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Light from Water: Heidi Howard & Esteban Cabeza de Baca, with Liz Phillips

In this exhibit at Wave Hill, the three artists come together with several works that exemplify their individual practices while highlighting the spirit of collaboration that guides these artists’ practices. The exhibition asks us to reimagine our relationship to nature—to see ourselves as part of, rather than separate from, the living and non-living elements in the world’s collective ecosystem.
by Nitin Mukul

It’s International Overdose Awareness Day. More needs to be done.

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, though unfortunately too many New Yorkers are intimately aware of the dangers. In 2021, almost 2,700 people officially died of overdoses in New York City, an increase of 565 over 2020, and the numbers do not seem to have really improved. This week, Gov. Hochul pledged $8 million in…

by Felipe De La Hoz

Potential school bus strike: what you should know

Earlier this summer we shared information about a possible yellow bus strike due to a labor dispute between the union that represents bus drivers and the companies that provide bus service to our city’s schools. This week, the Department of Education sent out a notice to families with information about the potential strike and resources…

by Nicole Perrino

A NYC woman was found dead in a stairwell at a health clinic. Her cause of death reminds us about inequities in cardiovascular health.

News of the patient who died at Montefiore’s Family Health Center in the Bronx — and whose body wasn’t discovered until five days later, as POLITICO reported last week — shocked New Yorkers and national audiences alike. The body of 57-year-old Sary Mao, a Cambodian resident of the Bronx and longtime member of advocacy group…

by Ambar Castillo

Henry, the Ice Cream Man

“What can I get you?” asks Henry Akinbamijo beaming down at a small child. The child, gawking at the brightly colored menu, asks for a Spongebob stick. Her little brother wants a vanilla cone dipped in rainbow sprinkles. In the sweltering New York summer, right outside the Brooklyn Central Library, a line has formed at…

by Hari Adivarekar

Covid is surging again… does anyone care?

There’s a decent enough chance that you or someone in your life has contracted Covid in the last few weeks, part of a recent spike that’s seen NYC’s seven-day average for confirmed and probable cases climb from the 200s in early July to the 700s mid-August. This is almost certainly a dramatic undercount given how much less testing…

by Felipe De La Hoz

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