Audrey Quinn

Audrey Quinn is a WNYC reporter and an adjunct professor at the NYU Journalism Institute. Her investigative work has been awarded by the Fund for Investigative Journalism and The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund and published in The New York Times. She’s been featured on 99 Percent Invisible, Planet Money, Marketplace, PRI's The World, Studio 360, and WNYC Studios’ Nancy. She's also a current recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism.

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When Your Abandoned Estate Is Possessed By A State, That's Escheat

Thursday, February 13, 2020

States are getting more aggressive claiming abandoned property to use for state purposes, a process known as escheat. But sometimes the holdings don't feel so abandoned to the people who own them.

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New Jersey says Goodbye to Troubled Group Home Company

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Last year WNYC exposed numerous counts of abuse and neglect at Bellwether Behavioral Health's New Jersey group homes. The State now says the company has to leave.

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For New Jersey Jails, Suicides and Overdoses, but Little Oversight

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

By one count, New Jersey's county jails have the highest rate of deaths in custody of the 30 largest systems in the nation.

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Episode 680: Anatomy Of A Scam

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

You've seen these ads: "You can work from home and get rich. It's easy. Call this number!" So, what happens when you respond?

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Hudson County Jail Looks for Other Income Sources Post-ICE

Friday, September 07, 2018

The correctional facility will open its programs to other counties, to compensate for the loss of its multi-million dollar federal immigrant detention contract.

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New Marijuana Policing Policy Still Discriminates, Advocates Say

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Starting Sept. 1, the NYPD will give people a ticket, instead of an arrest, if they're caught smoking marijuana in public. But there are some exceptions.

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New City Report Confirms: Public Middle Schools Are Segregated

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

We knew it already, but here's how the numbers break down. 

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Your Building Now Needs Its Own Smoking Policy

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

A new law requires New York City landlords to post smoking policies in all residential buildings with more than three units. 

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To Help the Newest Ebola Outbreak, New York Health Workers Stay Home

Monday, August 27, 2018

New York clinicians are focusing on prevention rather than treatment in latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

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New Jersey Unprepared to Close Troubled Group Homes

Friday, August 03, 2018

Bellwether Behavioral Health is being monitored by New Jersey authorities, but for now the state's reliant on the company's troubled group homes. 

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New Jersey Halts Admissions for Troubled Group Home Company

Friday, August 03, 2018

Bellwether Behavioral Health served hundreds of disabled New Jerseyans that other providers wouldn't. But families say the company was more hurtful than helpful.

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Aftereffect Ep8: “They call him Cheese”

Friday, July 20, 2018

Arnaldo is finally leaving Carlton Palms, but will he ever live the life he wants?

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Aftereffect Ep7: “The man behind an empire”

Monday, July 16, 2018

It's no accident Carlton Palms has the power it does. This was actually a carefully orchestrated plan carried out by one man who has money and influence, and who knows how to use them.

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Episode 8: “They call him Cheese”

Friday, July 13, 2018

Arnaldo is finally leaving Carlton Palms, but will he ever live the life he wants?

Aftereffect Ep6: “When they don't behave”

Friday, July 13, 2018

Carlton Palms is known for abuse -- sometimes death -- and has been for long before Arnaldo arrived. Why is the state of Florida so reluctant to close it?

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Aftereffect Ep5: “I need to believe”

Monday, July 09, 2018

A year and a half after the shooting, there are signs of trouble at Arnaldo's new group home, Carlton Palms.

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Episode 7: “The man behind an empire”

Monday, July 09, 2018

It's no accident Carlton Palms has the power it does. This was actually a carefully orchestrated plan carried out by one man who has money and influence, and who knows how to use them.

Autistic New Yorkers Share Their Stim-Toy Stories With 'Aftereffect'

Saturday, July 07, 2018

Autistic adults talked about their soothing stim toys with WNYC Studios, creator of the Aftereffect podcast. It examines the life of Arnaldo Rios Soto, an autistic man involved in a police shooting.

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Episode 6: “When they don’t behave”

Friday, July 06, 2018

Carlton Palms had a dark history long before Arnaldo arrived. So why is the state of Florida so reluctant to close it?

Aftereffect Ep4: “I Baker Act you. You Baker Acted me.”

Friday, July 06, 2018

When the disability system fails autistic adults like Arnaldo, there's one public service that always shows up, often in the worst way: the police.

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