Growing up in the city, Jessica Chan never really feared taking public transportation. During school breaks, she used to ride the subway alone and commute two hours a day from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side to get to her job. “Yet, as an American of Chinese descent, I now worry for my life and the lives of those who look like me,” she said.
Measures to decrease crime in an essential transit system like the New York City subway are important and will help the city as it continues to recover from COVID-19. However, the focus should be on detailed examination of data and the range of solutions available. The reflexive urge to hire more police often does not guarantee crime reduction and reinforces the overly punitive orientation of the national criminal justice system.
After a long year, New York City reopened for good on June 15 with the statewide lifting of all COVID-19 precautions. New York is embracing crowds once again; however, the remnants of COVID-19 remain through occasionally masked faces.
Italian American culture flows through the streets of NYC’s Little Italy’s annual festival, The Feast of San Gennaro
More than 1,000 people gathered in Washington Square Park earlier today, for a vigil mourning the victims of Friday’s Paris attacks. Groups waved flags and sang La Marseillaise, the French national anthem as signs of solidarity. Mayor Bill de Blasioarrived…
I was lucky enough to win tickets to see Pope Francis drive through Central Park, and it was one hell (can I say that?) of an experience. And because the number 12 is thrown around inthe Bible a lot, I’ll…
The long-anticipated 7 train extension was opened Sunday, September 13, to a crowd at the new end of the station at West 34th Street by the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Residents from the other end in Flushing, posed for photographs…