CUNY Audio Newswriting and Reporting

Sandie and Fabrice Trombert run Little Essentials, a Gowanus-based organization that collects infant and toddler goods and delivers them to Brooklyn and Queens families in need. Their work constitutes a tiny but powerful link between worlds that are only neighborhoods apart.

When Samantha Vecchia was born she was very weak, she slept poorly, ate poorly and cried a lot. Her mother, Jessica, felt something was wrong, but each time she brought her duaghter to the doctor, they found nothing. Ultimately, Samantha’s pediatrician noticed a heart murumur. The heart murmur sent her to the cardiologist and then […]

Residents of East Flatbush Brooklyn continue to call for an independent investigation into the shooting of Kimani Gray by two police officers. How the facts are settled – not in court, but in the collective memory of the neighborhood – could have lasting impacts. Elly Yu  reports on the on the legacy of a different high-profile […]

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Retired FDNY lieutenant Kevin P. Coenen, Jr. announced his candidacy for mayor on Feb. 12 with all the pomp and circumstance that he could muster.