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Sophia Chang

Articles by Sophia Chang


Sophia Chang is a former WNYC and Gothamist reporter.

The mayor has made sanitation reforms a cornerstone of his first two years in office, but cuts to key initiatives threaten to throw a wrench in that progress.


It's the season of giving, and one anonymous benefactor bought New Yorkers six more months of compost collection at farmers markets.


Vendors say the repeated visits by Parks Enforcement Patrol officers is harming their business at the worst time.


GrowNYC's orange composting tents, which are a familiar sight at markets citywide, will make their last appearances over the next 11 days, staffers from the group said Wednesday.


The sweep at the farmers market resulted in the arrest of a vendor with mushroom statues, a bong and other paraphernalia on a table. The vendor's cat was also seized.


Conditions in Sara D. Roosevelt Park drew increased scrutiny in 2022, after the murder of Christina Yuna Lee in her nearby apartment.


The Adams administration detailed cuts across all agencies on Thursday afternoon.


The island is the final resting place for more than 1 million New Yorkers, many of whom were never identified or claimed by their families.


The highly anticipated project already faced years of delays before it was unveiled in June. But it's already gone offline for repairs.


Adams' campaign said the FBI had seized the devices after the mayor attended an event on Monday night. Adams did not disclose the seizures in a press briefing earlier this week.


The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was investigating the accident, police said.


Police say they're looking for a man who attacked a passenger Thursday night.


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