Guns: The Making Of A Student Movement?
Thousands of high school students from New York City are mobilizing against guns. And quickly.
Cobble Hill: The Squeeze on Small Businesses
How mom-and-pop stores in Cobble Hill struggle and strategize to pay the rent
The First World Trade Center Attack, 25 Years Later
Loved ones and survivors gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the bombing, which killed six people and an unborn child
Three Players on The Brooklyn Nets Are Making Strides
Three players talk to NYCity Lens about how they are trying to change the team's fortunes.
The Jerome Avenue Rezoning, Explained
A major change to the South Bronx's Jerome Avenue has been hard fought and controversial, but it is about to be approved
Police Arrest A Bronx Teenager for Threatening to Shoot Classmates
Days after the shooting in Parkland, Florida, a bullied teenager gets caught after saying he wanted to buy a gun online
A Killer Flu Has Schools Working to Protect Children
A fourth NYC child has succumbed to this year’s epidemic, still on the rise, and schools are fighting back
Turning Scraps Into Treasure
This Astoria-based artist is giving a new meaning to metamorphosis in the modern age.
East Harlem Residents Upset Over Proposed School Closure
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.
Riding the Waves on Wall Street
At the New York Stock Exchange, veteran traders are taking the new volatility in stride
Valentine’s Blooms Boost the Bottom Line for Florists
Alex Avdoulos’s hand quickly flicks leaves off of a stem of a flower. Within ten seconds she finishes a 12-inch stem as if it were nothing. Her cat, Lucy, purrs around her feet before hopping onto the front desk to greet customers. The front of the store is slowly filling with colorful bouquets of roses - white, pink, yellow, orange - that mimic a summer sunset instead of a bitterly cold February. But for Avdoulos, this is one of the best times of the year. [caption id="attachment_19291" align="alignnone" width="1168"] The Petals and Roots storefront is decorated for Valentine's Day, their busiest
Local Nonprofit Finds Evidence of Pathogens in Bronx River
Testing during summer months found remnants of sewage in the river flowing downstream from Westchester
Harlem: A Barbershop Connects Boys With Books
A former first grade teacher is using barbershops to close the achievement gap affecting young black boys.
In The Bronx, Art vs. Gentrification
[caption id="attachment_19264" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Most of the artists at the second edition Bronx Art Expo have a strong connection with the borough, like Dova, a painter shown behind the desk. (Nicolas Lupo/NYCityLens)[/caption] Alejandro Tavarez didn´t expect to sell much early in the afternoon, but not even two hours after the exhibition started he barely had time to talk to visitors. Instead, he was on his knees, picking T-shirts and jumpers from below the table. “Give me the brown one,” someone demanded, as Tavarez pulled clothes from a box. “To see so many local people attending an exhibit for the Bronx community,” said
In Lower Manhattan, It’s Benches vs. Food Carts
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