Special Reports
Special Report: Funded But Forgotten
Every year about 700 young people age out of the New York City foster care system. Many of them struggle with the transition to independence.
Special Report: Bootstrapped
The reality of who gives and who takes in America is much more nuanced than the myth of pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps.
Special Report: Numbers of New York
One way to understand a city is through the numbers. We examine them to show how New York's environment, traffic, gun violence, food prices and tourism marketing affect you.
News
via Queens Daily Eagle
Flushing Food Pantry Gets Reprieve — for Now
A Flushing church backed down on shutting a food pantry. But its long-term fate is still unclear.
via Queens Daily Eagle
Could Rikers Become an Energy Hub?
A panel considered what will happen to the land that now houses the Rikers Island jail.
via Bklyner
Festival Connects Readers, Storytellers
The Brooklyn Book Festival, in its 14th year, brings together book lovers and the authors who captivate them.
via Bklyner
Acrimony Reigns at Bike Safety Forum
A community forum on bike lanes and cyclist safety quickly became rancorous in Park Slope.
via Bklyner
In Red Hook, Students Strike for Climate
Students in Red Hook joined a worldwide protest to press for action on climate change.
Protesters Drench ‘Charging Bull’ in Blood
The activist group Extinction Rebellion combined performance with protest Monday to draw attention to climate change.
via Queens Daily Eagle
Queens Honors Detective Killed on the Job
A street in Jamaica, Queens, was named after Detective Keith L. Williams, who was killed while transporting a detainee from Queens to Rikers Island nearly 30 years ago.
via Staten Island Advance
Rally Backs Man Who Filmed Garner’s Death
Supporters charge Orta, now 28, was targeted by the NYPD after he recorded the video of Garner’s police-custody death in 2014 and shared it with the media.