Pictures of the Week July 29th — August 4th

Insufficient Fare

NYC Mayor's Office
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read

Each week, our Mayoral photography team sets out to document City Hall and New York City in the most interesting way possible. Our Director of Photography, Mike Appleton, made a selection from all the photos filed last week and we asked you to choose your favorite:

Mayor Bill de Blasio refills his Metro Card at 86th Street station. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

How many times have you tried to pass through the turnstiles only to see the words “Insufficient Fare” pop up, mocking you as you hear your train pull into the station below? Well, it happens to the Mayor too! This week’s favorite was a moment captured by photographer Ed Reed during a subway ride in-between Mayoral events.

As mentioned in earlier posts, our photographers are used to shooting similar events in the same settings on a pretty regular basis. In-between moments like the one Reed caught here are precious as they allow our photographers to show the Mayor outside of his usual, hyper-political context. These images are valuable for creating visual variety in the mayoral archive, as well as chronicling the condition of New York City during this period in history and during the Mayor’s time in office.

Continue scrolling down for the rest of this week’s top photos.


(left to right) Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill visited all five boroughs to celebrate National Night Out Against Crime with the NYPD, presenting proclamations to multiple precincts along the way. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
The NYPD celebrated the National Night Out against Crime in all five boroughs. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
(left to right) First Lady Chirlane McCray jumped in at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors’ Family Weekend’s Double Dutch celebratory competition. — Mayor Bill de Blasio sat down with students at M.S. 88 in Brooklyn to discuss school safety. Ben Kanter and Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council Member Bill Perkins held a town hall meeting at a Police Athletic League center in Harlem. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

For more incredible photos of New York City, be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We’ll be asking you to pick your favorite photo each Friday at @NYCMayorsOffice.

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