Ann Choi, Josefa Velasquez, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Trained Operators for Coronavirus Patient Ventilators Scarce in New York

March 20, 2020, 2:40 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Fewer breathing machine therapists and technicians than in all but one state in the U.S. as a share of population — “we just don’t have enough.”

Hospitals

Trained Operators for Coronavirus Patient Ventilators Scarce in New York

March 20, 2020, 2:40 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

Fewer breathing machine therapists and technicians than in all but one state in the U.S. as a share of population — “we just don’t have enough.”

Manhattan

Manhattan Community Boards Are Missing Hispanics, Young People — and Renters

Feb. 10, 2020, 7:08 p.m.April 7, 2020, 12:36 p.m.

Here’s what we know about the demographics of Manhattan’s 12 community boards, thanks to detailed information collected by BP Gale Brewer’s team.

How to New York

Does Your Community Board Reflect You and Your Neighbors? Find Out.

Jan. 29, 2020, 4:05 a.m.May 2, 2024, 1:59 p.m.

We analyzed the latest available demographic data of the city’s volunteer boards. Check out your neighborhood’s numbers and find out how to .

Justice

Correction Officers Get Lavish Welcome at Juvenile Center They’re Due to Exit

Nov. 6, 2019, 4:00 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

Records show nearly $17 million spent on facilities for guards mere months before children’s agency takes over Horizon facility in the South Bronx.

Special Report

Flirting With Disaster: Flood Zones Still Uninsured Years After Sandy

Oct. 28, 2019, 4:10 a.m.Oct. 28, 2022, 2:38 p.m.

Nearly 85% of NYC houses and apartments FEMA flags as vulnerable don’t have flood insurance — putting 250,000 homes at risk, our investigation found.

Transportation

How the MTA Plans to Spend Billions on its Subway Wishlist

Oct. 9, 2019, 4:00 a.m.July 31, 2023, 12:28 p.m.

Will your commute speed up, via new signals? Will your station get an elevator? Find out via our interactive look at the record $51.5 billion plan.

Housing

Bronx Logs Most Heat and Hot Water Complaints of Any Borough

Oct. 4, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

With cold weather approaching, some tenants in the borough say they’re bracing for another chilly season of calls to 311.

Transportation

The Fault in Our Stairs: Subway Escalator Reliability Plunges

Sept. 24, 2019, 4:05 a.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.

The 232 escalators maintained by the MTA are functional only about 87% of the time, according to new figures — the worst they’ve been since 2010.

Transportation

Why The Subway Stinks: ‘Soiled Car’ Reports Soar

Sept. 9, 2019, 4:10 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:22 p.m.

More than 1,600 incidents slowed service and disgusted straphangers in the first eight months of 2019 — far outpacing the last two years.

Ann Choi

Trained Operators for Coronavirus Patient Ventilators Scarce in New York

Trained Operators for Coronavirus Patient Ventilators Scarce in New York

Manhattan Community Boards Are Missing Hispanics, Young People — and Renters

Does Your Community Board Reflect You and Your Neighbors? Find Out.

Correction Officers Get Lavish Welcome at Juvenile Center They’re Due to Exit

Flirting With Disaster: Flood Zones Still Uninsured Years After Sandy

How the MTA Plans to Spend Billions on its Subway Wishlist

Bronx Logs Most Heat and Hot Water Complaints of Any Borough

The Fault in Our Stairs: Subway Escalator Reliability Plunges

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