Business
Cold water, rats — and a record fine for a rogue landlord
By Zendo Rouson Cold water, rats and broken elevators are on a longer list of problems that, for years, have plagued the residents of Robert Fulton Terrace and Fordham Towers in the Bronx. “My son is in a wheelchair; he cannot get up and down [the stairs]” said longtime Robert Fulton resident Jennifer Sledge, when […]
Training young adults with autism to bake
By Ehvan Fennell Parents Nigel Thompson and Qiana Daniels have had some challenges in navigating the world of needs facing their son, who is moderately autistic. Especially when he was younger, they had to make sure he had such essential things as speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy. But there was more. “What would […]
Inviting the boss to dinner, hoping for a gig
By Denzel Massaley Inside a lounge at BoxGroup, a tech venture-capital fund, college students mingled with company employees during a private dinner organized by Chelsea Commons. It aims to help its 12 college student founders and interning peers get face-to-face with potential employers — instead of just cold-calling, blind-emailing or otherwise waiting to hear back […]
Protesting NY Times’ LGBTQ coverage
By Gray Fuller — Standing on the sweltering sidewalk at the entrance to The New York Times, a group aggrieved by the paper’s coverage of transgender people spelled out their complaint: Gray Lady Lies Trans People Die. In the bottom corners of the white poster board bearing those words, two handprints were pressed in red […]
Creating community at a drugstore
By Maurice Brown — As a stranger tore past the pharmacy’s shelves, she insisted that the staff behind the front counter answer one question: “Who here is Thomas?” “Oh, *^!$,” Thomas James thought as he braced for a scolding. But seconds later, he saw the woman’s eyes begin to pool with tears as she […]
South to North, chasing artistic dreams
By Corey Leathers Jr. — Eighteen months. That’s how long it took a transplant from South Carolina to go from being a broke college dropout to paying New York City rent with what he’s earned selling his rap records, designing clothes for his BoofNYC brand and walking the runway at New York Fashion Week. […]
A leader, far from his past troubles
By Westley Reaves Jr. — Malik McGhee started preparing last February for three days in June at a New York City networking conference for standout students from historically black colleges and universities. He hadn’t expected to be in that pool of students, handpicked by their business school deans. He’d gotten into trouble with the law […]
Vinyl record sales keep climbing
By Matthew Adams — Ask Discog’s marketing vice president why he collects vinyl records and he’ll give a fast reply: “The music … defines who it is that I am and the music that means something to me. I want to own it.” More customers buy music downloads and streaming music but the audience for […]
An aid group, mainly, for African immigrants
By Henry Fernandez Planes, buses and blistered feet. Those modes of transit brought two dozen West African immigrants to the United States and, then, one June day to Afrikana, a Harlem nonprofit that helps immigrants build their American lives. Afrikana’s waiting room is where Sweet Mama’s Soul Food used to be. Those looking for help […]
Bookstore credits success to pandemic
By Marley Joseph Self-proclaimed visionaries Janifer Wilson and Kori Wilson, a mother-daughter duo, opened Sisters Uptown Bookstore in January 2000; however, they did not see success until after the pandemic began. They credit their survival during a period when many businesses closed, but the tally of independent bookstores such as Sisters continued to increase. According […]