Andrew Smith
NEW YORK CITY – Two New York-based youth programs are using federal stimulus dollars to teach students in the arts, including documentary videos and music. The Educational Video Center, Inc. and American Composers Orchestra – both in Manhattan – each received $50,000 in federal stimulus funds through the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities.
John Bianchi
“The one thing I love about Fleet Week,” Lance Corporal David Kihano said, “Is that we have an opportunity to give back to the public as they give back to us. They send us cards, give us handshakes and pay taxes.” The 23rd annual New York Fleet Week kicked off this Wednesday May 26th, as New York City becomes the host of numerous seamen for a week of attractions and celebration.
Hannah Yanega
NEW YORK CITY –United States Navy Fireman Katie Cockburn has finally gotten the chance to experience New York with her shipmates. She’s in the city for Fleet Week, an event full of recognition and appreciation for those serving in the U.S Military.
Sarah Einselen
NEW YORK CITY—Erick Berrios is spending his first weekend in New York City mostly on board his ship, but he doesn't mind it. “I enjoy this,” said Berrios, a Marine from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who is in New York City for the first time as part of Fleet Week.
Kevin Bratcher
NEW YORK CITY- One New York City researcher is using federal stimulus dollars to battle the Nipah virus- a lethal bug in the same family as measles. Dr. Kevin J. Olival, a Senior Research Fellow working with Wildlife Trust, has traveled the world to study the seasonal outbreak of the Nipah virus and coordinate research.
Trevor Normile
MANHATTAN--Interactive Elements, a public transportation consulting firm, is one of many businesses in the Manhattan area in line to receive federal stimulus money from the federal government. The small company’s has not received its funds and is currently feeling the brunt of complicated governmental procedure.
Laura Vaillancourt
New York City-- Making Books Sing is a non profit organization that combines musical theatre, books, and hands on activities to engage students of all ages in a unique learning experience. The cast of 20 teaching artists travel all over New York City to have in-depth theatre-making experiences.
April Windham
(NEW YORK CITY) -- A New York City company is working with the U.S. Government to help small businesses nationwide tap into federal funds available through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. North American Precis Syndicate is a service that distributes news articles for publications and broadcast to newspapers, radio stations and television stations across the county.
Timothy M. Meinch
NEW YORK CITY--World Yacht Inc. (WYI) helped the country during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, ferrying people across the Hudson. Now the company is requesting help from the government to bolster security on its property and boats. “We move about a million and a half people a year and we're trying to fix our infrastructure,” said director of marine operations at WYI Gus Markou.
Adrienne Belz
NEW YORK CITY – The roaches, mold, mushrooms, and leaky, sunken corners of her apartment make up just part of the problem in Ingrid Hernandez’ home on the 400th block of Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights. “[The landlords] want to be very strict about us fulfilling our part of the contract – getting our payments in on time – but they don’t give us the common courtesy to make sure their end is up to par,“ said Hernandez.
Allison E. McLean
NEW YORK CITY – Marine Michael Porfidio relaxed in Times Square against a backdrop of thousands of civilians and soldiers who mingled in the streets for the annual Fleet Week celebration. All the smiles and handshakes made for a “warming experience,” Porfidio said.
Alicia M. Cohn
At 17, Israeli soldiers snatched Mosab Hassan Yousef off the street. Held captive and tortured because he is the son of a leader of Hamas, Yousef said the experience gave him personal reasons to hate Israel on top of his cultural predisposition. But Yousef discussed his “crazy transformation” from hatred of Israel to work for the Israeli Security Agency and from Islam to Christianity at an event hosted by author Eric Metaxas in Manhattan on Thursday.
Jonah Taylor
When the economy began taking a downward spiral last year, it brought numerous businesses and organizations down with it. For many others, it threatened the existence of old and new jobs, especially those in the arts and humanities field. Women Make Movies, Incorporated, a film company established in 1972, was one of those organizations.
Kirsten Hall
NEW YORK--Marquis Studios, a severely understaffed non-profit school art organization based in Brooklyn, New York, was awarded a $25,000 grant last July through the Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009 to retain the project manager.
Catherine Rogers
NEW YORK CITY – Nato Thompson, the chief curator of Creative Time Inc., would not have a fulltime job if it weren’t for federal stimulus money. Creative Time Inc. is an organization based in Manhattan that commissions and produces public art projects both in New York City and across the nation.
Lana Douglas
NEW YORK, NY – As students walk to and from class, Renata Silverio, a student worker is busy making copies and filing papers behind a closed door. Silverio, a senior at Technical Career Institutes’ College of Technology, is just one of the students who earned a work study job last year.
