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An Education, On The Inside

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

An Education, On The Inside

How college classes helped change a prisoner’s life

Paying It Back

By Lucia De Stefani on May 17, 2014 On the Edge, Two New Yorks

Paying It Back

A young man works to get another chance to go to college

Customers Bid Farewell to Rizzoli

By Lucia De Stefani on April 12, 2014 books, Bookstore, demolition, feature, Featured, new development, Rizzoli, slider NY City Scene, What's New?

Customers Bid Farewell to Rizzoli

The legendary bookstore shut its doors to make way for a luxury high rise.

Will Bushwick Inlet Get Its Park?

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?

Will Bushwick Inlet Get Its Park?

Parcel by parcel, the city is trying to put one together along the North Brooklyn waterfront.

NYPD on Patrol Will Soon Carry Powerful Overdose Antidote Kits

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

NYPD on Patrol Will Soon Carry Powerful Overdose Antidote Kits

A new $5 million federal program will help fund the cost

Rich Parks, Poor Parks

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

Rich Parks, Poor Parks

Profits from a pair of cafés will go back into Prospect Park. The bigger question is: Who should support all the city’s parks?

A Way to Reduce Drug Overdoses?

By Lucia De Stefani on February 20, 2014 abuse, Dinowitz, Hannon, heroin, naloxone, opioids, overdose, Philip Seymour Hoffman, prescription, withdrawal What's New?

A Way to Reduce Drug Overdoses?

State legislators want greater access for a proven antidote to prevent fatalities

Cupid is Alive and Well in Greenpoint

By Lucia De Stefani on February 13, 2014 date, Featured, Greenpoint, Love, Speed friending, Valentine's Day NY City Scene, What's New?

Cupid is Alive and Well in Greenpoint

Greenpoint’s Valentine’s Market offered romance-seekers artsy gifts, love-letter writing lessons and maybe a chance to meet a new friend.

An Iconic Bookstore Facing Demolition Fights to Survive

By Lucia De Stefani on February 6, 2014 books, Bookstore, Featured, high-rise, new development, petition, Rizzoli NY City Scene, What's New?

An Iconic Bookstore Facing Demolition Fights to Survive

Rizzoli could be torn down for a luxury high-rise. Signers of an online petition are howling in protest

Too Cold to Run? Not for Central Park’s Runners

By Lucia De Stefani on January 31, 2014 Central Park, Cold, Running, Winter News

Too Cold to Run? Not for Central Park’s Runners

Frigid temperatures don’t keep diehard runners inside. They just wear extra layers.

Snow? Cold? Bah! Humbug! School Went on As Usual

By Lucia De Stefani on January 27, 2014 middle school, NYC Schools, public schools, Washington Heights Politics & Policy

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.

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