Restaurant owners, patrons and locals weigh in on the pandemic-induced outdoor dining takeover in New York City. Learn more about the project here | Read Part 1 and Part 3 Chelsea’s Loulou Restaurant Survives Pandemic, Rebuilds Outdoor Dining After Arson By Christina Thompson Reopening day at Loulou Petit Bistro and Speakeasy, a quaint Chelsea restaurant, is delayed once again. Two…

Restaurant owners, patrons and locals weigh in on the pandemic-induced outdoor dining takeover in New York City. Learn more about the project here | Read Part 1 and Part 2 “We’ll Worry About the Rest Later”: A Restaurant Owner’s Mentality to Outdoor Dining By Mollie Hersh Saturday morning brunch is one of Sonnyboy’s busiest times of the week. Tucked away on Rivington Street…

Restaurant owners, patrons and locals weigh in on the pandemic-induced outdoor dining takeover in New York City Read the stories: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 They are not New York. Ask anyone using the outdoor dining structures that now colonize the city’s sidewalks and parking spaces. It…

By Niamh Rowe Those who know 41-year-old Jamel Thornton know he doesn’t like to host guests in his home. “My mother will never invite her family over either,” he says, “and can you imagine bringing a date back to that smell?” In his Bricktown neighborhood in southeast Queens, waste transfer…

By Katie Kovarik On a September afternoon, Zoe Branch sits on a fold-out wooden chair behind her typewriter, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain her panorama. The heat’s grip is intense, but no match for the Colorado native who places herself under direct sunlight clicking rounded buttons on the rustic keyboard. A…

By Tyler Hatfield Nestor Pochet, a football player and student at East Park High School, walks onto Thomas Jefferson Park field for the first time since 2019. On this overcast September afternoon, he laughs and jokes around with his teammates, as they put on their helmets and shoulder pads, ready…

Underage nightlife enthusiasts are buying phony vax cards to match their fake IDs By Mollie Hersh The bouncer at Blue Midtown, a nightclub just off Times Square, checks IDs and proof of vaccination at the door. Daniella waits on the curb with some friends. She just moved to the city…

BIPOC and LGBTQ-friendly Benny’s Club creates a safe space for all surfers By Elizabeth Brewer As the sky turns from indigo to orange and the lapping ocean waves hit the sand, surfers slowly descend onto the beach. Wrapped in layers of sweatshirts and clutching surfboards, they talk about the weather…

By Colin J. Hogan The demand for private tutors in New York City spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. In a city marked by unequal, crowded, and segregated schools, individual tutoring is a way for some families to ensure that their students won’t slip through the cracks. …