The Backstory: Max Rivlin-Nadler (opens in new tab)

For more than a year, reporters for Hell Gate and Type Investigations investigated New York City’s flawed judicial system by surveying attorneys, digging into court records, attending delegate conventions, and visiting court rooms. The result was Courts of Contempt, an in-depth investigation into how people become judges in New York City; the scandalous nature of the county political parties that often subvert democracy to get their favorite attorneys on the bench; and the reform efforts to t...