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[VIDEO] New York City Subway Operator's Worst Nightmare: Hitting a Person

2025-10-12T12:00:00-04:00

In 2019, a hundred and ninety five people were struck by New York City subways. Inside the grieving process of those behind the train’s controls.

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[WATCH] A Rare Peek at Hart Island, New York City's Public Cemetery for Unclaimed Bodies

2024-12-26T12:00:00-05:00

Hart Island is a tiny and relatively unknown island in The Bronx which is home to at least 65,803 New Yorkers, all dead.

In this video from our friends at WNYC get a rare look at the island, where New York City buries its unclaimed bodies.

Hart Island, the city’s public cemetery, has existed in obscurity for over a century. It’s estimated that a million people are buried here. Some were too poor to afford a private funeral, others died unknown or were never claimed. The island is run by the Department of Correction. No one was allowed on it for decades. But families successfully sued the city for access and it is opening up more and more.

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[WATCH] Free Paper, a New Yorker Fictional Short About Two Newspaper Vendors Having an Existential Crisis

2024-08-20T12:00:00-04:00

Is everyone ignoring them... or are they ghosts?

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[WATCH] The Bleak Future of The Vessel NYC

2023-10-16T12:00:00-04:00

This is the bleak future of the Vessel NYC in Hudson Yards. The Hudson Yards is an architectural marvel meant to transform the skyline of Manhattan in New York City and at the heart of it all is a strikingly unique landmark called the Vessel. The Vessel is a structure designed by British architect Thomas Heatherwick and funded by Hudson Yards developer Related Companies. Following the Vessel's operation, it has since become a place of several tragic accidents that lead to the closing of the structure from visitors until further notice.

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New York City Subway Operator's Worst Nightmare: Hitting a Person

2021-06-25T16:00:00-04:00

In 2019, a hundred and ninety five people were struck by New York City subways. Inside the grieving process of those behind the train’s controls.

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[WATCH] New York City Subway Operator’s Worst Nightmare: Hitting a Person

2020-09-29T12:00:00-04:00

In 2019, a hundred and ninety five people were struck by New York City subways. Inside the grieving process of those behind the train’s controls.

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[WATCH] How Coronavirus Has Devastated New York City's Black Community

2020-06-16T16:00:00-04:00

In New York City, Covid-19 is disproportionately killing black and Latino residents. As the city reopens, a longtime funeral director in Harlem says, “It’s going to take a long time for people to heal.”

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[VIDEO] New York Times: Inside One of New York’s Deadliest Zip Codes

2020-05-23T16:00:00-04:00

The first coronavirus patient arrived at St. John’s hospital in Far Rockaway in March. During the peak, the morgue was averaging 17 to 18 bodies a day. Now, there is an uneasy lull and the staff fears a second wave will come.

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[MAPS] New York City Coronavirus Deaths By Zip Code

2020-05-19T12:00:00-04:00

The below map and table provide confirmed case rates, case counts, death rates, death counts, and the percent of people tested with a positive result.

The number of reported confirmed cases per ZIP code may be affected by that area’s population size, access to health care and access to testing. For example, an area with a low total case number but a high percent of positive cases could reflect more people with mild symptoms not getting tested.

COVID-19 Data by ZIP Code of Residence

Head to the New York City Health Department's Covid-19 Portal to see more stats.

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Vintage News Reel Shows Local Coverage of John Lennon's Death in December 1980

2018-11-16T15:30:00-05:00

On December 8th, 1980, activist and musician John Lennon of The Beatles was assassinated by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota on the Upper West Side. It was one of the saddest moments in music history, and it dominated the news cycle for the days following. ABC 7 News recently digitized and released their coverage of the event in these three parts.

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