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The Lady Gaga Dognapping: NYC’s Dog Walkers React

Parents Reconsider What ‘Gifted and Talented’ Means After Test is Canceled

De Blasio Weighs In on the Cuomo Controversies

Anti-Asian Hate Draws Fire

Masked Middle Schoolers Return to the Classroom

Teen Artists Explore What “Home” Means

Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Are on the Rise—and the Community is Fighting Back

Movie Theaters in New York City Can Reopen on March 5

The Future of Black Lives Matter

NYPD Surveillance Needs to Be More Transparent, Say Advocates

Five Questions for LaToya Benjamin, Queens City Council Candidate

Five Questions for Nancy Martinez, Queens City Council Candidate

For Some Indian Immigrants, Caste Discrimination and Stigma Persists

At a Conference for African Immigrants, Signs of Hope

Art Focusing on Authoritarianism in Brazil on Display in Midtown

An Election in the Dominican Republic was Suspended Last Week—and Dominicans in New York are Angry

Inwood’s Cat Queen

Times Square Valentines

Kansas City in the Big Apple

Undocumented and Adrift in the Pandemic

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Battling to Keep the City Fed

How one Brooklyn soup kitchen is fighting to feed those in need…

Stuck Apart?

How does it feel to social distance separately from your partner?…

Contact Tracing: A Double Edged Sword

What will post-coronavirus contact tracing look like in New York City?…

Photo Series: Midtown Manhattan, Mid-Quarantine, is Empty

Forty-five days into New York City's shelter-in-place protocol, Midtown West is like a ghost town.…

“I Do,” on Screen

How a Manhattan couple got married online.…

ReFashion, Explained

Fashion combatting fashion: a glimpse into New York City’s growing demand for sustainable clothing.…

On the Frontlines: Special Deliveries

A married couple in Flushing helps their local food pantry reach seniors and the disabled…

A 3D Printing Army Gearing Up to Help Healthcare Workers

Students make personal protective equipment for medical professionals.…

On the Frontlines: “These Patients are Alone”

For internal medicine doctors, the battle against Covid-19 is a long, taxing, and mysterious experience. …

The COVID-19 Economy

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the economy, leaving millions of Americans out of a job. …

How Far Will $1,200 Go in New York City?

The government passed the largest stimulus bill in American history, but individual checks may come up short…

On the Frontlines: Working at a Drive-Through Test Site

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Resilience & Remembrance: Lessons from the Holocaust

"People are resilient, people adapt, and people cope. History has shown us that." …

The Dog Days Aren’t Over

NYC dogs and their owners are impatiently waiting for the day they can run free …

Turning Trash into Treasure

An NYC leather artisan is using plastic waste to create tote bags.…

On the Frontlines: Overworked and Underpaid

New York City EMS responders battle COVID-19 despite pay disparities.…

On the Frontlines: The Spanakopita Samaritan

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, restaurants in New York City are repurposing their kitchens to feed hospital workers on the frontlines…

On the Frontlines: Stir-Fry Meals on Wheels

Volunteers deliver hot meals to homebound seniors during the coronavirus pandemic.…

On the Frontlines: Feeding a Community in Crisis

A Flushing food pantry scrambles to feed thousands of neighbors suddenly out of work.…

A Scarce Commodity

To help fill demand spurred by COVID-19, some distilleries in New York are now producing sanitizers.…

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Slow Special Election Day in Far Rockaway, Queens

By Madeline Renbarger on February 23, 2021.

Some dedicated voters turned out to fill Borough President Donovan Richards’ seat on the City Council…

A Promise of Relief for Restaurants

By Joseph Clark on February 22, 2021.

Senator Schumer details a $25 billion bill to help eateries in New York and across the nation…

City Council, NYPD Spar Over Police Reform Plan

By Eduardo Cuevas on February 17, 2021.

New York City council members and senior police officials argued Tuesday in a virtual meeting over a dozen bills intended…

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Garbage Mountains are Driving Some Bronx Residents Crazy

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