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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The agency faced a $10 billion deficit and had planned regular biannual fare increases. -
Suffolk County lawmakers passed a $3.8 billion budget with the help of federal pandemic aid, higher sales tax revenue and an opioid legal settlement. -
'Law and order' Democratic candidates were no match to two Republicans who were elected by Long Island voters to shift away from criminal justice reform following the police murder of George Floyd. -
In suburban Nassau County, Democrats are steering away from criminal justice reform. -
The Suffolk County Legal Aid Society is appealing a recent ruling that challenges the constitutionality of New York’s controversial bail reform laws that were approved in 2019. -
A federal judge has denied bail to disgraced Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and former aid Christopher McPartland. Both men had hoped to remain free while they appealed their conviction. -
Days after indicting a man for a string of brutal hate crimes, Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini announced the creation of an office dedicated to… -
Police and those advocating for police reform testified for more than four hours at a public hearing Tuesday in the Suffolk County Legislature on a bill… -
The New York Civil Liberties Union is the latest to sue the Nassau County Police Department for not releasing records.The NYCLU joins WSHU and Newsday in… -
Despite assurances from officials in Suffolk County that “historic” strides are being made to diversify the Long Island county’s predominantly white…
