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A ‘Parkie’ Photographer Looks Back on 50 Years

Retiring Parks Department veteran Photographer Malcolm Pinckney embraces a colleague

Malcolm Pinckney first became interested in photography as a kid in the Bronx who wondered how an image was captured. That curiosity launched a 50-year career with New York City’s Parks Department, shooting ribbon cuttings and concerts and a changing city before he retires next month.  “I always had this curiosity of how an image […]

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City Shutting Down Historic 30th Street Intake Shelter

The 30th Street Men’s Shelter was housed in a crumbling brick building surrounding by scaffolding.

New York City’s Department of Homeless Services is shutting down Manhattan’s massive 30th Street Shelter — the main intake location for men and adult families entering the city’s behemoth shelter system for over 40 years. The remaining 250 residents of the hulking nine-story brick building built in 1931 will be moved out by mid-March, while […]

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For Homeless Parents, a Child Care ‘Catch-22’

Tianna Daniels has been staying at a Staten Island family shelter with her son, Papa, while she looks for permanent housing,

Tianna Daniels was eight months pregnant when she moved into a Staten Island family shelter last March. She had just been fired from her job as chief engineer at a Pennsylvania hotel — on the same day her doctor submitted documents to her employer for her maternity leave, she said. “I weighed out every option […]

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Big Energy Bill? Usage and Costs Climb During New York’s Rough Winter

Smoked billows out of smokestacks at the Con Edison East River Generating Station in Manhattan,

As the snow melts in New York, the temperature is not the only thing on the rise. Prepare for sticker shock on your utility bills, which are likely to be particularly high after a brutally cold winter.  “Natural gas has more seasonal fluctuation, and we tend to use more in the winter,” said Sanya Carley, […]

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How NYC Small Businesses Are Putting AI to Work for Them

Holly Diamond works on her computer at her parent's Korean restaurant in the Flatiron District.

Holly Diamond is using artificial intelligence to improve the menu and streamline hiring at her self-described “hole in the wall” Korean barbecue restaurant in Flatiron run by her parents, who speak limited English. Reuel Williams, a computer science graduate from Princeton, is building AI tools to help musicians improve their work and to protect them […]

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