Jake Bernstein

New York Moves To Shut Troubled Rehab Clinic

Records show state officials knew for years about problems at New York Service Network, including allegations of overbilling and violations of patients’ rights exposed by a ProPublica investigation.

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By Jake Bernstein

When ProPublica first wrote about the Brooklyn drug rehab program New York Service Network (NYSN) last September, the outpatient facility only six months earlier had won a fresh license renewal from the state agency that oversees such clinics. Within days of our story, which detailed allegations of falsifying records, padding counseling sessions

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Report: Homes For Indigent Addicts Have Poor Conditions, Unsavory Ties To Drug Clinics

New York City’s shadowy network of residences for indigent addicts and alcoholics, or “sober homes”, have been found to be unsafe, unsanitary and non-assisting to residents’ needs.

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By Jake Bernstein

Beds in closets. Vermin infestations. Drug-dealing house managers. Fire hazards hidden from building inspectors. These are just some of the conditions turned up by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice during a year-long examination of New York City’s shadowy network of residences for indigent addicts and alcoholics. John

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Inside A New York Drug Clinic: Allegations Of Kickbacks And Shoddy Care

It didn’t take long for Lillian Imbert to conclude that her outpatient drug treatment program wasn’t helping her recovery. Fellow patients appeared to nod out in group therapy sessions that she found repetitive and shallow. They begged her to sell them her clean urine to fool the clinic’s weekly drug tests. The clinic itself was […]

Jake Bernstein
By Jake Bernstein

It didn’t take long for Lillian Imbert to conclude that her outpatient drug treatment program wasn’t helping her recovery. Fellow patients appeared to nod out in group therapy sessions that she found repetitive and shallow. They begged her to sell them her clean urine to fool the clinic’s weekly drug tests. The clinic itself was dingy and run down,

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How An Obscure Federal Rule Could Be Shaking Up Presidential Politics

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s allies seemed to give a big old raspberry to presidential aspirant Mitt Romney on the front page of the New York Post today. Anonymous sources told the paper that Romney demanded Christie agree to resign the governorship if he was offered vice president on the GOP ticket. Christie was said to have […]

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By Jake Bernstein
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses local residents and politicians during a town hall meeting at Palisades Park High School in Palisades Park, N.J.,Wednesday, Feb, 22, 2012, one day after introducing his budget. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Tyson Trish)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's allies seemed to give a big old raspberry to presidential aspirant Mitt Romney on the front page of the New York Post today. Anonymous sources told the paper that Romney demanded Christie agree to resign the governorship if he was offered vice president on the GOP ticket. Christie was said to have declined since he

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Death Takes A Policy: How A Lawyer Exploited The Fine Print And Found Himself Facing Federal Charges

Joseph Caramadre has spent a lifetime scouring the fine print. He’s hardwired to seek the angle, an overlooked clause in a contract that allows him to transform a company’s carelessness into a personal windfall. He calls these insights his “creations,” and he numbers them. There have been about 19 in his lifetime, he says. For […]

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By Jake Bernstein
A stack of papers in files sits on a table. (Photo by moppet65535 via Flikr)

Joseph Caramadre has spent a lifetime scouring the fine print. He's hardwired to seek the angle, an overlooked clause in a contract that allows him to transform a company's carelessness into a personal windfall. He calls these insights his "creations," and he numbers them. There have been about 19 in his lifetime, he says. For example, there was

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