
Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die…in Midtown Manhattan
by Ilana Kurshan
Every Fall, as I review the melodies of the high holidays, I am reminded that I first learned to lead Rosh Hashanah prayers while walking in Manhattan.

Street Warrior—Part 2
by Ralph Friedman and Patrick Picciarelli
I don’t believe humans are designed to kill each other. We’re a higher form of animal and should only kill for food. Society dictates we live in harmony, but this isn’t always possible.

Street Warrior—Part 1
by Ralph Friedman and Patrick Picciarelli
Read an excerpt of the true story of the NYPD’s most decorated detective and the era that created him.

Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
by Kim Phillips-Fein
At the National Press Club, Ford challenged New York’s network of municipal hospitals and its free public university as lavish, unnecessary extravagances. Why should other Americans “support advantages in New York that they have not been able to afford for their own communities?”

Beautiful Children of the Concrete Jungle
by Elizabeth Winder
1955. It’s springtime in New York and unseasonably balmy. Cherry blossoms dot Central Park with pale pink, and “Melody of Love” drifts from the radio. And twenty-eight year old Marilyn had just moved to New York after breaking her contract with Twentieth Century Fox.