In New York, Kal Penn investigates “gray” and “green” infrastructure initiatives to save the city from the next superstorm. Is the answer a giant wall around Manhattan? Or are there “greener” alternatives? Penn meets the creators behind the Living Breakwaters Project, a storm barrier off of Staten Island populated by filter feeding oysters.
[VIDEO] Inside the FBI's Battle Against New York City's Powerful Drug Lords in the 80s
The FBI struggles to quell the violence that continues when gang members firebomb the home of a man who called the police to report local drug-pushers. American docudrama that takes a look behind the scenes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory.
[WATCH] New York City Is Full of Fake Buildings, Here's Why
Imagine a building that looks like a regular one on the outside but is actually all fake? Turns out New York City is full of those. At 58 Joralemon Street, there is a building that was meant to be a regular one, but in 1908, they converted it into a fake building. It’s part of a ventilation fan for the subway and also serves as an emergency exit for some of the surrounding buildings. All the way to 415 Bruckner Boulevard, the Bronx, this townhouse also serves a similar purpose – to hide an electric substation for New York’s utility company.