New York City added additional COVID-19 testing sites in preparation for the holiday spike in traveling.

Astor Place Hair was at risk of closing due to COVID-19 until some wealthy patrons swooped in to save the day.

“NYU decided early on it was going to be a death cult.”

How are students coping with the two-week quarantine period?

“The prospect of losing all of my income that I had depended on and was the reason why I had moved to London was daunting,” Azarbadegan said. “I had no backup plan.”

“If we wanted him to get some socialization, playtime and some memories of happiness for this summer, then going to camp was going to be a risk, but it was going to be a risk that we hope our family can weather.”

"If you can’t keep a baseball team safe, what makes you think you can keep hundreds of college students in New York City safe?”

“We have an overfunded police department. We have never had fully funded schools in Black and Latinx communities. It’s ridiculous, it’s just smoke and mirrors.”

Juneteenth is celebrated on the 19th of June every year and is equivalent to Fourth of July for Black Americans.

“Within the first two minutes of having my hands cuffed, I couldn’t feel them anymore. They had gone completely numb.”

39% of food pantries across New York City had to close during the pandemic because of a lack of food or no volunteers.

“It’s better than nothing.”

"13,000 bodegas in New York City are not prepared for this regulation.”

“The pictures that are displayed inside are not the real story of Tibet.”

Remember there’s no citizenship question on the Census this year.

“The time to divest all city money from nuclear arms manufacturing is now.”

After 40 years in prison, one man is seeking clemency.

A NYC News Service review of private and publicly-owned landfills in New York State shows violations ranging from taking in more waste than the landfill can handle, to polluted rainwater running off into lakes, that are jeopardizing the health and environment of surrounding communities.

“Transnational environmental crime, or TEC, has become the largest financial driver of social conflicts in the world.”

Police also found multiple cars, drugs and AUS$108,000 ($73,086) in cash in searches across Loganlea–a suburb 30 kilometers south of Brisbane–and in northern New South Wales.