Ben Oreskes
@boreskes
NY Statehouse Correspondent @nytimes. @latimes alum.
Some personal news: I am so excited to be joining @nytimes. Working with @dchangnyt, @NestorARamos and the rest of the @NYTMetro team is going to be amazing!
We’re thrilled to announce that Ben Oreskes will be joining the Metro desk as a statehouse correspondent. nytco.com/press/ben-ores…
"For many, if not all, standing in line for food is a humiliating act. Most of the older women were carefully dressed, as if to ward off disgrace. Indeed, most of the people in line were better groomed than the volunteers in their work clothes." nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opi…
Cuomo's revamped campaign hasn't turned him into a happy warrior. In interviews with Stephen A. Smith and Donnie Deutsch he paints a dark picture of New York City under Mamdani. "I don't think the city would recover for 15 years post a Mamdani administration," he told Deutsch
“Cuomo is adjusting in certain ways but I have yet to see an overall vision and an overall idea of what exactly Andrew Cuomo is going to do for New Yorkers and what exactly he is going to deliver,” @samraskinz said — of the ~new cuomo~ nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
SOME PERSONAL NEWS: My biography of Harry Reid is available for pre-order and on sale Jan. 20! Exciting news for a project I started more than four years ago on the most powerful official in NV history and one of the more influential DC leaders ever. simonandschuster.com/books/The-Game…
"The real test won’t simply be finding common ground; it will be knowing when to forge alliances, when to compromise, and when to fight." thenation.com/article/politi…
I spent some time in Canton, North Carolina — a small town with some great characters, that lost its paper mill and then faced Hurricane Helene, and has had to figure out: What's a mill town without a mill? nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
The real path by which a bill becomes a law in New York is less Schoolhouse Rock and more a mix of improvisational jazz and whack-a-mole. substack.micahlasher.com/p/a-view-from-…
.@1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East endorses @ZohranKMamdani. With backing also from @NYHTC @32BJSEIU @DC37nyc @nynurses @UFT, Mamdani can claim the mantle of labor candidate
"It used to be enough that the President of the United States would say that, 'He's a socialist!' But now he calls me a communist, because the socialism just isn't hitting the way it used to," @ZohranKMamdani told DSA members last weekend.
Last weekend, we joined @nycDSA's volunteer appreciation day to celebrate the thousands of members—old and new—who knocked on doors, made phone calls, and organized day after day for our victory in the primary. Onward to November and beyond.
Tilda Swinton picks you up from an airport in Scotland. She gives you a pebble on a beach. She emails you during Covid. GQ’s @zachbaron on his adventures writing celebrity profiles. open.spotify.com/episode/4wMuqw…
DEC says the state record for the largest brookie was broken earlier this month by Benjamin Ferguson, who caught this 22-inch, 6lb beauty in the Adirondacks
Andrew Cuomo Test Drives a Warmer, Friendlier Version of Himself nytimes.com/2025/07/15/nyr…
Powerful arguments here for how mobile voting could expand participation and strengthen our democracy. ted.com/talks/bradley_…
“[Mamdani's] policies sound similar to Bill de Blasio’s, but he’s a lot more pleasant to be around,” Ms. Wylde said. nytimes.com/2025/07/15/bus…
Bill and I are over the moon to welcome our second granddaughter, Nina! 💗
Colorado is still reeling from the terrorist attack in Boulder. But now Trump is illegally withholding billions of dollars already approved by Congress for FEMA to help us prevent attacks like this. This is completely backwards and puts us all at risk. nytimes.com/2025/07/10/nyr…