Workers board up storefront windows of upscale SoHo shops after they were ransacked by looters during violent George Floyd protests that swept through Manhattan. – New York, NY / USA – June 1, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY SoHo showed the scars Monday morning of another night of protests against police brutality. Local […]
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams distributes PPE to Bed-Stuy EMS volunteers. – Brooklyn, New York/USA April 25, 2020 (Shutterstock) Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who’s thinking about running for mayor next year, spent 22 years in the NYPD before going into politics, retiring as a captain in 2006. During that time, he founded an […]
Hundreds took to the streets of Manhattan protesting against police brutality after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. – New York City, New York/USA May 30, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY State lawmakers in New York are inching closer to repealing a […]
Three older men wear masks and social distance in J. Hood Wright park in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. – New York, NY / United States – May 16th 2020 (Shutterstock) By Justin Davidson, NY Mag Soon, New York will start pulling up shutters and setting out chairs. Work-from-homers will […]
Elaine Wong spends time with her daughter, Kimberly, outside their Flushing home after the mother lost her job at the Beekman Hotel. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Cara Eisenpress, THE CITY Emma Craig, who made $200 a night singing in a Soho supper club, found herself navigating the unemployment maze as an independent contractor and […]
NEW YORK – NYC Census 2020 (Mayor’s Office of the Census) has announced that it is embarking on an extensive and innovative digital organizing campaign via WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk, and Viber (“WhatsApp+”), to reach immigrant communities across New York City in 15 languages. This type of linguistic and culturally competent outreach and communication is particularly important […]
By James A. Parrott and Lina Moe A crisis, either personal or social, can clarify what tasks are important, what choices really matter, and what values are essential. That’s certainly true of the crisis New Yorkers face because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Because on the social and economic front, here’s a paramount challenge we clearly […]
Mayor de Blasio tours the Kingsbridge Armory which is being used as a temporary food distribution center during the Covid-19 crisis. – Bronx, New York/USA April 18, 2020 NEW YORK— Mayor de Blasio recently announced a partnership with Open Society Foundations to establish the New York City COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief program, reaffirming the City’s […]
By News 12 The Bronx Medical experts say this could be the toughest week since the coronavirus crisis began, and medical technicians and paramedics are bracing for the impact. More than 4,000 members of the city’s Emergency Medical Services are preparing for what’s to come as the peak of the coronavirus draws near. Like hospital workers and […]
By Mohamed Q. Amin On Sunday, March 22, New York City lost a beloved teacher, friend, sister, daughter, and colleague, a tireless crusader for education justice. I was 14-years-old when I first met Dez-Ann Romain. She walked into Mrs. McCauley’s art class at Far Rockaway High School in Queens, NY, with intimidating confidence and fearlessness. […]