Anna Kodé

Older New Yorkers Brace for Food Stamp Cuts: ‘I’m Just Praying’

Over the years, New York City benches have evolved, using designs often described as hostile or defensive to discourage homeless people from sleeping on them. With homelessness in the city reaching a two-decade high, Anna Kodé, a reporter covering design and culture for The New York Times, explains why benches are now entirely kept out of some new public spaces.

Over the years, the bench has evolved from a public amenity to a way to control homeless populations by leaving little or no room to sit down.

The candidates’ views on addressing homelessness in New York City differ vastly, with calls to expand mental health services, overhaul the shelter system and change policing.

The search for a place to build a shelter in Manhattan resurfaced New York’s often overlooked history of slavery.

The standards prohibit processed meat and limit the use of artificial sweeteners in meals served by nearly a dozen city agencies, including the Department of Education.

Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always been both realistic and idealistic. And it has evolved, much like the New York City streets that inspired it.

The actor and his partners recently opened Wildflower Studios, a 775,000-square-foot production facility in Queens.

The New York Sign Museum in Brooklyn preserves the stories of shuttered local businesses.

The influencer and former collegiate gymnast tried to buy the Manhattan two-bedroom, but instead joined the ranks of high-profile rejects like Madonna and Calvin Klein.