What It’s Like To Be a Man with Breast Cancer
For minority health awareness month, a black male breast cancer survivor tells his story of how he fought the stigma
An Abuse Victim Turns Her Pain Into Poetry
Veronica Gonzalez was a victim of domestic violence for over five years, but she’s used her pain for poetry and music
The Oldest House in Manhattan is Rich with Culture and History, and Maybe Even Ghosts
Have the historical figures who used to inhabit the Morris-Jumel Mansion ever left the premises? NYCity Lens went on a paranormal investigation to find out.
The Meaning of Spelling
When nine-year-old Fatima Ali is restless, and she has trouble falling asleep, she lays down in bed and spells out words in her head to help her get to sleep. She often does it alongside her mother, who isn’t a native English speaker and uses this bedside exercise to practice her pronunciation too. Mom tucks […]
Melody Makes Cakes. Gravity Defying Cakes
Meet Melody Velez Ortega, the proud owner of MDV Custom Cakes, a special bakery in the Bronx
Welcome to the Rodent Academy
New Yorkers are learning how to battle the rat pandemic, as complaints surge across the city
New York City’s Shit-Show, Explained
New Yorkers have been complaining they slip and slide on dog-poop all too often. But, does New York have a canine waste problem?
City Council Pushes for More Accountability and Transparency in the NYPD
Families of victims of police brutality attend a city council hearing to overturn a state civil rights law that protects NYPD records from being released
City Council Considers Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes and Menthol Tobacco
Yael Mintz, 11 years old, sat poised at a desk in front of a panel of New York City Council members Wednesday. She was speaking in favor of the ban on flavored e-cigarettes at a City Hall hearing. “I know kids only a year older than me already sucked in the world of juul,” she […]
Man Found Dead Outside of Columbia Campus
Police found a dead man on the sidewalk on Amsterdam Avenue Sunday. He wasn’t a student, prof or staffer at the university. The investigation continues.