By Maea Lenei Buhre on March 29, 2018
Manhattan, News

Train service was suspended and passengers were ordered to leave a New York subway station late Wednesday evening. Smoke billowed out of both entrances to the 137 Street-City College Station in Harlem and Hamilton Heights. A fire started between 11:10 and 11:15 p.m. according to Eduardo Sanchez, a MTA cleaner working the night shift at […]
By Angie Wang on March 3, 2018
Manhattan, News

Commuters hunker down after a winter storm halted trains Friday evening
By Taylor Romine on February 27, 2018
One World Trade Center, Terrorism, World Trade Center
Manhattan, News

Loved ones and survivors gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the bombing, which killed six people and an unborn child
By Jennifer Kang on February 16, 2018
Education, Manhattan, News

P.S. 50 Vito Marcantonio is proposed to close by the end of June due to poor test scores and declining enrollment. Students, teachers and parents will not leave without a fight.
By Raishad Hardnett on February 12, 2018
Achievement gap, Barbershop, Barbershop Books, Central Harlem, education, Harlem
Education, Lens on New Yorkers, Manhattan, Multimedia, Video

A former first grade teacher is using barbershops to close the achievement gap affecting young black boys.
By Cecilia Butini on February 8, 2018
Red Cube Plaza
Manhattan, The Global City

The manager of the building at 140 Broadway wants to redesign the “Red Cuba” plaza in front—and leave no room for all the vendors who sell their food there
By Brian Pascus on February 8, 2018
Manhattan, News, Politics & Policy

Governor Cuomo’s idea for reducing Midtown traffic and raising funds to fix the subways is gaining some traction, but not with the car-service industry that would help pay for it
By Aaron Hale Leibowitz on October 4, 2017
Manhattan

A proposal by Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to convert a street on their campus into a pedestrian plaza has yet to win approval from the local community board. The public plaza would close off Haven Avenue to non-emergency traffic between 168th and 169th streets and would feature plantings, grassy areas and tables. […]
By Kat Moon on October 1, 2017
Immigration, Manhattan, Religion, The Global City

Hundreds march down Madison Avenue for the 32nd Annual Muslim Day Parade.
By Aaron Hale Leibowitz on September 27, 2017
Cops & Courts, Manhattan, News

As murder rates have dropped around the city, domestic violence homicide rates have not seen the same decline.
By Aaron Hale Leibowitz on September 26, 2017
Castle Bridge School, Dominican Women’s Development Center, Holyrood Episcopal Church, New Sanctuary Coalition
Immigration, Manhattan, Struggling in the City, The Global City

Amanda Morales has been living in Holyrood Episcopal Church’s library since mid-August.
By Aaron Hale Leibowitz on September 18, 2017
affordable housing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Economic Development Corporation, U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat, Zoning
Housing, Manhattan, Neighborhoods, Politics & Policy

Emotions ran high Thursday night at a public hearing about proposed rezoning plans for Inwood, with elected officials and activists accusing each other of shutting down conversation and exploiting racial dynamics to push their agenda. The meeting was a chance for residents to respond to a draft rezoning document released last month by Mayor Bill […]
By Staff on May 4, 2017
manhattan, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Upper East Side
Manhattan, Neighborhoods, Politics & Policy

De Blasio to spend $100 million to complete the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway on the Upper East Side
By Joseph Hong on April 24, 2017
Manhattan, Neighborhoods, News

The arrival of a tech hub on 14th Street has neighbors worried about the character of their community
By Nafisa Masud on April 22, 2017
March for Science, news, newyork
Manhattan, Multimedia, News, Photo

Thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets in the city on Earth Day; similar marches took place across the country.