Samir Ferdowsi

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Samir Ferdowsi |Jessica Gould

Youth assistance groups, literacy programs, mental health services and other volunteer-driven organizations throughout New York are facing the prospect of closing shop — in some cases, instantly — as the Trump administration guts the long-standing AmeriCorps service network.

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Brittany Kriegstein |Samir Ferdowsi

News of Thursday’s deadly helicopter crash in the Hudson River, which killed six people, has reignited a fractious debate over the use of helicopters for tourism and travel over one of the most densely populated regions on the planet. The New York City metro area has experienced dozens of helicopter crashes since the 1960s, though they have become less common in the most recent decades, federal data shows.