When Latia Wade decided to move from her home in Orlando, Fla., to New York City, the 24-year-old knew to expect exorbitant prices for apartments. She searched for three months to find the safest, most affordable areas in Brooklyn. So when she finally settled on a $2,050 two-bedroom apartment at 266...

Participating in his third New York City Marathon, Dave Fraser wheeled himself backwards with one foot through the race and across the finish line, accompanied by his two guides. Photo by Bola Omisore Long after the elite runners had finished, the floodlights had been dimmed and the crowds had thinned...

One day in late 1986, representatives from the New York City Housing Authority turned up at Audrey Govine’s Williamsburg apartment claiming that they needed to search for spalling, or little flakes of asbestos. During their search, the NYCHA created gaping holes in her ceilings and the ceilings of...