Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

William Gorta

Senior Editor @wjgorta Contact

Before joining DNAinfo, William Gorta was the Brooklyn state courts reporter for the New York Post

During his 11 years at the Post, he worked as a general assignment reporter, night rewrite and crime editor.  Before joining the paper, he spent 20 years in the NYPD, retiring in 2000 as a captain. 

While he was a lieutenant, he was the ranking officer on the COMPSTAT development team. While serving on the NYPD, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Literature/Writing from Columbia University’s School of General Studies. 

William won a Fulbright Research Fellowship in Public Administration and spent the 1997-1998 academic year in the United Kingdom.

He graduated from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2001.  A native of Rosedale, Queens, he has three children. He lives on the Upper East Side.
 
Fun Fact:  The first time William cried in front of his wife and children was when the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994.

Soundview & Castle Hill »

April 14, 2012

Car fled after striking two people on the Bruckner Expressway service road in Castle Hill.

Midtown & Theater District »

April 12, 2012

Blueshirts defeat Ottawa Senators 4-2 in first round opener at Madison Square Garden.

»

April 12, 2012

The Blueshirts host the Ottawa Senators at MSG on Thursday in first round of NHL playoffs.

Flushing & Whitestone »

April 7, 2012

A man using a chemical believed to be pesticide killed himself inside a car in a Home Depot parking lot.

Jamaica & Hollis »

April 7, 2012

Kareem Bandy, 30, was killed by at gunshot wound to the head at 158-04 137th Ave. on April 6, 2012.

Midtown & Theater District »

April 7, 2012

Travis Marks walked through the exit gate in Times Square subway station hiding a gun, according to cops.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen »

April 6, 2012

Cable section of inspection form crossed out by Department of Buildings employee, a report says.

Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick »

March 31, 2012

Attempt to break into safe foiled by burglar alarm at a beer distributor in Bushwick.