Tenants Try to Navigate the Bronx Housing Court Maze
Almost 2,000 people go through the Bronx Housing Court each day to fight evictions and landlord repossessions, more than in any other borough.
Counting the Homeless on a Frigid Night: No Easy Task
Nearly 3,000 volunteers took part in the 10th annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate on Tuesday.
The President Speaks and Some Viewers Yell Back
Nearly 33 million Americans tuned in to listen to President Obama Tuesday, the smallest audience ever. But for this lively group of viewers in a Harlem restaurant, that hardly seemed to matter.
Our Shivering Food Vendors
They fight cold feet, numb fingers and frozen produce to feed a hungry city.
Pedestrian Safety Gets a Push
Relatives and advocates speak out at a memorial for a young victim.
For Seniors, the Cold Brings Isolation and Missed Meals
Fewer seniors make it to community centers for free meals when the thermometer plunges.
Snow? Cold? Bah! Humbug! School Went on As Usual
Mayor De Blasio kept the city’s schools open last week. While school children barely seemed to notice, not all parents were happy about it.
Hit Those Closets: Your Neighbors Need Coats
For some reason fewer donated coats are getting to the poor this year, despite the city’s bitter winter.
Meet Clyde Wilson, Traveler
How a homeless man is surviving the polar vortex, and without self-pity.
The Farmers? They’re Freezing
But they are still selling their wares at the city’s farm markets.
Still Chillin’ With Ice Cream
Ice cream aficionados are not hibernating.
In a Deep Freeze, a Bowery Mission Opens Its Doors
The homeless have been sleeping in the pews in the Bowery Mission's chapel because of the frigid weather.
Mourners Pay Their Respects as 14-Year-Old Avonte Is Laid to Rest
His disappearance sparked a city-wide search, touching the hearts of New Yorkers from across the city. Many of them showed up to attend the funeral of 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo.
As Super Bowl XLVIII and Polar Vortex III Near, the Port Authority Preps for the Worst
With 400,000 people expected to attend Super Bowl festivities, amid the possiblity of another bout of extreme weather, the city's officials brace for the "Football Vortex."
S’no Stopping These Golfers
The city’s golf fanatics find ways to keep swinging despite harsh weather.