Grace Rauhis an award-winning political reporter based out of New York City.

She is currently a Political Reporter for NY1 and the guest-host of “Inside City Hall,” NY1’s public affairs show.^{[3] [0]}

Grace Rauh grew up in Connecticut and later moved with her family to San Francisco, California.

Rauh was raised by her parents in the Episcopal Church.

Her family, the Rauhs were German Jews who immigrated to Cincinnati in the late 19th century.

Her grandfather, Richard Rauh, was Jewish, but he left the religious life of his two sons up to her grandmother, a Roman Catholic.

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In 2001, Rauh graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts with honors in History with a Minor in African Studies.

After graduating, she spent almost a year volunteering as an administrative assistant for an NGO HIV/AIDSclinic in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.

While there, she met some reporters working for The Irrawady, a newspaper that covers what’s happening in Myanmar (then Burma) and is run by Burmese who are living in exile, and found their work very exciting.

Rauh ended up publishing a travel piece for them and was inspired to go into journalism as a career.

When she returned to the US she began searching for work as a reporter and completed an 8 week Mediabistro course in journalism.^[0]

Since 2008, Grace Rauh has been a political reporter for Spectrum News NY1.

In addition to her regular reporting, Rauh is the guest-host of “The Road to City Hall,” NY1’s nightly show about New York City politics.

Ruah is NY1's lead New York City Hall reporter, driving its coverage of Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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Her investigative reporting on the mayor and the role of outside consultants in his administration fueled changes in the way the state defines lobbying and has led to reforms within City Hall.

In May 2018 she won a Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit against the mayor as the lead plaintiff.

In 2017, Rauh won the Society of Professional Journalists’ national Sunshine Award for her reporting on the mayor’s relationship with private consultants.

The award honors contributions in the area of open government.

She also received the New York Associated Press Association's prestigious First Amendment Award in Broadcast for her work in the same area.

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In 2016, Rauh covered Donald Trump's presidential campaign for NY1, reporting from key primary states, the Republican National Convention and Trump’s election night party.

Her enterprise reporting on the history of Trump Tower won awards from the New York Associated Press Association and the New York Press Club.^{[3] [0]}

Prior to joining NY1 in 2008, Rauh was a City Hall reporter at The New York Sun. Before that, she covered education for the Oakland Tribune.

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Grace Rauh lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

They previously lived in Chelsea, Manhattan.

Rauh is a foodie and her favorite restaurants in NYC include, Ayada Thai, Pakistan Tea House, Sophie's, Blue Spoon, Sushi Katsuei, Stone Park Cafe, and Franny's.

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