Lauren Hakimi - Profile and Journalist Details

Find journalists that align with your industry, location and vision. Unlock Lauren Hakimi's full journalist profile, including location, coverage topics, current employer, biography and preferences. Sign up today and start building journalist relationships that fuel your startup's growth.

Get connected with journalists today
Lauren Hakimi

Lauren Hakimi

Verified

Reporter, Shtetl

New York

Final Covers

city news education culture and lifestyleInvestigations

Doesn’t Cover

Fanatism, Escatology, Mysticism, Satanism, etc.

Journalist Type

-

Seniority Positions

-

Industries

Medium Formats

-

Content

Total articles 287

  • New Yorkers can rest, relax and bid on Ottessa Moshfegh’s toothbrush, Eddie Huang's boxers

    By Lauren Hakimi Verified| Gothamist Verified A toothbrush, a signed box of laxatives, a fake Birkin bag. All these items and more will be up for auction on Tuesday at the Manhattan dim sum restaurant Golden Unicorn, where New Yorkers can bid on items owned by bestselling novelist Ottessa Moshfegh and author-restaurateur Eddie Huang. Although it'll be held on April Fools' Day, the event — called “How Bad Do You Want It?” — isn't a joke, insists Huang, whose memoir “Fresh off the Boat” inspired an ABC sitcom of the same name.

    By Lauren Hakimi Verified · Gothamist

    Mar. 27, 2025

  • At a 'Sinners' Shabbat' in Brooklyn, the faithful gather for fire massages and human sushi platters

    By Lauren Hakimi Verified| Forward Verified When I arrived at the Brooklyn nightclub, a greeter checked my outfit. "Those jeans are black, not blue, right?" she asked. "Right," I promised. For tonight's "Sinners' Shabbat" event, we were instructed to dress in "fetishwear," but I'm a fuddy-duddy Long Island girl whose only fetish is being attracted to men. Thankfully, the greeter didn't seem to mind, or notice, my decidedly un-kinky Kate Spade loafers. I waded into a sea of leather, lace and fishnets.

    By Lauren Hakimi Verified · Forward

    Mar. 07, 2025

  • New Yorkers can rest, relax and bid on Ottessa Moshfegh’s toothbrush, Eddie Huang's boxers

    By Lauren Hakimi Verified| Gothamist Verified A toothbrush, a signed box of laxatives, a fake Birkin bag. All these items and more will be up for auction on Tuesday at the Manhattan dim sum restaurant Golden Unicorn, where New Yorkers can bid on items owned by bestselling novelist Ottessa Moshfegh and author-restaurateur Eddie Huang. Although it'll be held on April Fools' Day, the event — called “How Bad Do You Want It?” — isn't a joke, insists Huang, whose memoir “Fresh off the Boat” inspired an ABC sitcom of the same name.

    By Lauren Hakimi Verified · Gothamist

    Mar. 27, 2025

As seen in

Company Info

Shtetl

Haredi Free Press

New York, United States

Founded: 2022