By BOBBIE BELL Commuters testifying before Thursday's MTA public hearing on the bleak budget outlook accused the agency of using the pandemic as an excuse for the proposed 2 and…
May I Help You? Inside the 311 Call Center
By GINA MARIE GREENWALD Hundreds of cubicles equipped with double Dell computer screens are scattered about New York City’s 311 call center, idling as representatives begin to take their seats…
Small Businesses Get City Help
Lloyd Cambridge and the Queens NYC Business Solutions provide counseling and advice to small businesses. Similar services are available throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Janice Fredricks opened her…
South Bronx Video Game Developers
Some people want to do more than play video games. They want to make them. A few young people in the South Bronx got the chance to create their own…
Sports Illustrated Models Speak-Out
Sports Illustrated swimsuit models talk about their jobs and plus-size models. Brooklyn College TV/Radio reporters Dominique Rollins and Danielle Brooks talked with the models at Marquee club in Manhattan.
Ebola Epidemic in Africa Fed Prejudice Here
By Gabriel Pariente For over a year, the Ebola virus has spread like wildfire across West African countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Mali. To date, it is the worst outbreak…
Vision Zero: There’s More to Be Done to Cut Traffic Deaths
by ANDREA AUSTIN Imagine a world in which every driver stops at a stoplight before it turns red, every taxi driver drives within the speed limit, and every child travels…