Reporter in the Metro section of the New York Times. Author of Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year among the Oldest Old.
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4 Jan 2019
John Leland
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Four almost four years, these elders (and two now gone) have been teaching me about life. The lessons keep coming. nyti.ms/2RxqMT8
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Jun 2
A majestic NYC story from @johnleland — I deeply enjoyed it.
I wish NYTimes did more metro coverage like this — truly it's what they have always been best at
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21 Jun 2025
The Question Dividing New Yorkers: Is the City Sinking or Bouncing Back? by @johnleland and @dodaistewart: nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyreg…
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23 Mar 2025
Anti-semitism, mental illness, guns, domestic abuse, bullying, and online hate are a horrific mix. @johnleland
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22 Nov 2024
A Stroke Paralyzed Jesse Malin. Next Month, He’ll Stand Onstage Again (@johnleland - @nytimes) redef.com/item/6740d1e093212…
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8 Oct 2024
My favorite detail from @johnleland‘s fantastic @nytimesmetro piece about ABC No Rio: “Rats from the matzo factory next door flowed into the space, sometimes turning up afloat in the water drum.” nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyreg… via @NYTimes
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8 Oct 2024
Great article by @johnleland ABC No Rio. I spent a lot of time there as a teenager in the 90s and though the project is very different now, and getting here involved a lot of negotiations and conciliations, I'm very glad it survived. nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyreg…
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8 Oct 2024
good downtown story, fun photos! by @johnleland nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyreg…
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11 Oct 2024
ABC No Rio was a vital, dangerous and confrontational art space on the Lower East Side. Decades after it opened, it has made a deal with the city for a new building of its own via @NYTimes' @johnleland buff.ly/4f0xSXD
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13 Oct 2024
An Artists’ Squat Fought New York City for Decades. Did It Just Win? ABC No Rio was a vital, dangerous & confrontational art space on Lower East Side. Decades after it opened, it has made a deal with the city for a new building of its own. By @johnleland nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyreg…
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3 Sep 2024
Christie Raleigh Crossley broke another record at the Paralympic Games: the Women's 100m backstroke S9. Revisit our profile of the gold-medal swimmer. nyti.ms/3AP3UHb
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22 Aug 2024
What happens when athletes with invisible disabilities are accused of faking or exaggerating symptoms?
This profile of Christie Raleigh Crossley, a Paralympian swimmer, by @johnleland explores some of the biggest challenges that they face in competition: nytimes.com/2024/08/22/nyreg…
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20 Jul 2024
“If we think we're the authors of our lives, we don't seek a purpose or joy, we create it. We don't wait for things to be grateful for, we give thanks for another day,” author @johnleland said in 2019.
Watch the full @camforum talk about his book here: bit.ly/4d7QeoA
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“But how many times do you actually have an opportunity in your life to build something that could improve people’s lives? And if you see that opportunity, no matter the cost, can you walk away?” buff.ly/4d3f0X6 via @johnleland
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13 Jul 2024
If something shot me in the head, I wouldn’t stop to pose for campaign pictures….
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If something shot me in the head, I wouldn’t stop to pose for campaign pictures….
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26 May 2024
In a $500 million lawsuit against Elon Musk, a trial lawyer in New York is leading a litigation team built from the sharpest, funniest tweeters on his feed.
“Twitter was what made it possible for us to get together,” he said. “And now we’re suing it.” nyti.ms/4aE0cfH
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26 May 2024
'A friend once described @kathryntewson as “the kind of person who will take a guy out from two miles away with a sniper rifle and then hike over rough terrain for hours just to slit the corpse’s throat.” 😍 @johnleland nytimes.com/2024/05/26/nyreg…
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26 May 2024
MUST-READ, as a demonstration of what Twitter was like at its finest before current management destroyed it brilliant guide to true meritocratic hiring - why for years I told the ad industry to hire from #BlackTwitter
@johnleland
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26 Feb 2024
Great @johnleland piece. Free link:
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26 Feb 2024
“That dog accepted me for who I was at the lowest point of my life ... I opened up my heart and I welcomed her. And with that, she welcomed me to find the man that’s inside." —@johnleland for the @nytimes nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyreg…
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