New York City

Arts•Features•Multimedia•Video
Sticker Art, NYC
The streets of New York City are covered in tiny works of art. Thousands of stickers decorate the backs of street signs, mailboxes, lamp posts, and scaffolding. The artists behind the stickers use their surroundings to communicate with each other and the general public - expressing their views on everything from mental health to gentrification to love.

Multimedia
An ode to the young people of New York
The goal of this photo essay is to capture the essence of the people that compose New York City and show the creative spirit New Yorkers carry.

Multimedia
Sixty-Four Squares in Union Square Park
For the last 10 years, T.C. has sat in Union Square Park offering chess lessons and matches to passersby.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
Battling food insecurities during a pandemic
New York City’s hunger crisis has been a widespread problem for years, but it’s gotten far worse due to the economic impact from the pandemic.

Multimedia•Politics
New York voters express their hopes and fears for the 2020 Election
Many feel it’s a do or die situation.

Video
NY People: A Sewing Story
Amanda Seal loves to sew.

News
Protests continue on Independence Day
Protestors burnt textbooks and demanded history to be rewritten

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
MTA faces crisis following COVID shutdown
Its operating budget, estimated at $17 billion for 2020, is projected to lose 45% of its funding, primarily due to the loss of ridership in the first half of the year.

News•Video
After NYC passes it’s budget, protestors clash with police
This was after the City Council passed it's budget including the $1 billion protesters were asking authorities to cut from the NYPD budget.

Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
Despite a few bumps, NYC is social distancing more than not
Pavement Pieces found that the daily social distancing related complaint numbers were lower in the reopening, compared with the period of lockdown.