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Syringes are packaged at a distribution center in The Bronx for drug users. In 2012, Staten Island became the borough with the highest death rate due to drug overdoses. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Staten Island Fights A Painkiller and Heroin Epidemic

Struggling For A Chance To Help Others In Need

Multimedia, On the Edge, Video

Yesenia Marroquin (left), 39, and Ana Osejo (right), 64, walk their employers' children back to their homes. Osejo and Marroquin are both from El Salvador, and have worked as a nanny for four and eight years respectively.

Does Universal Pre-K Have a Downside—for Nannies?

Politics & Policy

Video: The Holocaust Rescuers

Multimedia, Video

New York City high school athletes compete during a PSAL (Public Schools Athletic League) All-Stars game at the NYC Mayor's Cup on March 29, 2014. The city's Department of Education recently announced it was seeking sponsorship deals for PSAL and public school physical education programs. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

Should Corporations Sponsor School Sports?

Contractors repair the Rockaway Beach boardwalk in Rockaway, Queens after severe damage from Superstorm Sandy. At Thursday's New York City Council Committee on Parks and Recreation preliminary budget hearing, first deputy Parks Commissioner Liam Kavanagh said city parks were still in need of $155 million to restore them to their conditions prior to Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

Parks Need More Money to Repair Sandy Damage

Gas Explosion in East Harlem Kills Eight, Injures 54

Multimedia, Video

In Brooklyn’s Chinatown, Some Family New Year’s Reunions Aren’t Complete

03 February 2014

The Global City