Mr NYC

In this multi-media world, where ubiquitous screens blare at us at every second, it’s easy to overlook more traditional media like painting...

Fact 1:  Jacob Riis was a nineteenth-century Dannish immigrant who became a police reporter and photographer in NYC.  He utilized his phot...

In these turbulent times, I’ve found refuge in the simple pleasures, the simple joys, the simple gifts of life: good food, good friends, an...

When it comes to a city as vast as NYC then, if you’re a geography geek like me, you might wonder: what are its farthest most areas, its mo...

... you should, in this case, read , about what it's like to live in, then leave, and then try to return to NYC. Short answer: it a...

Local journalism is under threat in NYC. You should listen to this segment from WNYC radio about how it's serious, almost terminal...

NYC is a city of 8.5+ million people so it unusual to run into the same person, either on the street or elsewhere, multiple times.  Any...

... and that's the only normal story about NYC Republican men in the news today. To whit: Joe Lhota runs the MTA but doesn't a...