Strict Illegal Home Conversions May Add to the City’s Homeless Problem
Thousands of city tenants can be forced out of their homes with no long-term housing alternatives as the city cracks down on landlords who violate New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) construction guidelines. Landlords who illegally convert buildings to create additional housing without obtaining permits from DOB now face huge fines. The health and fire risks associated with such […]
News Literacy in Action
A consumer’s responsibility to seek the truth should mirror a journalist’s obligation to tell the truth. This marriage represents the ideal highway of communication between two factions important to “organized community journalism” in a free and self-governing nation (Kovach & Rosenstiel 32). While news literacy is contingent on two parts working together, journalists are responsible for the verification process in […]
NYComicon 2017 – A Profile
The whimsical world of cosplay descended on Gotham City this weekend, filling the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center with thousands who represented all things pop culture during the 11th annual New York Comic Con. On the third day of the convention, sometime late afternoon, a Game of Thrones fandom troupe huddled for an HBO photo op, while the likeness of […]
Update: Quaglione Says DOT Needs To Give Drivers More Notice Before Towing
This article was originally posted on Kings County Politics, but since the Department of Transportation did not respond to me within a reasonable time period, the editor ran the story without DOT’s input. I thought it imperative to inform the constituents of Bay Ridge about a caveat DOT mentioned in their response concerning street paving and ticket adjudication.
Photojournalist Sean Gallagher Speaks at CUNY
More than 50 CUNY students and staff gathered to watch celebrated photographer Sean Gallagher connect photography and environment this evening at City University of New York (CUNY)’s Guttman Community College. Gallagher, an English native, has spent the last decade in Asia photographing the corners of the continent while narrating the region’s response to climate change. Gallagher’s hour-long lecture and Q […]
City Council Candidates in District 43 on Closing Rikers
What the REAL article looked like.
New Yorkers Agree on Police Body Cams
In a city known for its diverse cultures, ethnicities and economic backgrounds, New Yorkers appear to be in agreement about one thing – body cameras on New York City police officers are a must-have. Several dozen police officers in began their 3 p.m. shift with new city-issued body cameras. The 34th Precinct, in Washington Heights, is the first station to […]
Songbird Whisperer Returns to Hunter
Songbird Whisperer Returns to Hunter College May 14, 2017 The laboratory spaces and adjoining offices are a far cry from the elaborate lobby of Founder’s Hall at Rockefeller University. Large cardboard packed boxes marked ‘Smith Hall – Rockefeller University” fill the space and signal transition. In this case, a scientist and his birds have flown north from Duke University […]