Covid-19

Glass Half Empty in Still Depopulated NYC Office Towers

Nov. 18, 2022, 5:38 p.m.Nov. 18, 2022, 5:37 p.m.

Just 47% of workers are in business districts on any given weekday — dashing any hopes for a fall return to the workplace.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Was COVID NYC a Better Version of Ourselves?

Nov. 13, 2022, 12:30 p.m.April 3, 2025, 1:21 p.m.

Jeremiah Moss, the author of Feral New York, talks with THE CITY’s Alyssa Katz about the “tremendous community connection and and oftentimes joyfulness in a moment of tremendous trauma and tragedy” for the people out in the streets amid the city’s shutdown and reopening. Subscribe to FAQ NYC on Apple, Spotify, or pretty much everywhere podcasts […]

CUNY

A Big Bill but Little Payoff for CUNY’s COVID Testing System

Nov. 7, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 9, 2022, 4:42 p.m.

As the university struggles with declining enrollment, an intrusive PCR testing system with no clear purpose has become one more obstacle for faculty and students — especially those at community colleges.

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street.

Economy

More Finance Jobs Leave Wall Street, Lured Elsewhere by Tax Breaks and Lower Costs

Oct. 25, 2022, 5:21 p.m.Oct. 26, 2022, 10:36 a.m.

New York City’s share of U.S. securities industry jobs is now less than one in five, says state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, down from one in three in the 2000s.

Missing Them

Starrett City: How Has COVID-19 Impacted You and Your Community?

Oct. 24, 2022, 6:32 p.m.Oct. 24, 2022, 8:36 p.m.

THE CITY at Brooklyn Public Library’s Spring Creek branch this Thursday, Oct. 27, to share your reflections about the pandemic

Missing Them

Harlem: How Has COVID Impacted You and Your Community?

Sept. 29, 2022, 4:42 p.m.Sept. 30, 2022, 2:03 p.m.

THE CITY’s memorial project, MISSING THEM, for conversation at a community fair on 123rd Street in Harlem this Sunday, Oct. 2.

Playgrounds

NYC Economic Development Corporation Abruptly Evicts Beloved Red Hook Playground

Sept. 28, 2022, 7:51 p.m.Sept. 28, 2022, 10:23 p.m.

The nonprofit that built PortSide Park was told on Friday to cease and desist, or get booted off the pier entirely. By Monday, the community space was gone.

Public Schools

As NYC School Board Meetings Return In Person, Will Parent Participation Dwindle?

Sept. 27, 2022, 8:03 p.m.Sept. 27, 2022, 8:03 p.m.

For many New York City parents, the move during the pandemic to virtual school board meetings meant they could attend without having to scramble for child care or figure out transportation. Now, participating in these meetings could once again become difficult, and that could have important consequences in of whose voices get heard when […]