Andrew Rice

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Bio: Andrew Rice has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The Economist, The New York Observer and other publications. His article “The Book of Wilson,” published in The Paris Review, received a Pushcart Prize. His book, The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda, was published in May 2009.

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Inside operator mum on a lucrative Brooklyn shelter deal, no matter who's asking

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For weeks, as controversy has built over a highly expedited and ethically problematic city deal to award a contract to operate a homeless shelter in Carroll Gardens, two questions have loomed over the project. More

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By Andrew Rice

on October 25th, 2012 9:42am

 
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Hidden in a Carroll Gardens shelter project, an owner with 'terror' on his resume

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Documents on file with the city show that the building slated to house a 170-bed homeless shelter in Carroll Gardens was constructed—and may still be owned—by a convicted felon whose crimes involved abusing the poor for personal gain. More

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By Andrew Rice

on October 22nd, 2012 10:30am

 
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The controversial landlord behind a mystery-shrouded Carroll Gardens shelter project

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For more than a decade, he’s been one of the most active—and controversial—players in the industry surrounding the provision of beds to society’s most needy. More

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By Andrew Rice

on October 18th, 2012 11:35pm

 
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A new Carroll Gardens homeless shelter built on old relationships

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Last week, Lander learned about part of it: a 170-bed homeless shelter, which could open within weeks, right in his district. More

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By Andrew Rice

on October 15th, 2012 8:37am

 
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Romney picks a side, and Doug Feith believes it is his

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On Oct. 8, Mitt Romney gave a speech on foreign policy, setting out his vision of a world in the grips of a Manichean battle. More

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By Andrew Rice

on October 8th, 2012 9:53pm

 
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'Get outta here!': What an Arnold Schwarzenegger book-signing looks like

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On Monday, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former Republican governor of the most populous state in the nation, paid a visit to Manhattan, and it was easy to wonder what might have been, if not for California's fiscal ruin, the love child, and the inconvenient matter of the Constitution's prohibition on foreign-born presidential candidates. More

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By Andrew Rice

on October 1st, 2012 5:55pm

 
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Forget Romney; what will Obama do about the Muslim Brotherhood?

In the melee of a political campaign, where even the most trivial bit of news can be fodder for attack, it is often difficult to recognize the truly momentous events for what they are. More

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By Andrew Rice

on September 12th, 2012 5:30pm

 
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Pedro Hernandez confessed to killing Etan Patz; now what can Cy Vance do about it?

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Bill Fleisher is a connoisseur of cold cases. A former cop and F.B.I. agent, he co-founded the Vidocq Society, a club of experts—retired police detectives, pathologists, prosecutors, and other inquisitive types—who regularly gather for lunch in his hometown of Philadelphia to pick over unsolved murders. The society is named for a 19th Century French detective, the model for some of the first fictional sleuths, and Fleisher is full of grisly erudition when it comes to the history of violent crime. He is not easily baffled. More

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By Andrew Rice

on June 4th, 2012 11:34am

 
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How a web designer named O'Rourke slew a congressional giant in El Paso

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This week's Texas primary results, which mathematically clinched the Republican presidential nomination for Mitt Romney, also delivered an undercard shock to House Democrats. More

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By Andrew Rice

on May 31st, 2012 1:49pm

 
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How the New York Film Academy discovered gold in the developing world

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LAGOS—In his small corner of the film world, Ishaq Sidi Ishaq is a giant. His 2000 movie Wasila, released on videotape and distributed in the Hausa-language market of northern Nigeria, was a local blockbuster, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. It established a new cinematic style, drawing on Bollywood-inspired dance routines, and was one of the most influential Hausa films ever. Braving the disapproval of a devout Muslim culture, and working around sharia laws, Ishaq has gone on to produce an incredible number of movies. He can’t easily come up with an exact count, but he estimates around 120. More

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By Andrew Rice

on April 16th, 2012 4:32pm

 

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