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A Sign of Hip-Hop History
The street where hip-hop began four decades ago with a house party by DJ Ko…
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Girls Get Ice and Life Lessons
Participants in the Figure Skating in Harlem program (pictured with U.S. Olympic champ Evan Lysacek) receive guidance on and off the ice.
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Keeping Kosher, via Colombia
Ruben Diaz is the head chef at Masbia, a kosher soup kitchen network.
Scenes From a Tragedy
Our reporters used social media and on-the-scene reporting to tell the story of a deadly explosion in East Harlem. (Photo: Scott Klocksin)
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Teen Graffiti Artists ‘Paint Straight’
A nonprofit program encourage youths who have been arrested for vandalism to express their art in safe and legal ways.
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A ‘Vision’ For a Safer Jay St.
Traffic safety advocates want the city to target the busy Brooklyn thoroughfare as part of Mayor de Blasio's "Vision Zero" plan.
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Violence Victims Wait for Homes
Some domestic violence victims have been waiting more than a decade for public housing.