ICE Agents Shoot Brooklyn Immigrant During Altercation
Community activists gather outside Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn to wait for news on the victim
Fueled by Fear and Rumors on Social Media, Face Masks are Selling Out
The coronavirus is spreading globally and the Chinese community in New York City is worried
Who Gets the Vote?
The City Council may expand the right to noncitizens. What do New Yorkers think of that?
Divided We Stand
In a city with one of the most diverse populations in the world, there are other lines that divide us socially, linguistically, ethnically, economically.
More Food Trucks in NYC?
Can a Local Winner Go All the Way?
Tacitus wins the Wood Memorial at the Aqueduct in Queens, and is now leading among Kentucky Derby contenders
Land of Buddha
From the foothills of the Himalayas to the skyscrapers of the city, Dawa Sherpa carries his Buddhist principles with him wherever he goes. On Friday, the owner of the Land of Buddha boutique spoke to NYCityLens about immigrating, business, and finding inner peace in New York.
Orchid Overkill
Orchids are one of the oldest flowering plants on the planet, but due to the increasing threats to the environment they’re starting to head to extinction.
Sudan’s Bashir is Gone, But Protesters in NY and Abroad Ask For More
On Friday, a group of Sudanese Americans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, calling for U.N. condemnation of military rule, and civilian government now.
Measles Ground Zero: Urgent Care Facilities Flooded with Vaccine Requests
After Mayor de Blasio’s public health emergency declaration, health care workers deal with worried residents
Williamsburg Residents Divided on Vaccines, Despite Mayor’s Health Emergency Declaration
A measles outbreak has largely been concentrated in the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. They are split about how to proceed.
In Fear of Deportation
NYCHA: “No Heat..No Hot Water”—Again
Residents in the Taft Houses say the problem is not that they lost heat and hot water, but that it happens so often
“A Rose is a Rose is a Rose”
Where does your rose come from and how did it get here? The journey and business behind Valentine’s Day go-to flower, explained
Amazon to City: Drop Dead
The giant online retailer has cancelled plans to build its second headquarters in Long Island City.