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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A former detainee at the jail has filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit against the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office alleging he was beaten and not given medical treatment. -
Suffolk County Police on Long Island would pay $3.75 million, improve training and background checks, and publish data about who they pull over in traffic stops as part of a tentative court settlement reached with civil rights activists on Monday.
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Northwell Health held its fourth annual gun violence prevention forum on Tuesday. It brought together 50 hospital executives from across the country who brainstormed ways to stop gun violence.
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The Suffolk County Republican Committee nominate Ed Romaine as their candidate for county executive this November. His likely opponent is businessman and former prosecutor David Calone.
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Linda Mangano has been released from federal prison after serving five months of a 15-month sentence for a corruption scheme during her husband’s tenure as Nassau County executive.
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The number of voices asking Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta to resign from the Public Safety Committee is growing.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate WEE1 Tactical, the maker of the JR-15 rifle, for alleged marketing towards children.
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WSHU’s Charles Lane spoke with Chris Gelardi, an investigative reporter at New York Focus, who obtained documents showing how the New York State Police have been using an array of programs that sift through mass quantities of social media information including from Twitter and Facebook.
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Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy said more than 200 taxpayers were mistakenly sent tax arrears notices because of a software problem.
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Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly has opened an investigation into incoming Congressman George Santos (R-NY), who has admitted to lying about his resume to run for office. Separately, the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn is focused on his financial dealings in connection to his campaign.
