David Howard King is an award-winning reporter and editor who covered NY State government for the Manhattan-based Gotham Gazette for eight years. He’s the founder of 518 Independent, a hyper-local non-profit journalism site based in Albany, NY where he lives with his wife and daughter. He writes regularly on housing policy for Shelterforce. He’s a multiple New York Press Association award winner and was a co-recipient of a New York Press Club award.