housing reporter @wsj | previously @cnbc @northjersey | signal: rpicciotto.16

Joined December 2019
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
NEW: NYC Mayor Mamdani still has a hole in his administration—the Economic Development Corporation. @beccpicc and I have details of who’s been considered, and what’s the deal with the hold up. wsj.com/us-news/mamdani-econ…
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
One of the 1,107 rooms at the Hilton was booked by the gunman. "He didn't beat the security plan the night of the dinner. He beat it the day he made the reservation," a former FBI official said. "They built that perimeter to stop an army. Turns out all he needed was a room key."
Guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner said getting into the hotel was remarkably easy; “What the hell is the Secret Service doing?” on.wsj.com/4w07LcD
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
AI founders in SF are a fascinating group. They work every waking hour, sleep in tiny "pods," dropped out of high school, moved across the world to get in on the gold rush, etc And, yes, they love to tell people about it w/ @katiebindley, @beccpicc and the @wsj visuals team
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
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The struggle to find a cheap house in America is transforming some places with lower-priced homes into battlefields, pitting Wall Street landlords and other investor-owners against traditional buyers. via @beccpicc w/ @WSJ hubs.ly/Q03k9p7B0
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
Modular housing development has long been a fringe part of the US market, primarily limited to lower-budget or emergency housing. Now, the country’s largest apartment operator is trying to change that via @WSJ's @beccpicc buff.ly/3CSMwlY

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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
13 Aug 2024
Elon Musk's X Spaces interview of Donald Trump was derailed by technical glitches in the first minutes of the scheduled start time; Musk blamed a "DDoS attack" (@beccpicc / CNBC) cnbc.com/2024/08/12/elon-mus… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?from… techmeme.com/240812/p26#a240…
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
ICYMI: Catch the highlights from our prestigious event featuring @SecYellen, Secretary of the @USTreasury, as covered by @CNBC, @Reuters, @usnews, and @AP. 🤝 📸 Want to dive deeper? Watch the full event on our YouTube channel → youtu.be/0AXCF36t2as! ✍️ @beccpicc, @michaelsderby, @davidlawder, @LananhTNguyen, @fatimathefatima #ECNYYellen #ECNY #EconClubNY #NYC #NewYorkCity #Economy #Economics #EconomicClub #Treasury #USTreasury #Finance @NewYorkFed
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
SCOOP: Donald Trump is scheduled to be hosted on Saturday by construction equipment magnate Don Ahern. Ahern, though, has a little-known history of being accused of making racist and other crude remarks around employees at the company he owns. cnbc.com/2024/06/05/trump-fu…
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
NEW: How Republican megadonor Jeff Yass and his pals quietly funneled millions of dollars to groups that have been actively pushing policies, legal defenses and education related items that could benefit Yass, his firm and those close to him. cnbc.com/2024/04/09/jeff-yas…
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
Biden says the U.S. economy is the world's best. Trump calls it a 'cesspool.' Who's correct? By the numbers, Biden is, writes @beccpicc. Read more @CNBC: cnb.cx/3TNLY5k
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
Here’s the @CNBCPolitics write-up of this ‘kitchen sink’ by my colleague @beccpicc
(POLITICO) - Some serious questions are being raised about the details of a graphic story told by Sen. KATIE BRITT (R-Ala.) during her response to Biden’s State of the Union on Thursday night. It started with this TikTok video from former @AP reporter Jonathan M. Katz ..”
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
ICYMI: My @CNBC story out yesterday looks at why everyday Americans feel so bad about an economy that’s considered strong. The answer, at least in part, appears tied to continued discontent about inflation. cnbc.com/2023/12/25/inflatio…
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
There are nine candidates currently in the running for House Speaker, though House Republicans are still not in agreement over who to choose. With @beccpicc cnbc.com/2023/10/22/house-re…
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Rebecca Picciotto retweeted
29 Sep 2023
I spent the afternoon in a flooded basement apartment talking with Tania: "There isn't really supposed to be an apartment here. I'm not legally supposed to be here. I have no rights, so it doesn't matter. It's like I'm not a person." hellgatenyc.com/flooded-base…
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A salt water intrusion could invade New Orleans’ water infrastructure (it already has in some Mississippi Valley areas). Residents and government officials are “playing the response game” but this isn’t a new problem for Nola. More here: cnbc.com/2023/09/28/biden-na…
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