By Lucia De Stefani on June 1, 2014
What's New?

How college classes helped change a prisoner’s life
By Lucia De Stefani on May 17, 2014
On the Edge, Two New Yorks

A young man works to get another chance to go to college
By Lucia De Stefani on April 12, 2014
books, Bookstore, demolition, feature, Featured, new development, Rizzoli, slider
NY City Scene, What's New?

The legendary bookstore shut its doors to make way for a luxury high rise.
By Lucia De Stefani on April 9, 2014
Brooklyn Waterfront, Bushwick, Bushwick Inlet Park, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Monitor Museum, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, New York City Parks Department, williamsburg
What's New?

Parcel by parcel, the city is trying to put one together along the North Brooklyn waterfront.
By Lucia De Stefani on April 8, 2014
Chris Christie, Community Overdose Prevention, Dinowitz, drug overdose, drug prevention, Hannon, naloxone, Narcan, Schneiderman, VOCAL-NY
Cops & Courts

A new $5 million federal program will help fund the cost
By Lucia De Stefani on March 27, 2014
Bill de Blasio, Boathouse, Daniel Squadron, Featured, Food Vendors, Geoffrey Croft, Mitchell Silver, New Yorkers For Parks, NYC Park Advocates, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Alliance, Pushcarts, Tupper Thomas
Politics & Policy, Two New Yorks

Profits from a pair of cafés will go back into Prospect Park. The bigger question is: Who should support all the city’s parks?
By Lucia De Stefani on February 20, 2014
abuse, Dinowitz, Hannon, heroin, naloxone, opioids, overdose, Philip Seymour Hoffman, prescription, withdrawal
What's New?

State legislators want greater access for a proven antidote to prevent fatalities
By Lucia De Stefani on February 13, 2014
date, Featured, Greenpoint, Love, Speed friending, Valentine's Day
NY City Scene, What's New?

Greenpoint’s Valentine’s Market offered romance-seekers artsy gifts, love-letter writing lessons and maybe a chance to meet a new friend.
By Lucia De Stefani on February 6, 2014
books, Bookstore, Featured, high-rise, new development, petition, Rizzoli
NY City Scene, What's New?

Rizzoli could be torn down for a luxury high-rise. Signers of an online petition are howling in protest
By Lucia De Stefani on January 31, 2014
Central Park, Cold, Running, Winter
News

Frigid temperatures don’t keep diehard runners inside. They just wear extra layers.
By Lucia De Stefani on January 27, 2014
middle school, NYC Schools, public schools, Washington Heights
Politics & Policy

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.