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New York Post reporter punched while interviewing homeless man

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 10, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Dean Balsamini (New York Post)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Judge quashes subpoena of New York Post reporter

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 7, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Susan Edelman (New York Post)

Subpoena Type →: Testimony about confidential source
Subpoena Status →: Quashed

Using obscure legal justification, NYPD subpoenas reporter's records

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 9, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: New York Post

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Dropped
Third Party in Possession of Communications →: Twitter
Third Party Business →: Tech company
Legal Order Type →: Subpoena

Photographer assaulted, had camera stolen while covering Manhattan protests for NY Post

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Stephen Yang (New York Post)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Reporter hit with wooden board at New York’s Occupy City Hall protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 12, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kevin Sheehan (New York Post)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

New York Post reporter assaulted by man being evicted from encampment

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 28, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kevin Sheehan (New York Post)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

New York Post photographer assaulted by man being evicted from encampment

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 28, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: G.N. Miller (New York Post)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1