Deputy Director of Policy, Executive Chamber of @GovKathyHochul • Teaching @columbiamsph & @NYUWagner • Bi-Nuevo: New Mexican in NYC
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I built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world’s preeminent news organization not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. tedalcorn.github.io/nyt/
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Good morning New Yorkers: with counting still ongoing, @GovKathyHochul has now received the most votes for governor in state history.
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I contributed to a @nytopinion roundup of ideas for what Dems should do with their newfound power. My suggestion? Pass the MediKids legislation that @SenatorAndyKim put forward this summer!! nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Did young voters decide the election —or did young candidates decide the electorate?
People want leaders who look like them.
Democracy is about feeling recognized.
My monthly data-dive into @nytimes' complete October 2026 coverage, from its own API:
Of 4,320 articles, @realDonaldTrump still dominates but perhaps finally in decline. Obits said 🖖 to @SirPatStew.
The complete Below The Fold dashboard: tedalcorn.github.io/nyt
⬅️ Last month's edition, September 2026:
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My monthly data-dive into @nytimes' complete September 2026 coverage, from its own API.
Of 4,199 articles, @realDonaldTrump & midterms lead, but AI more than doubled, passing Iran. Obits said 👋 to @GloriaSteinem.
The complete Below The Fold dashboard: tedalcorn.github.io/nyt
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It’s out! Anthony Braga of @UniversityofP and @DavidKennedyNYC of @Jjcommencement win the 2027 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, for the work in designing, implementing and evaluating strategies of “focused deterrence” to prevent lethal violence in criminal networks.🇺🇸🇸🇪
Gotta give it to my former colleagues at @MomsDemand. In 2012 there was no gun violence prevention movement. Now it is moving into office: 547 volunteers ran yesterday, 6 have won House seats so far, & @AnnieAndrewsMD is the first volunteer-turned-senator. everytown.org/press/everytow…
In races called, 17 senators are being replaced, already the biggest turnover in the chamber since 1980. The departing senators average age is 70, their replacements 55. The number of senators under 50 nearly doubles, from 8 to 15.
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How big is Gov. Hochul's victory statewide? As of 11:43, she's running neck and neck with Bruce Blakeman in Nassau County.
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Records on records on records—and more than just the biggest Sunday ever.
• Thursday: 4.7M rides, highest single day since 2020, up 9.7% vs. the same day last year
• Friday: 4.5M, highest Friday since 2020
• Saturday: 3.6M, highest Saturday since 2016
• Sunday: 3.1M, highest Sunday in recorded MTA history, up 11% vs. last year
Friday–Sunday: 11.2M rides—the most for a weekend since 2020, up 8.4% vs. last year.
Subway ridership on Marathon Sunday was over 3.1 million, the largest Sunday in RECORDED @MTA HISTORY.
Above ground and below, New Yorkers were on the move in record numbers!
Reading about @jamestalarico’s 6th graders makes me think of Cotulla, TX nearly a century earlier, where a 20-year-old LBJ first taught middle school. “Never forgot their faces,” he’d say. A good teacher learns as much in the classroom as the students.
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I remember seeing this in the @TwoBootsHQ LES cinema way back when. Cheered to learn that is where its revival began. @JRichardKelly nytimes.com/2026/10/26/movie…
There is a striking anomaly in NYC’s otherwise broad decline in serious crime: assaults, tens of thousands more than pre-pandemic. 👇 is the most detailed exploration I’ve yet seen of the many factors driving them (particularly DV + aging offenders who aren’t desisting).
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I am devastated by this news. Helen was the queen of public health reporting. She knew her stuff. Pressed relentlessly for answers. Meticulous in documenting how officials were ducking questions. And always considerate to colleagues and competitors alike. statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…
Key change: after nearly ten years reporting on policy, I'm going to spend a stint helping write it instead. Grateful for the opportunity to serve the people of New York as Deputy Policy Director in the executive chamber of @GovKathyHochul. Wish me luck.
Meta is paying states up to $17 billion for hooking kids on Instagram & Facebook...but where will that money go? I read the fine print: most states don't say. About 70% is left for officials to spend however they like. Gift link to my story for @nytimes 🧵nytimes.com/2026/10/13/busin…
.@NC_Governor Josh Stein helped write those opioid terms as NC attorney general. Even he sees the risk this time: "It is real easy to get distracted by other budgetary needs." He's told his team to find strategies that "move the needle on teen mental health."
The thing is: nobody has a playbook. "I wish we did have an evidence-based menu," @mitchprinstein told me, "but we don't." @drJoshS, who helped write the opioid spending principles, warned that without one "a lot of money will be spent on things that sound good but don't work."