Asmaa Elkeurti

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Asmaa Elkeurti |Steven Rich |Ethan Singer

The Trump administration's threat to block Harvard from enrolling international students would remove more than a quarter of the university's student body, a share large enough to rock its campus and, potentially, its tuition revenue. The move, frozen within 24 hours on Friday by a federal judge, also highlights the risk other universities face from an administration that has shown deep hostility toward higher education.

Sep 12, 2023 | nytimes.com | Eliza Shapiro |Asmaa Elkeurti |Maansi Srivastava

As the city’s affordability crisis worsens for nearly everyone, even upper-middle-class New Yorkers are struggling to pay for child care. The workers who provide it are struggling too.

Sep 11, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Eliza Shapiro |Asmaa Elkeurti

NEW YORK — Not long after Crystal Springs started her new job at a large insurance company in midtown Manhattan this year, she realized that a much bigger chunk of her paycheck than she expected was going directly to child care for her 5-year old daughter. Springs had dreamed that the job, which allowed her and her husband to make about $200,000 a year combined, would help provide a comfortable middle-class life for her family in Ozone Park, Queens.

Aug 31, 2023 | nytimes.com | Asmaa Elkeurti |Ana Ley |Juan Arredondo

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has vowed to make the city's public transit system easier to navigate, but said it will take 32 years. For disabled New Yorkers, the subway is still a nightmare. Credit... New York City's subway system is a maze of obstructions for people who have difficulty walking.

Jun 14, 2023 | nytimes.com | Asmaa Elkeurti

See it, squish it, report it. That was the spotted lanternfly mantra of summers past, and the striking bugs are back this year, despite New Yorkers' best efforts. Native to parts of Asia, the spotted lanternfly was first seen in the United States nearly a decade ago, when it was found at a Pennsylvania landscaping company that imported stones from abroad. It arrived in New York in the summer of 2020.