Rachel Holliday Smith

Rachel is managing editor at THE CITY leading explanatory and service journalism in the newsroom.

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Posted inThe Bronx

These Are the 17 Victims of the Bronx Twin Parks Fire

They came from countries in West Africa, nearly all of them from Gambia, and settled in Twin Parks Towers Northeast, a 19-story apartment building full of working class families from the region and Latin America.  Some of them were born here to parents from Gambia, volunteering in local community groups, attending local mosques, enrolling in […]
Posted inMarijuana

Legal Weed Shops May Not Hit in 2022, New York. Here’s What We Know

Puff, puff… pause. New York legalized marijuana use this spring, and by year’s end cities and towns across the state must individually decide whether to allow cannabis dispensaries and “on-site consumption.” The city has opted in. But that doesn’t mean New Yorkers 21 and older will be able to walk into a shop in the […]