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he’s no longer a New Yorker, but was born in Brooklyn, where controversial HUD administrator and Trump family friend Lynne Patton (“Lynne Patton’s Unreality Show”) is making waves. Baptiste, reporter and former fellow, also reports on Congress, the climate, and the justice system, including capital punishment’s enduring legacy in the United States.

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