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NYU welcomes Puerto Rican hurricanes survivors to campus

Bennett and Garcia decided to transfer after barely managing one semester on the recovering island.

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New Yorkers reflect on a year of Trump

For the first time in American history, U.S. politics has been dictated by a president’s appetite to tweet.

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Brooklyn Haitians struggle with Trump’s offensive comments

Education about their community is key.

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Some Ghanaian immigrants agree with Trump’s “shithole” comments

Unemployment is high in Ghana.

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Counting the homeless

In groups of three to five people, HOPE volunteers are assigned a certain amount of blocks to canvass in one of the city’s five boroughs. They spend roughly four hours — from midnight to 4 a.m. — asking everyone they encounter if they have a place to sleep that night.

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Dreamers continue to live with uncertainty as government shutdown ends

Six years ago, Aca was an undocumented immigrant working as a busboy at the Trump SoHo Hotel. Today, he has legal status and an associates degree in commercial photography. He is working towards a bachelors in international affairs at Baruch College.

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Statue of Liberty Reopens Despite Government Shutdown

when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state would cover the costs to re-open the statue, eager tourists rushed to lower Manhattan to cross Liberty Island off their list of must-see attractions.

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Congestion pricing may be the answer to MTA woes or add to the nightmare

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing the city’s latest proposal to raise money for the MTA - congestion pricing.

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New Yorkers on gun control

Pavement Pieces reporters took to the streets to see what New Yorkers think about the current state of gun control.

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New Yorkers protest Trump’s “Fascist Regime”

Hundreds took to the streets of Manhattan to protest the Trump administration on the one year anniversary of his election.