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Jeff Mays

Politics Reporter @JeffCMays Contact

Jeff Mays is a reporter/producer for DNAInfo covering politics. He formerly covered Harlem.

Previously he was a reporter for The Star-Ledger of New Jersey where he covered Newark City Hall and Mayor Cory Booker.

A graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Jeff was named The Star-Ledger's Dee Murphy reporter of the year, the paper's highest honor, the Garden State Association of Black Journalists reporter of the year and is the recipient of national reporting awards from the National Association of Black Journalists. Mays was also named an IRE fellow.

Jeff's work has appeared in The New York Times and Wired magazine.

Born in Brooklyn, Jeff grew up in Coney Island. He lives in Harlem with his wife, a nurse practitioner.

Fun Fact: When he was in college, musician and actress Lauryn Hill once told Jeff that he should pursue a career as a rapper after he (won) held his own in a freestyle rap battle with musician and producer Wyclef Jean.


 

Downtown »

March 9, 2016

Real Affordability for All criticized de Blasio's plan as unaffordable for too many New Yorkers.

Woodlawn & Wakefield »

March 8, 2016

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara informed Graham's parents of the decision Tuesday.

Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island »

March 7, 2016

Bloomberg said he couldn't risk that his candidacy would make it easier for Trump or Cruz to win.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen »

March 7, 2016

Mayor Bill de Blasio's order "affirms the right of someone to follow through on their own identity."

East New York & Brownsville »

March 7, 2016

Jeffries and other local officials say the plan's not affordable for people who live in East New York.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

March 3, 2016

People in Manhattan will no longer face arrest for public urination or open containers of alcohol.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

March 2, 2016

The stepped-up patrols come as the NYPD also upgrades its radio system.