The Way Forward: By The Numbers Compiled By Sami Roberts; Graphics By Adam Emmerich News 17 Sep 2020 | 03:15
A deserted Times Square, March 2020. Photo: Thomas Hengge How Do We Come Back from This? Broadway’s Next Season - Oren Jacoby “Alas, poor country, Almost afraid to know itself. It cannot Be called our mother, but... The Way Forward 10 Sep 2020 | 04:51
Sarah Feinberg, interim president of NYC Transit, thanked employees on June 11 at the 34 St - Hudson Yards subway station for their cleaning and disinfecting efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit The Way Forward Sure, we’ve been through hard times before. Fires, attacks, economic collapse. And, yes, New York has always come back better.... The Way Forward 08 Sep 2020 | 12:51
Alisa Martin is the vice president of education operations for the Tenement Museum. Photo: Jamiya Wilson, courtesy of the Tenement Museum Looking into the Lives of the City’s Past When the founders of the Tenement Museum were searching the Lower East Side for a place to honor the lives of the immigrants... News 06 Sep 2020 | 12:56
The Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes How The Lucerne Became a Shelter Experts agree that the first rule for communicating in a crisis is to get the facts out as accurately, fully and quickly... News 04 Sep 2020 | 03:27
The Open Streets plan includes West End Avenue from 87th to 96th Street. Photo: Alexis Gelber 5 Positive Pandemic Changes 1. Clean Subways: For the first time in its history, NYC’s subway system shut down at night for cleaning and disinfecting,... The Way Forward 04 Sep 2020 | 11:52
On August 6, State Senator Brad Hoylman began participating in a phase three clinical trial for a vaccine candidate to prevent COVID-19 under the auspices of NYU Langone Health’s Vaccine Center. Photo: Office of New York State Senator Brad Hoylman Hoylman Takes His Shot State Senator Brad Hoylman felt it was “truly a matter of putting my money where my mouth is.” Well, actually, where his... News 30 Aug 2020 | 03:36
Iconic diner on the UWS. Photo courtesy of Mike Sabry. Utopia Diner to Remain Open Rumors that the iconic Utopia Diner was up for sale were put to bed last week when the landlord and owner came to an agreement.... News 30 Aug 2020 | 01:32
Cover photos by Addie Egan. Writing the Book on COVID When the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City, Dr. Krutika Parasar Raukar was a rotating resident in three area hospitals,... News 30 Aug 2020 | 12:30
After-school tutoring at Jacob A. Riis Settlement. Photo: Eric L. Cooper Amazon Won’t Save Us As New York City tries to return to partial normalcy amid the worst pandemic in over a century, the most significant social... The Way Forward 26 Aug 2020 | 11:56
The Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side. Photo: Alexis Gelber Letters to the Editor A Call for Compassion Re “Shelter From the Virus” (Aug. 20), thankfully, “anger and anxiety” are not the only things “rising”... News 25 Aug 2020 | 03:06
Darin Strauss. Photo by Robert Birnbaum. Rewriting the History of a New York Businessman & Hollywood Darling “I Love Lucy” was so popular that it reached the equivalent of 85 million people per week. To give that statistic some perspective,... News 23 Aug 2020 | 07:53
Photo: Liz West via Flickr Broccoli: Love it or Leave it? Many millennia ago, when we were first crawling out of our caves in search of food, lots of green plants looked really tempting.... News 23 Aug 2020 | 03:16
David Opie stands in front of the window gallery installation. Photo courtesy of David Opie All the World’s Birds in One Window Ever since he was a young boy, David Opie has loved birds. He would spend his childhood afternoons exploring the woods behind... News 21 Aug 2020 | 05:45
The Lucerne Hotel, now a shelter for homeless men, next to Nice Matin Restaurant. Photo: Michael Oreskes Shelter from the Virus Near the northeast corner of 79th Street and Broadway, in plain sight of Banksy’s “Hammer Boy” mural, insulated by Plexiglass... News 15 Aug 2020 | 06:13
