In February, a taxi knocked over a pedestrian signal at a busy Brooklyn intersection and residents say their calls for repairs went unheeded for weeks — until the THE CITY started asking questions. An orange cone now stands at the northwest corner of Fulton and Adelphi Streets in Fort Greene, hiding the broken mound of […]
Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Claudia is a senior reporter covering labor and work for THE CITY.
Posted inSpecial Report
Dialing 911 Daily: How Mental Health Crisis Strains Neighborhoods
At the far edge of Queens sits the imposing beige-brick Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, looming over surrounding suburban streets lined with matching red-brick co-op apartments with small green lawns and tidy white shutters. For the most part, this huge state-run facility keeps to itself. But lately, neighborhood residents have noted a growing number of men – […]
Posted inJustice
Locked Out: Borough Jails Critics Say They’ve Been Excluded From Post-Rikers Meetings
As a $10 billion plan to build four new jails across the city forges ahead, many residents and activists charge they’ve been locked out of the discussion for months. “They’re saying, ‘Oh there are so many opportunities for community engagement,’” said Nancy Kong, a Manhattan community activist. “No, you guys already made the decision. You […]
Posted inBrooklyn
Bye-Bye Bergen: Brooklyn School Sheds Slave-Owner Family Name
On Feb. 26, two votes took place at Public School 9 – a.k.a. the Teunis G. Bergen School, located just north of the Brooklyn Museum. In the gym, voters were electing the city’s next public advocate. In the auditorium across the hall, parents faced a different kind of choice: Would they remove the name of […]
Posted inInfrastructure
No Stamp of Approval for Brooklyn Post Office in IG Audit
Mail that never arrives. Long lines. And overflowing garbage bins. Those are just some of the more than 1,800 complaints against the Bushwick post office that were filed over a nearly six-month stretch last year, according to a recently released internal audit obtained by THE CITY. “This is the worst place in America,” said Brian […]
Posted inDeath on the Job
The Price of a Laborer’s Life: A $63,647 Fine
Additional reporting by Greg B. Smith On Sept. 12, as the remnants of Hurricane Florence pounded Brooklyn, a portion of a brick retaining wall roughly 30 feet high and about 20 feet wide collapsed onto a construction worker toiling in a trench in Sunset Park. It took rescue crews more than 28 hours to recover […]
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What Can THE CITY Do for You?
THE CITY is hear to listen, dig and deliver. Our reporters asked dozens of New Yorkers a simple question: What can THE CITY do for you? In other words, what issues do you want us to report on? Here’s just a sampling of what you told us. You’ll find more responses on our Instagram. If […]