Asmaa Elkeurti

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.

Apr 18, 2023 | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Asmaa Elkeurti

Free bus service could come to 10 bus routes in New York City under a proposal by state lawmakers to lure more riders to the city’s struggling transit system and help those who cannot afford to pay the $2.75 fare. Two bus routes in each of the city’s five boroughs would be designated for a free bus pilot program, according to the proposal, which is being pushed by state legislative leaders in budget negotiations.