Brooklyn Agency Promises Immigrants Jobs, and Leaves Them Empty-Handed
Migrant workers paid $150 to get work. But the offers vanished, and their pleas for refunds have gone unheeded.
Rather Be Outside on Warm Days? So Do Ticks.
Once a seasonal problem, tick-borne diseases could become a year-long issue; in NYC, cases increased 146% in one year.
Leaked Audio Shows How Alamo Drafthouse Execs Are Battling Brooklyn Union Drive
Bosses are seeking to stymie a push to unionize ahead of the election at the end of September.
New York’s New Outdoor Dining Plan Will Put New Yorkers Out of Work
The city’s new restrictions on outdoor dining will force many restaurants to make major staffing cuts, particularly as some businesses decide to eliminate their roadway seating permanently. “Dining Out NYC,” the new plan signed into law in August by Mayor Eric Adams, allows for sidewalk seating
One College Closes, and Students Scurry to Find Another That They Can Afford
The email from ASA College arrived last November, with the innocuous subject line, “Notification Regarding the Accreditation Status.” Siriporn Rosenfeld, 31, a computer-programming student at ASA, opened it and read the introduction: “Dear student: ASA takes its commitments to you very seriously. That’s why I want
The ‘Butterfly Revolution’ of Washington Square Park: Artists Push Back Against Park Rules
On Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m., J. Eric Cook, 56, begins ringing his bell in Washington Square Park. It’s his way of reminding the crowd about what he calls the “ongoing, regular harassment of artists” by the parks department and the police. Along with Kanami
Cannabis Growers Showcases Sprout Across New York
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — This market is tucked behind the courthouse, amid the drugstores and gift shops near many small American towns. But New Paltz, about 85 miles north of New York City, is full of surprises — and so is this market, which sells freshly
A New Jersey Nursing Home Shuts Down, Without Warning Patients or Workers
Families scrambled to pack their loved ones’ belongings, while employees worried about lost wages.
Two Years After Hurricane Ida, Complication and Frustration Plague Recovery Programs
Hurricane Ida survivors in New Jersey still struggle two years after a major flood.
An Activist Fights to End the ‘Isolation, Inefficiency and Trauma’ of Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island
Victor Pate's piercing brown eyes guard the weight of his painful past as if they hold the key to a dark and lonely place he's been before. Pate, a 70-year-old who served 15 years behind bars, began to recount his time spending two years in
Escaping “Happiness:” Refugees in New York’s Little Ukraine Find Community in Orthodox Church
The pensive silence of the Orthodox Church service was broken by a violent, rhythmic clatter on Great Friday this past spring. The unsettling sound came from the balcony, where a man cranked a large wooden box with a meticulous arrangement of small oak hammers called
The Pigeon Rescuer of the Gowanus Expressway
A Brooklyn resident saves pigeons trapped inside construction sites under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.