[4] At New York, she has written extensively on "the culture of wealth and money,"[5] interviewing Wall Street CEOs such as Goldman Sachs's Lloyd Blankfein and AIG's Bob Benmosche about their firms' involvement in the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

[8] In 2014, Pressler wrote a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior who had allegedly made $72 million trading stocks,[9] which was later revealed to be not true.

"[12][13] On December 28, 2015, Pressler published an article for New York called "The Hustlers at Scores",[14] a story about strippers who manipulated money out of their clients.

[16] The story was adapted into a film by Gloria Sanchez Productions[17][18] titled Hustlers; it was released in 2019[2] and stars Keke Palmer, Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, with Julia Stiles portraying "Elizabeth", a fictionalized version of Pressler.

[21][22][23][24] Pressler's book, Bad Influence: Money, Lies, Power, and the World that Created Anna Delvey, was scheduled for publication in 2022, but as of 2024 has yet to have a release date.