David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Subway Train Operator Haunted by Two Deaths on the Job in One Week. MTA and Union Officials Say the Tragedies Point to a Larger Crisis
Jose Martinez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Jan 5 at 9:19pm ESTby THE CITY Jerome Golden had operated subway trains for 17 years without ever being involved in a deadly accident. “A lot of people I know, it’s…
Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines
Reuven Blau, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Dec 21 at 7:35pm ESTby THE CITY The statistics are grim: 1,480 shootings in New York City as of Thursday, almost double the 748 logged during the same period last year….
Across the River: Dark History at Rockefeller University
We know the history we’re taught can be what results from determined myth-making, evolving stories erase the unpleasant and uplift the positive. We like our heroes clean and uncomplicated. But raw truth manages to leak through. by David Stone The…
Cold Winter Morning Rises Dark, East River, New York City
A winter morning in New York City slowly releases its grip. On short days, 5:00 a.m. barely pulls itself from night toward day. But day begins anyway as people rise to meet the dark. Fine Art Photography by Deborah Julian…
Calls Increase for NYPD Commissioner to Be Stripped of Absolute Authority Over Officer Discipline
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. by Mollie Simon and Eric Umansky Taking a Hard Look at Police Killings…
Nurse in Queens is first New Yorker to receive coronavirus vaccine
(The Center Square) – A critical care registered nurse from a hospital in Queens became the first New Yorker – and possibly first American – to receive the COVID-19 vaccination Monday morning. Sandra Lindsay received the first dose of the…
The Complaint Files NYPD Unions Don’t Want You to See
THE CITY has obtained more than 250 civilian reports alleging police abuses, from bullying to brutality. Read details from some of the records law enforcement groups are waging a court battle to keep confidential. Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith, and…
NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price
One summer night in 2015, a community college student was driving home through East New York in Brooklyn when two women on a street corner waved for him to stop. He thought they might need help, so he pulled over…
CUNY’s STEM Graduates Nearly Double in a Decade but Disparities Persist, Study Finds
Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY This article was originally published on Nov 24 at 10:00am EST by THE CITY Graduates of science and tech disciplines nearly doubled in the last decade at the public City University of New York, but racial…
Will An Imagined Carbon Sink Change Roosevelt Island?
A “carbon sink” now proposed for Roosevelt Island, if built, would change the community and New York architecture forever. But imagination can sometimes overwhelm resistance. By David Stone Roosevelt Island News Intro: Roosevelt Island Carbon Sink Think, if you can,…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor