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Subject is exactly New York
A New York Tribune article written as part of the "The Witches of New-York" series by Mortimer Thomson.

"The Witches of New York" - Mortimer Thomson (Q.K. Philander Doesticks, P.B) - New York Tribune

The popular humorist and New York Tribune columnist used the undercover ruse often in his newspaper work. In this instance, he visited a number of New York purveyors of "the black arts" and exposed their cons.
New York World Telegram and Sun article titled, '''Don't Let 'Em See You're Afraid,' Writer Told by School Official." Written as part of George N. Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series.

"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram & Sun

In this 16-part series, New York World-Telegram and Sun reporter George Allen reports on the two months he spent working as an English teacher at Brooklyn's John Marshall Junior High School in an effort to "report on a crime-ridden school from the inside." He was credentialed a few months earlier as part of the assignment and took three education courses to prepare at Columbia Teachers' College, where he earned a substitute teacher's license with a falsified employment history.
New York World Telegram and Sun article titled, "Lack of Inspection Brings Squalor." Written by Woody Klein as part of his "I Lived in a Slum" series.

"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram & Sun

Reporter Woody Klein spends a month living in a New York City slum for a New York World Telegram & Sun series in 1959.