About Us

Capital is an online news publication about how things work in New York, founded in 2010. We report on important local people and institutions, with the aim of sustaining a conversation with a knowing audience about things they don't already know. Read press about us here and here.

We are:

Josh Benson
Co-editor, founder

Tom McGeveran
Co-editor, founder

Gillian Reagan
Public editor, Director of Marketing and Special Projects

Mike Gibb
Director of Sales and Business Development

Azi Paybarah
Senior writer

Reid Pillifant
Senior writer

Joe Pompeo
Senior writer

Dana Rubinstein
Senior writer

Adam Riggs
Director

Lockhart Steele
Director

Andrew Rasiej
Chief adviser

Our writers-at-large are:
Steven Boone
Greg Hanlon
Kevin Heldman
Steve Kornacki
Jed Lipinsky
Howard Megdal
Sheila O'Malley
Andrew Rice
Dan Rosenblum
Mark Sullivan

Our illustrators are:
Alexandra Citrin
Trenton Duerksen
Cameron Lewis

Our designers are:
hazan+company

Our developers are:
Alley Interactive

TheNYPost: Donald Trump: “Anthony Weiner came to me for money many times.” http://t.co/YrP6oqWk7k

wyszniewski: @samthielman Never tweet when drunk. Didn't you learn anything from Anthony Weiner or #Bqhatevwr?

carlazanoni: Yes! RT @heidipantz: Remember when Weiner said at the end of season5 of #madmen we'd know what the mannequin poster was about? No idea still

JessicaSuarez: When I watch the Wildcats I remember my freshman year, when Gilbert Arenas showed me his weiner on the way to the dorm showers. GO AZ!

MeredithBlake: This preview of the #MadMen premiere season 6 is surprisingly spoiler-y. Someone's not afraid of Matt Weiner! http://t.co/Q1i3ssdqw6

therealgraydon: @daweiner You're the most David Weiner of all the David Weiners on twitter.

therealgraydon: Maybe the most quintessentially David Weiner tweet I've ever read. RT @daweiner: Are we sure this isn't just part of New York's ban on awls?

ClydeHaberman: If Sanford in conservative SC can stage comeback after extramarital sex, why not Weiner (tweets, not sex) in liberal NY?

concurringopin: Bright Ideas: Mark Weiner on his new book Rule of the Clan: Sometimes fortune smiles upon you. I met Mark Wei... http://t.co/OvX8PChDmL

PageSix: Disgraced pol Anthony Weiner still fuming over downfall, “wants revenge on Nancy Pelosi” http://t.co/Xn878DnwMJ

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