Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, jails and prisons have become hubs for infection, with crowded conditions that leave few opportunities for social distancing.…
LES Storm Protection Is Delayed As Covid Increases Demand For Parkland
The city’s plans to reconstruct a 2.5-mile stretch of parkland along the East River on the Lower East Side have been pushed back to next…
A Lyft-Like Pilot Program Was Making NYC’s Transit System More Accessible; Budget Cuts May Put the Brakes On It
When Eman Rimawi needed to get to a meeting or run an errand, she used to have to schedule a ride to pick her up…
‘The Word of God in a Molecule’: Turning to Psychedelics During a Pandemic
On a cool Tuesday evening in mid-September, two dozen people sat in a forest glade in Prospect Park, perched on logs arranged in a rough…
NYC Was Set to Reduce Plastic Use; The Pandemic Put a Fork in That
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit New York City in the spring, environmental concerns fell to the wayside. Thousands of people were dying from a…