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Crain’s New York hires Brenzel as senior politics reporter

April 3, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Kathryn Brenzel

Crain’s New York Business has hired Kathryn Brenzel as a senior politics reporter.

She will start April 20.

Brenzel has been at The Real Deal in New York for more than a decade. For the past seven years, she has been a senior reporter covering the intersection of politics and real estate, housing policy and construction. She also writes a daily newsletter called “The Daily Dirt.”

She previously worked at The Star-Ledger in New Jersey covering breaking news, crime, government, business and education in Hudson County.

Brenzel also worked at The Express-Times in Easton, Pennsylvania and at Law360.

She is a graduate of the College of New Jersey and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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