By Sybile Penhirin on May 17, 2014
Bronx, Brooklyn, far rockaway, grandmother, NY City Lens, Sandy, Superstorm Sandy, Sybile Penhirin, teacher, unemployment, working poor
On the Edge, Two New Yorks, What's New?
A 61-year-old grandmother fights to re-build a family nest after Sandy flooded her Far Rockaway home
By Sybile Penhirin on May 17, 2014
On the Edge, Two New Yorks, What's New?
A part-time job can lead to a loss of public assistance—and staying on the edge in the process
By Sybile Penhirin on May 15, 2014
Brooklyn, chance, Featured, Food, hope, jail, jail-alternative, mapple, new york city lens, slider, truck, Video, young
Cops & Courts, Multimedia, Two New Yorks, Video, What's New?
A group of formerly incarcerated young men find hope in a food truck business
By Sybile Penhirin on May 2, 2014
alternative, broken, Brooklyn, community, Featured, fix, free, green, New York City, new york city lens, objects, slider, sustainable, Sybile Penhirin, Video
Multimedia, NY City Scene, The Global City, Video, What's New?
In Brooklyn, a group of fixers teach people how to repair their broken objects, for free.
By Sybile Penhirin on April 14, 2014
concert, elderly, Featured, homeboud, instrument, multimedia, music, New York City, nonprofit, Schools, seniors, slider, Video, violin
Multimedia, NY City Scene, Video
An organization uses live performances to lift the spirits of the homebound
By Sybile Penhirin on March 8, 2014
Bill de Blasio, community, cops & courts, jail, jail-alternative, Justice, New York City, prison, prisoners, probation, show, Theatre, young
Cops & Courts, NY City Scene, Two New Yorks
Young parolees and ex-cons step on stage to tell their stories to make reentry into their community smoother.
By Sybile Penhirin on February 12, 2014
clinic, Featured, health, medical center, New York City, NY City Lens, protest, Queens, religion, slider, women
What's New?
Every Saturday in Queens, volunteers help women get past demonstrators and into a medical center
By Sybile Penhirin on February 3, 2014
activists, animal rights, Business, Central Park, Featured, horse, Horse-drawn carriages, New York City, slider
News, Politics & Policy
Activists remind DeBlasio of his promise to nix carriage rides
By Sybile Penhirin on January 31, 2014
book, Featured, New York City, NY City Lens, sex worker
News
And so do 27 others who find their voices in writing and being published.
By Sybile Penhirin on January 31, 2014
manhattan, midtown, Super Bowl, Taxis, Times Square
What's New?
A 13-block stretch of Broadway around Times Square is closed for the entire week — and cabbies say traffic snarls will follow.
