. He has won numerous awards including an IRE award, three SPJ Public Service Awards, and a National Murrow. He was also a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and Third Coast Director’s Choice Award.
In 2020 he reported the podcast Everytown which uncovered the plot to evict a group of immigrants from the Hamptons. He also started WSHU’s C19 podcast. Previous projects include investigations into FEMA and continuing coverage of financial regulation.
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Recently released data from New York’s court system shows that in the second year of bail reform, the number of people rearrested while awaiting trial for their first alleged crime edged down 5%. -
The Suffolk County Legislature has again voted to repeal its public campaign finance program. Two-thirds of lawmakers overturned a veto by County Executive Steve Bellone last week.
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Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin criticized New York’s bail laws after the man who attacked him on stage during a campaign event in the gubernatorial race was released the next day.
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A federal judge denied bail for former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife while he appeals corruption charges.
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A Long Island man who spent 27 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit is now suing Suffolk County and 10 former officers for $55 million.
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A Nassau County legislative committee approved legislation on Monday offering a retired Black police officer $650,000 to settle her claims of false arrest and discrimination. This comes after WSHU reported last week that Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder allegedly used a racial slur to describe the officer.
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A lawyer for the county said Commissioner Patrick Ryder denies the accusation, which was made by a now-retired police officer.
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For a second time this year, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said property taxes will be capped at 2% this year, the highest local governments can raise taxes under state law.
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A New York appellate court has overturned the murder conviction of Ann Marie Drago, a Patchogue woman who ran over anti-gang activist Evelyn Rodriguez in 2018.
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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone signed a bill that hopes to clarify the county’s term limit law.
