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How flash photography put a spotlight on New York's rampant poverty in the late 1800s, catalyzing...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA young girl holding a baby sits in a doorway in New York City, circa 1890.Jacob A. Riis/Museum of...
NYC’s Riis Houses on edge after arsenic scare, week without drinkable water: ‘It’s hard’
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe automated voicemail messages kept coming at Jacob Riis Houses one week after reports arrived...
Swimmer, 19, dies after going under waves off Rockaways, police say
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNEW YORK — A 19-year-old swimmer died after he was pulled under the waves off Jacob Riis Park in the...
Officials' assurances over water safety at Jacob Riis Houses doesn't ease residents' concerns
WNYW via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoPeople living at the Jacob Riis Houses on the Lower East Side are still raising concerns about the safety of their water, despite a recent video by Mayor Eric Adams showing him drinking the water and insisting it was fine.
Eric Adams makes ‘symbolic gesture’ at housing complex amid water quality scare
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams paid a surprise visit Tuesday to a community center at the Jacob Riis...
You're more likely to live the American dream in Germany, Denmark, or Australia
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA poverty-stricken family living in New York’s Lower East Side, circa 1890.Jacob Riis/Bettmann/Getty...
High school roundup: Martha's Vineyard boys tennis sweeps Northampton, advance to Round of 16
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe No. 5 Vineyarders got their postseason off to a strong start, sweeping the No. 28 Blue Devils...
No dangerous arsenic levels in NYCHA housing project — testing company admits results were wrong,...
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoThe Illinois-based firm issued a retraction and revised results Friday saying that the tests only...
No. 5 Martha's Vineyard tops No. 12 East Longmeadow to advance to Round of 8
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Vineyarders secured the win in their Round of 16 matchup in a tightly contested battle. East...
NYC drowning victim was immigrant college student whose bright future was swept away at Jacob Riis...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA bright young college student, swept to his death by the waves off Jacob Riis Park in Queens, died as he lived: With a smile on his face. Amadou Thiam, 19, perished in the Rockaways surf on ...