By Faith Woodard on April 8, 2018
#Easter #EggHunts #Disabilities #Blind #NewYorkCityAccess #HollyBonner
Lens on New Yorkers, Video

Holly Bonner, a mother of two, lost her eyesight after a long battle with breast cancer. With no vision, she found it extremely difficult to participate in the small joys of parenting, most recently including Easter egg hunts. With the help of local officials, this Staten Island mom created beeping easter eggs to help kids […]
By Faith Woodard on March 27, 2018
Andrew Cuomo, Cynthia Nixon, Working Families Party
News, Politics & Policy

Cynthia Nixon has name recognition. Now she needs endorsements, money, and better polls.
By Faith Woodard on March 9, 2018
art, Crochet, Featured, graffiti, Knitting, Street art, Yarn, Yarn Bombing
Multimedia, Video

Move aside graffiti, a new form of street art is tip-toeing its way onto the scene–”Yarn Bombing,” covering objects or structures in a public place with yarn or crochet. For some reason, millennials seem drawn to the art form. For example, London Kaye, a Brooklyn street artist, likes to put up her artwork on fences […]
By Faith Woodard on February 23, 2018
Bronx, department of education, Gun violence, public schools, shooting
Bronx, News

Days after the shooting in Parkland, Florida, a bullied teenager gets caught after saying he wanted to buy a gun online
By Faith Woodard on February 20, 2018
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Dr. Segal-Maurer, Flu, influenza, New York City Department of Education, New York Presbyterian, Queens, Staten Island
News, Public Health

A fourth NYC child has succumbed to this year’s epidemic, still on the rise, and schools are fighting back
By Faith Woodard on February 5, 2018
Alfrida Rodriguez, Bronx, Cremation, Funeral Home, Luz Maria Sanchez, Michael Ortiz, RG Ortiz
Bronx, Brooklyn, News

Luz Maria Sanchez died in September at the age of 48 in her Brooklyn home. Her sister said she has yet to receive her body from the funeral home
By Faith Woodard on February 3, 2018
Fentanyl, JFK Airport, Senator Chuck Schumer
Cops & Courts, News, Politics & Policy

New drug detection devices are coming to JFK’s mailroom to slow the flow of deadly illegal fentanyl