NY City Lens is a news site produced by students at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The site is staffed by students in the City Newsroom class taught by professors Dody Tsiantar ...

It’s tougher to buy a gun here than in most places, but if you follow the rules you can probably get one. Here is how it works. Who can buy a gun in New York City? Anyone who is 21 years old or above ...

The city didn't even have a sanitation department until 1880. Here's a look at how New Yorkers have dealt with garbage through history.

NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of New York City—borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood, one good story at a time. It is produced by students at Columbia University’s ...

NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of New York City—borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood, one good story at a time. It is produced by students at Columbia University’s ...

NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of New York City—borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood, one good story at a time. It is produced by students at Columbia University’s ...

Steve Plate, Chief of Major Capital Projects for Port Authority; Plate’s wife, Nancy look up to the workers perched in the balcony (Justine Miller) NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of ...

The Release the Grip team knew the drill. An oversized map was spread out on the conference table in their Morrisania headquarters. The six of them leaned over it, focusing in on the area marked with ...

NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of New York City—borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood, one good story at a time. It is produced by students at Columbia University’s ...

NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of New York City—borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood, one good story at a time. It is produced by students at Columbia University’s ...

Dead Horse Bay is a glittering beach built of trash. On sunny days, the beach glitters—literally. Shards of glass, large and small, cover Dead Horse Bay, with the occasional shoe, abandoned boat, and ...

NY City Lens illuminates the rich and varied life of New York City—borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood, one good story at a time. It is produced by students at Columbia University’s ...