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Food Pantries Brace for More Demand as New SNAP Work Rules Push Thousands Off Benefits
At least 22,000 New Yorkers and 31,000 New Jerseyans have been cut from SNAP since new federal work requirements took effect earlier this year. The n…
3 months ago
Only 3 Black Students Got Into Stuyvesant High School This Year. Why Does This Keep Happening?
Only three Black students were admitted to Stuyvesant High School's incoming ninth grade class of 777 students this past spring. That's the lowest nu…
3 months ago
Stooping or Stealing? How a Late Night Street Find Landed a Brooklyn Woman in Handcuffs
A Brooklyn interior designer says she believed a stack of wet rugs left outside had been discarded. Days later, her face appeared in news reports abo…
3 months, 1 week ago
New York City Vowed Reform After Harlem’s Legionnaires’ Deaths. A New Outbreak Is Exposing the Gaps
After a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side, WNYC health reporter Caroline Lewis and investigative data reporter Joe Hong ex…
3 months, 1 week ago
What Went Wrong at the Midtown High Rise Where Columns Buckled?
A few weeks after two structural columns buckled at a Midtown Manhattan high rise, WNYC and Gothamist reporter David Brand shares new details from ho…
3 months, 1 week ago
Where to Watch the World Cup Final in New York City
The World Cup final is this Sunday, and if you're looking for a place to watch in the city, WNYC arts and culture editor Matthew Schnipper has some i…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How a Comic and an Actress Started a Rikers Women's Book Club
In 2024, comedian Nora Fried started a monthly book club for women incarcerated at Rikers Island. What began with nine women and a copy of Tara Westo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Is New York's Homeless Outreach Program Working in Rural Communities?
In counties along New York's Southern Tier, the number of homeless people nearly tripled between 2019 and 2025. But without all the sidewalks, subway…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Sound of Salsa in New York City
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why NYC Is Flooding More and What You Can Do to Prepare
New York City's flooding problem is getting worse, and it's not hitting every neighborhood equally. Furhana Husani, director of programs and climate …
3 months, 3 weeks ago