Andy Newman

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Reporter at The New York Times

@nytimes reporter. Writing/blogging ~NYC for NYT since ~1995. Likes are bookmarks.

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Articles

Cuomo Says New York Has a Mental Health Crisis. Here's His Plan.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Emma Graves Fitzsimmons |Andy Newman

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will release a proposal to remove more mentally ill people from the streets to address fears about public safety. In his bid to become mayor, Andrew M. Cuomo has portrayed New York City as being in crisis mode and has said that his top priority if elected would be keeping people safe.
How New York City Routinely Fails to Pay the Nonprofits It Relies On

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Andy Newman

The city owes at least $1 billion to nonprofits for more than 7,000 unpaid invoices, according to a new report. The organizations provide critical services to vulnerable New Yorkers. As protest slogans go, "Payment on time, every time!" may sound like a modest demand. But for many of the nonprofit organizations that New York City hires to provide billions of dollars in social services, prompt payment is a distant dream.
Hunting the Wild Mushrooms of New York City

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Andy Newman |Victor J. Blue

There are thousands of species of fungus in the city, with names like American dyeball, dingy twiglet and devil's dipstick. Some even glow in the dark. New York City can be a place of almost incomprehensible abundance. Its eight million residents speak 700 languages. It has 29,000 restaurants and bars.
The Last Flight of Helicopter N216MH

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Michael Wilson |Andy Newman |Maia Coleman |Olivia Bensimon

The aircraft had flown tourists in New York City thousands of times before crashing Thursday with a Spanish family aboard. Passengers who had flown earlier that day are processing the shock. Lionel Carles and his wife and young son arrived from Nice, France, on Wednesday with a list of things to see and do in New York City: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock, Fifth Avenue. And, an exciting highlight - a helicopter tour of the skyline.
Un helicóptero se estrella en el río Hudson y mueren seis personas

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andy Newman |Chelsia Rose Marcius

Los testigos describieron como un espectáculo aterrador el momento cuando el helicóptero cayó del cielo gris como una piedra. Mandy Bowlin, quien estaba de visita desde Chattanooga, Tennessee, dijo que se encontraba en un barco turístico de Circle Line cuando oyó un estampido detrás de ella y vio caer en picada al helicóptero. Según señaló, una pala del rotor salió volando y cayó al agua.
Un helicóptero se estrella en el río Hudson y mueren seis personas

1 month ago | infobae.com | Andy Newman |Chelsia Rose Marcius

HelicoptersAviation Accidents, Safety and DisastersHudson RiverNew York CityDos adultos y tres niños españoles, y el piloto del helicóptero murieron en el accidente, dijeron las autoridades. Un helicóptero turístico cayó del aire al río Hudson, frente a Manhattan, el jueves por la tarde. Las seis personas que iban a bordo, entre ellas tres niños, murieron, dijeron las autoridades.
Helicopter Crashes Into Hudson River, Killing Six

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andy Newman |Chelsia Rose Marcius

"Six innocent souls have lost their lives, and we pray for them and their families," Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said. It was the deadliest helicopter crash in New York City in at least seven years. The helicopter, a Bell 206, was operated by New York Helicopter, which runs sightseeing tours for several hundred dollars a flight. The company's chief executive, Michael Roth, said he did not know what had happened to the aircraft, which he had leased from a company in Louisiana.
Hay 6 muertos tras estrellarse un helic√≥ptero cerca de Manhattan

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Chelsia Rose Marcius |Andy Newman

Seis personas murieron el jueves por la tarde cuando un helicóptero cayó del cielo y se precipitó al río Hudson a la altura de Jersey City, Nueva Jersey, frente al West Village de Manhattan, dijo Kathy Hochul, la gobernadora de Nueva York. "Seis almas inocentes han perdido la vida, y rezamos por ellas y por sus familias", dijo.
Permanent Supportive Housing Spotlights Challenges After Homelessness

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andy Newman |Thea Traff

Mr. Mercado had been prolific. "I was hanging out with my friends," he said. "We were just sitting around watching TV, so I pulled out my phone and I started just writing songs. I wrote 15 songs in one day." Now he was ready to record. Mr. Mercado had saved bits of his disability income for months, bought $300 worth of recording gear and transformed his apartment into a studio.
Six Things to Know About Permanent Supportive Housing

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Andy Newman

Many conservatives argue that the Housing First approach - offering people low-cost housing without requiring them to accept services or to work - enables drug use and other social woes. Vice President-elect JD Vance is a noted critic. In 2023, while a senator, he said, "If we don't treat the root cause of homelessness, we end up creating cycles of despair." Some lawmakers want to shift federal funding to programs with treatment mandates, a more common approach before the spread of Housing First.