ToilTown’s NYCity Snapshot: Spending Takes a Holiday
With 2012 approaching, our reporters took the economic pulse of the city and found many folks are cutting back.
Contributors: Class of 2012
2011 Housing Project
Finding housing is a nightmare for any New Yorker, but the task can be particularly vexing for those seeking government-subsidized apartments.
Contributors: Paul Bufano, Felipe Cabrera, Cheryl Chan, Patrick Clark, Matt Daper, Nida Najar, Brooks Newkirk, Susan Rohwer, Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, An Phung and Jacqueline Vergara Amézquita.
Children of 9/11
Our reporters shed light on the continuing impact of the terror attacks on our youngest citizens.
Contributors: Jonathan Camhi, Dan Rosenblum, Amy Kraft and Daniel Prendergast.
Distant Relatives
Our reporters look at families separated by immigration policy.
Contributors: José Bayona, Alissa Ambrose, Vincent Trivett, Jonathan Camhi, Paul DeBenedetto and Jonathan Vit.
Eco: NYC
Our reporters examine how the city’s government, environmental advocates and its citizens cope with the city’s ever changing ecology.
Contributors: Michelle Bangert, Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke, Cesar R. Bustamante, Jr., Lauren F. Friedman, Kyle McGovern, Laura O. Ratliff, Lily Rothman, Jermaine Taylor, Stuart White and Al Barbarino.
Changing NYC: Census 2010
Our reporters hit the streets to put faces to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures and offer snapshots of who we are, how we live — and where.
Contributors: Class of 2011
NYCity Snapshot: Issues and Impact of Election 2010
Our reporters fan out across the five boroughs to catch a snapshot of New York City’s voters in the run-up to the 2010 election.
Contributors: Class of 2010
CMJ 2010: Time to Face the Music
A team of News Service staff brings you the highlights of the 5-day, 75-venue and 1,200-band CMJ Music Marathon in NYC.
Contributors: Paul DeBenedetto, Liza Eckert, Bianca Seidman-Shvarts, Lily Rothman and Felipe Cabrera
Industry NYC
New York City is constantly in flux—industries change, neighborhoods evolve. Industry NYC takes a look at how some of the city’s industries deal with change.
Contributors: Aaron Adler, Ines Bebea, Jessica Dailey, Vivian Doskow, Carl Gaines, Katie Honan, Graham Kates, Erin McCarthy, Meagan Morris, Chris Prentice, Azriel James Relph and Almudena Toral
Homeless with Homework
Our team examines the many challenges facing the growing number of homeless children in New York City public schools.
Contributors: Diana Cabral, Dan Chung, Dale W. Elsinger, Colby Hamilton, Rochana Rapkins, Perry Santanachote, Vineeth Thomas and Mariana Vasconcellos
State of the Stimulus: NYC
On the trail of jobs and money in New York City.
Contributors: Michael Cohen, Liza Eckert, Spencer Freeman, Danny Gold, Eugenia Miranda, Vishal Persaud, Lisa Riordan Seville, Jordan Shakeshaft and Andrea Swalec
Talking New York
Language is fluid, and today’s New Yorkers grapple with the challenges and joys of living in a diverse and constantly changing environment. Our team set out to find the latest iterations of languages around the five boroughs.
Contributors: Alex Abad-Santos, Carla Candia, Krissy Dolor, Megan Finnegan, Emily Johnson, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, Suyeon Kim, Kerri MacDonald, Musikilu Mojeed, Khristina Narizhnaya, Joe Tacopino, Mitch Trinka and Peggy Truong
NYCity SnapShot: 2009 Economic Pulse
The NYCity News Service hit the streets of New York and asked scores of residents:
“Tell us one way the recession has changed your life.”
Contributors: Class of 2010
Election 2008
Our team paints a picture of New York on day in history.
Contributors: Class of 2008 and Class of 2009
Queens Immigration Project
Queens is the most diverse county in the country – and the borough’s only constant is change. We mapped out the stats by community district and hit the streets – putting faces and names to the only-in-New-York stories behind the numbers.
Contributors: Class of 2008
Brooklyn Bridges Cultures
One in six Americans, it’s been said, can trace family roots to Brooklyn. The borough continues to be the first – and sometimes final – stopping point in the U.S. for new waves of immigrants.
Contributors: Class of 2009