Meet the CGN New York affiliate team covering local news, weather, and sports. Reporter photo slots use media placeholder lookup by name slug and fall back to the CGN logo until final portraits are added.
Beats: Local news, City Hall, transit, housing, courts, public safety, business, five-borough coverage
Avery Coleman is the Editor for CGN New York, leading affiliate coverage across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, and the wider tri-state region. Born in Queens and educated at Columbia University, Avery covers City Hall, transit, housing, courts, public safety, small business, culture, and the daily friction of life in America’s largest city. Avery believes New York reporting must move fast without losing precision, and every story should explain which borough, agency, neighborhood, and budget line matter. Avery drinks bodega coffee year-round and keeps subway delay notes with the seriousness of a campaign strategist.
Sofia Kaplan is the Meteorologist for CGN New York, covering Nor’easters, coastal flooding, heat, winter storms, commuter weather, air quality, and severe-weather preparedness across the five boroughs. Born in Brooklyn and educated at New York University, Sofia became fascinated by weather after watching one storm produce totally different impacts from Coney Island to the Bronx. Her forecasts focus on street-level usefulness: subway flooding, school-day timing, airport delays, shoreline risk, and apartment heat stress. Sofia collects old transit maps, checks tide tables before big storms, and believes a good forecast should tell people what changes before they leave home.
Beats: Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Giants, Jets, NYCFC, Red Bulls, St. John’s, Fordham, Columbia
Devon Rios runs the CGN New York Sports Desk, covering a market where every losing streak becomes a referendum and every win can own the back page. Born in the Bronx and educated at Fordham University, Devon follows the Yankees, Mets, Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Giants, Jets, NYCFC, Red Bulls, St. John’s, Fordham, Columbia, and regional college programs. He writes about scores, schedules, stadiums, fan culture, media pressure, and the business of New York sports. Devon keeps score by hand at baseball games and says the city’s greatest rivalry is hope versus patience.
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