New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ

At some schools, few students, if any, are being tested. [ more › ]

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. leaves court in 2020. The DA will continue to prosecute crimes such as sex trafficking and paying for the services of sex workers. [ more › ]

The elderly pick up groceries and other items from a Food Bank For New York City event at the Barclays Center on September 10, 2020 Will the Biden relief plan make a lasting difference? [ more › ]

The sun rises over New York City and the Empire State Building while a man sprays water at Pier A on in Hoboken, New Jersey, July 20th, 2019. Jerome Foster has been included among a group of advisers to the president–a remarkable journey from protesting in front of the White House [ more › ]

Kathryn Garcia has said climate change would be one of her top mayoral agendas. The former sanitation commissioner piloted the first electric garbage truck. As mayor she says she would do much more. [ more › ]

The woman who was shackled to a hospital bed by NYPD officers in 2018, after she gave birth to her son "These police did not see the life of a Black woman as something sacred to protect." [ more › ]

Police patrol the A line subway train bound to Inwood on February 13th, 2021. The MTA continues to ask for more NYPD officers to patrol the subways, citing a recent survey that found 76% of riders feel safer seeing police in the subways. [ more › ]

CCL-81 cells heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. The small spherical structures in the center of the image are SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. The string-like protrusions extending from the cells are cell projections or pseudopodium. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs. [ more › ]

City Council Member Chaim Deutsch The U.S. Attorney's office said he evaded paying $82,076 in taxes between 2013 and 2015. [ more › ]

Queens County Civil Court Here are the candidates running for a judgeship. [ more › ]

DC statehood, Planned Parenthood's roots, and more. [ more › ]

Inside Shaft 13B of City Tunnel No. 3, 2013 The completion of City Tunnel. No. 3 would help alleviate strain from droughts and the coming climate emergency, but it has cost decades of human toil. [ more › ]

Medical student Natty Oranicha Jumreornvong speaks at a microphone with Dr. Michelle Lee standing to her left. The anxieties health care workers are experiencing over the increased attacks are shared by Asian American patients, too. Some have avoided medical care during the pandemic. [ more › ]

Lisa is a native New Yorker and current student in the online MA in Museum Studies program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS). [ more › ]

Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at a press briefing on April 21st, 2021. He announced that 16 mass vaccination sites will soon accept walk-in appointments for individuals age 60 and older. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision says the stoppage was caused by the pause on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. [ more › ]

Chinatown on April 21, 2021, during the hail storm Reading Rainbow for $400, LeVar! [ more › ]

A Black teenager argues with a group of police officers who stopped a group of young bicyclists and said they needed licenses to ride bikes in Perth Amboy, NJ. Social media highlighted another example of overpolicing of communities of color, this time in suburban New Jersey. [ more › ]

At the Empire Outlets The city estimates that 36.4 million people will visit NYC this year. [ more › ]

Art Chang Meet Art Chang, Aaron Foldenauer, Paperboy Prince, Joycelyn Taylor, and Isaac Wright Jr. — who join the leading Democratic candidates on the mayoral ballot. [ more › ]

Pot smokers celebrate 420 in Times Square in front of the American flag, April 20th, 2021. A giant joint towered over Times Square, vaccinated people lined up for free weed, and a party in Bed Stuy taught attendees how to enter the industry. [ more › ]

A vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. While the Pfizer vaccine depends upon ultracold storage for most of its lifecycle, Moderna offers more flexibility for covering what public health experts call “the last mile.” [ more › ]

Seen on July 10, 2020 Hail and frequent lightning strikes may occur. [ more › ]

Commuters on the M train on March 7, 2021 The MTA is hoping to lure riders back to the subway. But hcan it keep Asian New Yorkers safe from harassment and attacks? [ more › ]

City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, who represents Sunset Park, Brooklyn, marches at a rally to encourage participation in the census on August 3, 2020. Menchaca dropped out of the mayoral race last month. [ more › ]

Roth biographer accusations, giant carbon vacuums, and more. [ more › ]