A Push to Help Ailing 9/11 Heroes
For the past four years, the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act has provided medical services for Ground Zero workers suffering from illnesses and injuries stemming from the terror...
View ArticleAudioFiles: Apolitical America
Voting statistics suggest millennials are apathetic when it comes to politics. The latest AudioFiles explores how some millennials are bucking the numbers by participating in the issues of our time. We...
View ArticleImmigration Anniversary Action
The first anniversary of President Obama’s court-challenged executive action aimed at sparing millions of immigrants from deportation prompted events around the city – ranging from a demonstration at...
View ArticleFlap Over Street Naming
In an unexpected turn, a Brooklyn community board voted to approve a controversial street co-naming petition in honor of a politically connected woman who died of a drug overdose in 2011. READ MORE
View ArticleBeating Trump at His Own Game
Late last fall, an app designed to block news about Donald Trump debuted. Now as his presidential campaign forges on into 2016, small-time developers are turning their efforts to Trump-inspired games:...
View ArticleSaving Manhattan’s Chinatown
In Manhattan’s most culturally distinct neighborhood, long-term residents are fighting for their way of life. Xue Yu Zhu, 56, lives at 113 Madison Street in the heart of Chinatown, nestled between the...
View Article219 West: Primary Concerns
The latest edition of our TV news magazine looks at the hometown presidential wannabe who may be in for an unwelcome homecoming. Meanwhile, outgoing Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) weighs in on the...
View Article219 West: Facing Challenges
The latest edition of our TV news magazine tackles challenges, past and present: Outgoing Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) recounts his long, eventful career on the local and national stages, while Rep....
View ArticleSPECIAL REPORT: Forty Dollars and a Bus Ticket
Our reporters examine life on parole in New York.
View ArticleDominican Pols Consolidate Power
The victories of Dominican-American women in Democratic primaries for state Senate and Assembly seats representing upper Manhattan and part of the Bronx marked a shift in a local political landscape...
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AudioFiles: Gray Matters
Illustration by: Aviva Leah Grossman Whether talking about the stuff between our ears, the indecision on who to vote for or how much privacy we must sacrifice to feel safe, the spaces in-between the...
View Article‘Fear’ of Trump Spurs Clinton Canvassers
The air crackled with excitement one recent Saturday morning as nervous New Yorkers climbed aboard buses heading to Bethlehem City, Pa., to canvass for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleHarlemites Wary of Trump’s Stop-and-Frisk Views
Jonathan Gartrelle could not stop laughing as he climbed the subway stairs. He was home in Harlem for Thanksgiving break in 2010, and he and a friend had been swapping jokes with a man on the train....
View Article‘The UnConvention’ Gives Millennials a Place to Talk
“MORALS. EQUALITY. TOLERANCE. Let’s Make America Decent.” Those are just a couple of the presidential election slogans the UnConvention’s millennials-only Facebook page proposes. The UnConvention, born...
View ArticleEast Harlem Puerto Ricans Take Island to Polls
Roberto de Jesús did not care about U.S. politics before he moved from Puerto Rico to New York in 2011. After two years of living in East Harlem, De Jesús, 31, registered to vote for the first time in...
View ArticleLatino Solidarity on the Lower East Side
Puerto Ricans on the Lower East Side say they’ll show their unity with Mexican-Americans by voting against Donald Trump and his anti-immigration rhetoric. “I think every Latino now is fired up and...
View ArticleAfrican-American Assembly Candidate Touts Trump
Bins of sporting equipment, real estate signs and a stack of campaign flyers fill the back of Ramona Johnson’s 2007 Dodge Caravan. The minivan serves as a mobile headquarters for the working mother of...
View ArticleGetting Out the Dominican Vote
After three years working as a canvasser in New York City, Austine Martinez has learned a lot. Like how to tell whether passersby are of Dominican descent – it’s everything from the music they play, to...
View ArticleComedians Hold Their Own Presidential Debate
The final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump wasn’t funny – but the mock debate beforehand at Housing Works Bookstore was. Five comedians participated in the event, held in...
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