Leerone Hakami and Shay Slusky of West Amadeus Music Studio. Photo: Kay Bontempo ‘Do You Want These Concerts?’ For Leerone Hakami and Shay Slusky, as for nearly all New York City’s professional musicians, the beginning of the COVID-19... City Arts 02 May 2022 | 09:51
NYPD Officer Vincent Ching just marked his sixth year in the 19th Precinct. Photo courtesy of Vincent Ching Vincent Ching: NYPD Officer Vincent Ching on ‘Serving the People’ This past April marked Vincent Ching’s sixth year as an NYPD officer in the 19th Precinct, a job which he describes as all... People 29 Apr 2022 | 02:36
Cristina Garcia hopes to increase Latinx representation in the environmental engineering field. Photo: Kay Bontempo Cristina Garcia: A Rising Star of Sustainability There are one million buildings in New York City, encompassing residential and commercial structures. For Cristina Garcia,... People 29 Apr 2022 | 10:17
A vision impaired student learns how to throw a baseball. Photo: Kay Bontempo NYC’s Vision Impaired Teens Play Adaptive Baseball A group of visually impaired teenagers tried a new activity on the Upper West Side on Saturday: adaptive blind baseball. News 25 Apr 2022 | 02:37
Emmanuel Olushki in his white coat with his DO student mentor Sofia Cedeno. Photo: Barbara Franklin A ‘White Coat’ Graduation Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine recently held a “graduation” ceremony for NYC high school students enrolled in their... News 15 Apr 2022 | 09:32
The new Tin Pan Alley Sign on 28th Street and Broadway. Photo: Kay Bontempo Tin Pan Alley Recognized With Official Street Sign New Yorkers gathered on a recent Saturday at the corner of Broadway and West 28th Street to place a sign officially commemorating... News 13 Apr 2022 | 01:02
Curtis Phillip has been making deliveries for Breakaway Courier Systems for more than 20 years. Photo: Kay Bontempo A Changing Bike Messenger Business It’s a chilly Thursday morning, the New York metro area buzzing with commuters in SUVs and Subarus. Rob Kotch sits in the... News 18 Mar 2022 | 02:42
Michelle Tran in Chinatown. Photo via Michelle Tran’s Instagram Residents of Chinatown Continue to Fight Back Against Asian Hate The male suspect who allegedly assaulted seven different women of Asian descent on Sunday across several Manhattan neighborhoods... News 03 Mar 2022 | 12:44
Photo via Little Lions Camp website Going to Camp on Campus As the child of a Columbia professor, many of my childhood memories were set in the small, idyllic neighborhood of Morningside... Camp Guide 22 Feb 2022 | 02:18
The Manhattan Animal Care Centers of NYC on East 110th Street. Photo: Kay Bontempo Problems at ACC Magnified During Pandemic New York’s animal rights activists have long criticized the Animal Care Centers of NY for poor conditions and the high numbers... News 18 Feb 2022 | 10:16
Ukraianian National Home on Second Avenue. Photo: Kay Bontempo In NYC’s Little Ukraine, Anxieties Rise Over Tensions in Ancestral Homeland The recent political tension between Russia and Ukraine, widely reported in the international press, has also reverberated... News 11 Feb 2022 | 12:37
Michelle Tran. Photo: Michelle Alyssa Tran on Twitter NYC Medical Student Recognized for Work Against Asian Hate A NYC medical student is making waves after the charity she founded to fight back against anti-Asian hate received funding... News 03 Feb 2022 | 09:27
Victoria Li, Regeneron Science and Talent Search finalist from Hunter College High School. Photo courtesy of Victoria Li Hunter Student is Finalist in National Science and Talent Search The Regeneron Society for Science announced in mid-January the names of the 40 finalists in the national Regeneron Science... News 26 Jan 2022 | 12:11
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio in early December. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office De Blasio’s Vaccine Mandate Leaves Some Part-Time Workers and Small Business Owners Confused By now, most New Yorkers are aware of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s employer vaccine mandate, which required that by December... News 07 Jan 2022 | 03:23
Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Council Debates Use of Propane Heaters The outdoor dining scene to which New Yorkers became accustomed during the COVID-19 pandemic now hangs in the balance, as... News 11 Dec 2021 | 06:05
