Healthcare in Translation
It is hard to stay healthy without information, and it’s hard to get information here without English. A lecture in Chinese helps fill a gap in Flushing.
Teen Pregnancy in Queens: Jasmin's Battle
How a health adviser teaches Corona’s teenagers about sex, birth control, and how to say “no.”
Teen Pregnancy in Queens: Jasmin’s Battle
How a health adviser teaches Corona’s teenagers about sex, birth control, and how to say “no.”
Many in East Harlem Say No
El Barrio organizes a community effort to fight against the East River Plaza expansion plans
South Bronx Residents Are Not Sold on Plans for Historic Post Office
The sale of the Bronx General Post Office has split local opinion as gentrification looms.
Uptown's New Art Scene, Fueled by Coffee
Three new cafes are helping to foster a burgeoning community, unplugged but caffeinated.
Uptown’s New Art Scene, Fueled by Coffee
Three new cafes are helping to foster a burgeoning community, unplugged but caffeinated.
A New Pill Raises Questions about Gay Identity
A daily preventative pill against HIV has revived a decades-old debate about sex in the gay community in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen
A High Line in Queens? No, Thanks, Some Say
From outside, the QueensWay project—a 3.5-mile linear park over an abandoned railway track in Queens—seems a great idea. But some members of the Woodhaven community are not yet sold on it.
Kensington Could Be the Last Stop for Affordable Living in Brooklyn
As prices soar in surrounding neighborhoods, Kensington stays surprisingly off the radar
New York Common Pantry: Helping in Any Way They Can
Hot meals aren't the only thing the Pantry has to offer.
Struggling in the City
Reporters for NYCity Lens visited sites of struggle - a food pantry in Harlem, a park in Washington Heights, a job center in the Bronx, and others - to meet New Yorkers living through these difficult realities. New York City's poverty rate has stayed at 21.4 percent for 2011 and 2012, according to the latest report from the Center of Economic Opportunity of New York City, an office that coordinates anti-poverty programs with city and federal agencies. Chronic inequality remains the topic of the moment, in the nation and in the city. Read more here
A Scuffle in Washington Heights Over the Homeless
A group responsible for the upkeep of Duarte Square argues that the homeless ruin its appearance
As the City Gets Grayer, Demand for Senior Services Rise
At a Caring Center in the Village, Seniors Gain Access to Food and Companionship
At the Job Center on East Fordham Road, Keeping the Faith
As unemployment numbers in the Bronx are falling but stay higher than anywhere else in the City, at the Work Force 1 on East Fordham Road, job seekers don't lose faith.