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Wil Cruz

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Wil Cruz is a news editor at DNAinfo.

Wil joins DNAinfo after years of experience in print and online journalism. He has covered the NYPD, the FDNY and the Department of Correction for the New York Daily News, and education, among other areas, for Newsday. Most recently, Wil worked at Fox News Latino, where he covered U.S. Hispanic issues, including the changing demographics of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in the city.

Wil grew up on the Lower East Side (before it was cool to live there, he likes to remind people). From there, he moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn (before it was….) and spent 10 years there. His work as a reporter has given him the chance to see — he believes, anyway — just about every street in the city.

Wil received his Bachelor's degree from the City College of New York, and did some graduate work in urban policy at the New School.

In his quest to live in every borough of the city, Wil now lives in Forest Hills, Queens. He is married and has a teenage daughter.

Fun fact: Wil has coached or refereed for a Lower East Side basketball league for middle schoolers for the last 25 years. He's sure they're all taller than him now (if they weren't already).

Astoria & Long Island City »

October 16, 2012

Nine people were injured in the crash at 31st Avenue and 36th Street, the FDNY said.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

October 9, 2012

The victim suffered head trauma after falling about 20 feet at 45 E. 33rd St.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

October 9, 2012

Cops are poring over surveillance video that captured the grisly slaying of Michael Jones.

Jackson Heights & Elmhurst »

October 5, 2012

Noel Polanco, 22, was shot during a car stop on the Grand Central Parkway on Thursday morning.

The Rockaways »

October 3, 2012

Karla Shah Boguwalski was found with multiple stab wounds at 65-27 Seaspray Ave. Tuesday.

Upper West Side & Morningside Heights »

October 1, 2012

Mohamed Bah's case will go before a grand jury in a few months, his lawyer said Monday.

Murray Hill, Gramercy & Midtown East »

October 1, 2012

Lindsay Lohan got into it with the man in a stairway at the W Hotel, police said.

South Bronx »

September 30, 2012

Gabriel Estevez died after falling from a window at 280 E. 161st St. Saturday afternoon.