New York City News Service

A student-powered service at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Recent Project: NYCity Snapshot – Spending Takes a Holiday

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Putting the Hudson River to the Test

Hudson River users are testing the waters for contaminants in the wake of July’s sewage treatment plant fire in Harlem.

Salvaging the Art of Recycling

Materials for the Arts – the city’s largest non-profit municipal reuse program – offers artists thousands of items that otherwise would have been headed for the trash.

Dog Waste Could Brighten Parks

An NYU student is applying for grant to put machines into dog parks that would turn animal waste into energy to power lamps.

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Hot Jazz for Cool Seniors

On Friday nights, Brooklyn’s Grace Agard Harewood Senior Center is transformed into a nightclub called Jazz 966.

NYCity Snapshot: OWS Eviction

Our reporters captured of some of the sights and sounds of Lower Manhattan after Zuccotti Park was cleared.

Special Projects

Changing NYC

Eco NYC

Distant Relatives

Children of 9/11

Housing Project

Toiltown

Election 2010

CMJ 2010

Industry NYC

State of the Stimulus: NYC

Homeless with Homework

Talking New York

Election 2008

2008 Queens Immigration Project

2009 Brooklyn Immigration Project

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About

The NYCity News Service is a new multi-media, Web-based wire service that feeds New York neighborhood stories to news organizations - including newspapers, broadcast stations, wire services and Internet service providers throughout the world. The student-powered News Service is based at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.

SPECIAL REPORT: Changing NYC

Our reporters hit the streets to put faces to the census numbers for series of stories that offer snapshots of who we are, how we live — and where.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Subsidized Housing Search Maze

Our reporters take a mulitmedia look at the haphazard and mysterious process of finding an "affordable" apartment in the city.

NYCity Snapshot: Spending Takes a Holiday

Our Toiltown multimedia vox pop found many New Yorkers are tightening purse strings this year. Hear what people are saying – and take our survey.

For The Birds

Check out our multimedia look at the pigeon-racing culture in New York, past and present.

I SNAP NY

Check out the "My Neighborhood" contest submissions on our recently redesigned photoblog.

AudioFiles: Let's Hear it for the Ears

Experimental musician Hans Tammen guests on our latest podcast, which examines the art and science of sound.

Board Game Store Roles the Dice

Brooklyn’s Twenty Sided Store sells board games – and holds gaming events.

Video

A Birds’ Eye View in Prospect Park

WING-DING: The Audubon Society runs free birdwatching tours in the Brooklyn park, which is home to some 250 aviary species.Reported by Justin Mitchell

City Tunes in to TV Tourism

New York’s cachet as the home of shows from “Seinfeld” to “Gossip Girls” helped drive some of the record 48 million visitors to the city last year, tour operators and tourists say.

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Taking Sides in Triangle Park Fight

A triangle-shaped lot across from the former St. Vincent’s Hospital has become a new battleground in the debate over the property’s future.

Audio

Board Game Store Roles the Dice

Brooklyn’s Twenty Sided Store sells board games, but dedicates much of its space to tables for gaming events.

AudioFiles: Let’s Hear it for the Ears

The latest edition of our podcast explores the art and science of sound.

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