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Ross Barkan teaches journalism at NYU and St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn. He writes regularly for The Guardian and Jacobin, and has contributed to a range of other publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker and New York magazine. Working as a City Hall reporter, he has written frequently on New York state politics, covering Cuomo for the last eight years. His novel, Demolition Night, was published in 2018.

"“One of the sharpest state policy minds I know."" —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez"A damning political polemic of a controversial administration mired in failed leadership." — reviewed in Kirkus Reviews“A writer with real literary flair. Like I.F. Stone, Barkan works independently with a left point of view, but it's his shoe leather, his working the phones and hitting the street, that's invaluable because, sadly, it's so scarce.” —Christian Lorentzen“There’s a brawl shaping up between two books about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo” — featured in the Washington Post‘s Book Club“Ross Barkan Talks Cuomo Scandals, COVID-19, and How the Governor Blocked Progressive Measures” — author interviewed on NewsBeat“Ross Barkan on the Zero Sum Game That Democrats Don’t Know They’re Playin‪g” — author interviewed on Trickle-Down Socialism“Andrew Cuomo’s narrative whiplash” — author featured in the Columbia Journalism Review