By Enxhi Dylgjeri on March 26, 2020
city health, coronavirus, health, hospital, kious kelly, nurses, NYC, public health officials
Coronavirus, Healthcare, Neighborhoods, News, Politics & Policy

Nurses treating COVID-19 patients throughout many of the city’s hospitals are reporting that they don’t have enough protective gear. As the virus continues to spread through the city, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more personal protective gear, and masks are on their way. For anxious nurses, the relief can’t come soon enough. Reports of supply […]
By Enxhi Dylgjeri on March 20, 2020
Entertainment, Life in a Pandemic, Manhattan, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, NY City Scene, Photo, Public Health

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced stricter rules on communities and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19 on Friday morning. All employees of “non-essential” businesses are required to stay home. Essential service businesses as defined by New York State include doctors, hospitals, media, grocery stores, bodegas, pharmacies, etc. Like the rest of the city, Harlem’s residents […]
By Angie Hernandez Pena on March 13, 2020
Brooklyn, Business, chocolate shop, Featured, New York, Video
Brooklyn, Business, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Video

Damion Badalamenti, chocolate maker at Kah Kow U.S.A. the first Dominican chocolate factory in New York City, explains what makes Dominican chocolate unique. The Rizek Cacao company is a family-owned business that has been exporting cacao beans from the Dominican Republic for over 100 years. Fifth-generation Nadia Rizek wants to share the potential of Dominican […]
By Yuntong Man on February 29, 2020
Brooklyn, Community Board, gentrification, luxury development, Rezoning
Brooklyn, Housing, Neighborhoods, News

Residents of Windsor Terrace say they have too many problems to welcome a 13-story luxury building at 312 Coney Island Ave to their neighborhood.
By Joaquim Salles on February 28, 2020
Neighborhoods, News

The City Council’s zoning committee voted unanimously Wednesday against a proposal that would have massively expanded Lenox Terrace, a famed Harlem apartment complex. The vote came as a victory for tenants and community members, who have been fighting the rezoning ever since it entered the city’s public review process last August. “This is a really […]
By Staff on February 28, 2020
poverty, Unbanked
Multimedia, Neighborhoods, NY City Scene

How does someone without a bank account navigate the city’s increasingly digitized financial system?
By Jenna Gyimesi on February 14, 2020
Voices.com
Multimedia, Neighborhoods, NY City Scene

How a series of technological advances have changed the voice-over industry
By Dan Rudy on May 5, 2019
Neighborhoods, News, Politics & Policy

Playground construction, Stringer reports, is lagging behind changing demographics, and many of those that do exist need repair
By Elizabeth Mulvey on April 26, 2019
Immigration, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Queens, Religion, Video

A young woman in Queens prays to la Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death. She is among thousands like her, Mexican immigrants in the city who have devoted themselves to one of the fastest growing religious movements in the Americas.
By Elizabeth Mulvey on April 5, 2019
Healthcare, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, News, Public Health, Queens

Health department data shows that parents’ resistance to flu shots often ends up with the childcare center getting penalized
By Lucas Manfield on February 12, 2019
Neighborhoods, News, Queens

Residents have mixed feelings about Amazon’s impending arrival: some hate the plan, others welcome it.
By Tiana Hunt on May 8, 2018
Brooklyn, Business, Neighborhoods, NY City Scene

Small shops anticipate a drop in customers with the coming closure, but they’re figuring out ways to keep humming
By Erewa Uku on May 7, 2018
Bronx, Neighborhoods, News

A resilient pharmacy continues to operate despite serious damage
By Staff on May 3, 2018
Boxing, East Harlem, Reese Scott, Women's boxing, Women's World of Boxing
Lens on New Yorkers, Manhattan, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Video
By Angie Wang on April 14, 2018
Brooklyn, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Politics & Policy

Despite gains, a Brooklyn neighborhood can’t seem to shake its negative image in the press