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Portrait of Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Emma G. Fitzsimmons

I cover the mayor of New York City, the City Council and politics in the nation’s largest city. My stories focus on the issues New Yorkers care about, including crime, schools, social services and the city’s recovery from the pandemic. I work with our City Hall team to cover the mayor’s speeches, briefings and campaign events, and we regularly interview members of the mayor’s staff, as well as his critics. We examine the city’s roughly $100 billion annual budget, the mayor’s priorities and his role in national politics.

I have been City Hall Bureau Chief since 2019 and covered the administration of Bill de Blasio. Before that, I covered New York City’s subway and bus network and the taxi industry, as well as breaking news. I have also worked in the Chicago bureau reporting on the Midwest. I joined The Times in 2009 after working at the Chicago Tribune as a reporter covering the city. I grew up in Houston and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.

The Times has strict ethical standards that I follow. I work hard to be accurate and to treat the people I write about fairly. I don’t participate in political causes, and I don’t make political donations.

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