NYC: Voted and Counting In New York, more than 2.3 million people voted across the five boroughs, according to the New York City Board of Elections. The city was preparing for the worst – long lines and rioting. But what Columbia Journalism documentary students found was
It’s a Saturday morning in October, and about 50 pro-life protesters are gathered outside the Planned Parenthood clinic on Bleecker Street in Manhattan. Some are wearing masks, others aren’t. Many are standing within a foot of each other. They are a mix of nuns, priests,
Every Friday at sunset since July, Malorie Bryant hustles up and down a shaky fire-escape ladder to welcome guests to the Mad Love Comedy Show, relocated by the pandemic from a Manhattan club to a rooftop in Bushwick, Brooklyn. On a recent Friday, Bryant — the
Dwana Smallwood grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant with a dream to become a dancer. Starting in the mid-1990s, she performed on stages around the world and was declared “one of the greatest modern dancers” by Vogue Magazine. Oprah Winfrey asked her to go to South Africa
A new generation of Staten Island activists is hitting the streets this fall to turn out voters of color in New York’s whitest, most Republican borough. Galvanized by Black Lives Matter, dozens of young people on the North Shore — a cluster of predominantly nonwhite
By late spring, Edwin Quezada had finally phased out plastic bags at the Shop Fair supermarket he manages in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The state’s ban on them became law on March 1, but in the months that followed, enforcement was delayed by a lawsuit. Lincoln Market,
Tadataka Unno, a longtime jazz pianist, had just wrapped up a recording session in Midtown on Sept. 27 and was heading home to his wife and infant son in Harlem. As he passed through the turnstile to leave the West 135th Street station at St.
One year after the city’s announcement that it would reduce extreme heat by shrouding the city’s streets under more tree canopies, how close are they to achieving their goals?
[caption id="attachment_6048" align="alignnone" width="1060"] Manhattan Criminal Court is shown (Credit: Tara Hirszel)[/caption] Tommaso Baronio, a student journalist at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, detailed his observations from the third day of the historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump to fellow student and
Organic certification is granted to farmers that meet specific standards for growing, processing and handling products.
A free tour of the World’s Fair grounds commemorates the 60th anniversary of the event in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
In the city that never sleeps, arraignment courts in Manhattan don’t get much rest.
Eclipse stories and traditions from New York and all around the world
“Suffs” the musical brings to life the timely story of the women’s suffrage movement.
Access to public transportation is one benefit of living with the condition in New York City.
In NYC, President Biden’s fundraiser attracted stars from across the world, but New Yorkers would rather pay to see his rival.
“Anything that walks, curls, flies or flinches, I eat,” he said. “And that is exactly what I serve to others.”
Bicycle theft is an unspoken occupational hazard for most delivery workers.
Students for a Free Tibet is a network of global chapters headquartered in New York that advocate for support of Tibet’s struggle for freedom and independence.
