What to know about the ongoing discriminatory practice of redlining in NYC

Amid the furor over the killing of George Floyd which sparked widespread protests in support of Black Lives Matter across the US and New York City the concept of … residents in NYC neighborhoods increased Parts of Brooklyn Queens the Lower East Side and Harlem lost opportunities for …

By Emily Myers |January 20, 2025 - 10:30AM
Where were you during the 2003 blackout? New Yorkers share their stories

… Twenty years ago on August 14th and 15th New York City went dark along with a huge swath of the … and there was one fire truck blasting a floodlight on 42nd Street so all you could see were silhouettes of the …

By Mimi OConnor |August 14, 2023 - 12:30PM