Q&A: A Food Delivery Worker Organized to Protect Fellow Workers
A grassroots org works as an insurance policy of sorts for delivery workers, who count on each other for assistance, if not from officials, from the community.
Why Do People Under-Report Crimes? For Some, Fear of Police
Even when some New Yorkers witness crimes, there's a variety of reasons for why they choose not to report them to law enforcement.
A Fund for Undocumented Workers is Going to Run Dry. What Happens Then?
The application window for the $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund is set to close.
New York Offers Child Care Providers ‘Peace of Mind’ with Over $1 Billion
New York's childcare providers are tapping into nearly $1.1 billion grant funding that aims to stabilize the pandemic-battered industry.
#MeToo on Site: Women in Construction Still Fight Sexual Harassment After NY Reforms
Even after 21 years working as an electrician, Celené Garcia still has to deal with sexual harassment on the job. “Just a year ago, a laborer decided that the room I was working in was his changing area … and that it was OK for him
For Deaf Students, Pandemic-era Schooling Creates Extra Barriers
Like most New York City parents, Silvy Salgeo grappled with what to do when Mayor Bill De Blasio announced that schools would be re-opening this fall. She combed through public health data, read up on protocol and worried about what kind of masks her son’s
Bridge builder’s bust may finally return next year. Does anyone know who he is?
Revered for its modern, elegant design of precisely placed steel, the George Washington Bridge soars above the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan to Fort Lee, New Jersey. At night, its lights twinkle like the diamond necklace worn by Cassie Louise Lightfoot in Faith Ringgold’s book Tar Beach. “Form follows function,” said George Deodatis, a professor of civil engineering at Columbia University. “Nothing is
Seeking safety on the set: Photographers turn coronavirus enforcers
After a crew member on the New York set of a TV commercial tested positive for COVID-19, Marc Auerbach knew it was his job to cancel the remaining shoot days. The move would set off a cascade of disastrous financial consequences for all 30 people working
Surf’s up: More New Yorkers are catching waves during pandemic, and business thrives
In a rickety periwinkle shed tucked between shipping containers in Rockaway’s Marina 59, Paul Schmidt is turning a profit for the first time in the six years he has been making surfboards. While many small businesses have closed permanently in New York City since the
A Youth Soccer Club in Queens Starts Its Season, Cautiously
On a cool fall night in Queens, players for the Auburndale Soccer Club walk onto the field for practice wearing masks and drop their bags six feet away from everyone else’s. Their parents, also masked and distanced, line up behind a fence at Cunningham Park,
More NYC Catholic schools close as pandemic hits budgets, enrollment
Zahirra Khan-Willins, an eighth-grade teacher, has taught a lot of challenging classes on Zoom this year. But her toughest lesson came last July, when she said goodbye to her students on a video call. Khan-Willins, 43, worked at Sts. Philip and James School in the Bronx