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Jake Mooney


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Jake Mooney grew up on Long Island and got his start in journalism covering local governments for the Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Virginia. He moved to New York in 2002 to attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He spent five years as a regular writer for the City Section of the New York Times, including a year and a half writing the section's front page column, Dispatches. He and his wife live in Brooklyn.

Articles, Investigations and Blogs

As a national debate over farm subsidies heats up, a look at the top New York City beneficiaries reveals the nuances of a controversial program.



Advocates praise the motives behind New York's plan to reduce the amount of sewage released untreated into its waterways. But they're worried about the details.



Local car exhaust is one reason why New York officials have had to declare several ozone alert days this year. But out-of-state smokestacks are also a major contributor to air problems in the city.



Iris Weinshall is not the only critic of the city's bike lane on Prospect Park West. She's just the only who used to build bike lanes and happens to be married to a U.S. senator.



A new city plan addressing competing claims on New York's coastline draws praise. But there's still plenty of debate over the details, especially over the risks that come with waterfront industry.



What does it mean to be "Brooklyn"—and how has that changed as the borough went from not to hot? Chapter one of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits a local icon to find some answers.



The snazzy high-rises of downtown might obscure the history, but Brooklyn wasn't always the place to be. Chapter two of City Limits' Brooklyn issue explores how the biggest borough also became the hottest.



The 2007 closure of a Pfizer factory in Brooklyn was a milestone in manufacturing's retreat from the borough. Chapter three of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" looks at what it's meant for a neighborhood and its residents.



Chapter four of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits East New York, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and other neighborhoods whose story over the past 20 years differs from the standard narrative of Brooklyn's growth.



From Neil Simon to Spike Lee and the Dodgers to Jay-Z, Brooklyn has long enjoyed an international reputation. The new issue of City Limits magazine looks at how that rep matches reality.



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