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The article focuses on the caution being practiced by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Paterson, New Jersey when they respond to house calls amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Topics covered include number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Paterson, how some EMTs are now sick or in quarantine, and features of the risk faced by the EMT crews of the Paterson Fire Department while working in their 12-hour shift.

An interview with Harvard Graduate School of Design professor Jerold S. Kayden is presented. He talks about how the "New York Times" building was constructed at 42nd Street in New York City. He discusses the effectiveness of eminent domain as a strategy by the government to takeover private property for public use. He cites some of the privately owned public spaces (POPS) along the street like the Zuccotti Park.

The article focuses on the challenges facing the proposal of Fred D. Gray, the lawyer who defended African American activist Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat to a White man on December 1, 1955, to rename the Jeff Davis Avenue. Topics covered include the legal challenge posed by the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act to the proposal, and how the proposal will likely cause a clash between Montgomery Mayor Steven L. Reed and the attorney general.

The article examines that Covid-19 pandemic provided New York with opportunity to explore new uses for open spaces and the New York Times asked residents and an urban planner to share their own urban visions and to consider what changes might be realistic. Topics include reports that Vanderbilt Avenue could become a destination for the surrounding areas by taking advantage of the existing median, expanding it with curves that force drivers to slow down and building a performance stage.

The article discusses the street dancing, among cheers and honks that erupted in U.S. cities like New York City and Seattle in celebration of Joseph R. Biden's victory in the presidential elections as of November 11, 2020. It states that this was a gut reaction and expression of joy by people when words would not suffice. The article notes that while the pandemic prevents public performances in the dance world, the latter recognizes dance as a basic and enduring celebration of community.

The article reports on the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to the economy of India as of September 2020, particularly on small businesses like barbershops and mobile phone stores. Also cited are the bustling economic activities in India before the pandemic, the ambition of India to become a regional political and economic superpower, as well as the coronavirus lockdown orders issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prevent the spread of the virus.

The article reviews several art exhibitions which includes "(Nothing but) Flowers" through September 13, 2020 at Karma, in the East Village, New York; and the "Dark Was the Night" through September 6, 2020 at Steven Harvey Fine Art Project.

The article reviews the start of the protests concert series "We Are" by jazz pianist and Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City in June 2020.

The article focuses on data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection which show that the surveillance aircraft deployed by the Department of Homeland Security has logged 270 hours of surveillance over 15 cities where protests over the death of African American George Floyd in police custody are happening. Topics covered includes congressional inquiry into the dispatching of unmanned aircraft, and accusations that the agency infringed on the privacy rights of protesters.

The article reports on the implications of an encouragement from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for the jobless to push with the street vending business in China amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include views of Chinese people on street vendors, its conflict with the Communist Party's usual narrative of prosperity, and its potentials to affect the country's economic state.

The article reports on an investigation by the National Guard of a standoff in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2020 after the killing of African American George Floyd while in police custody. Topics mentioned include the number of National Guard troops who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the use of helicopters to terrorize protesters, and written guidance requested by National Guard officials that allow troops without military licenses to drive armored vehicles.

The article reports on efforts by Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) to protect minority businesses from the vandalism and looting that are taking place in some U.S. cities amid protests over the killing of African American George Floyd. Topics covered include the physical protection provided by groups such as Justine Petersen to small businesses, the CDFI's role as lenders for minority business owners, and how they helped revive poor neighborhoods.

The article reports on a growing number of New Yorkers joining street protests after weeks of quiet isolation. Topics covered include the death of an African American man, George Floyd, under police custody, which triggered the protests, the lootings that have occurred in some places, and concerns that the coronavirus could be spreading through the crowds.

The article reports on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on residents of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Topics mentioned include the closure of some business establishments such as jewelry shops and barber shops, tensions between longtime residents who are white and newer residents from places like the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico over jobs and language, and the decision of some landlords to cut rent for unemployed tenants.

The article reports that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the Hasidic community for violating social distancing guidelines during the funeral for Hasidic rabbi, Chaim Mertz, who died of the coronavirus on April 28, 2020. Topics discussed include challenges faced by police in addressing the flouting of social distancing rules in insular and close-knit Hasidic neighborhoods around the New York region and remarks from Jacob Mertz, a spokesman for the rabbi's synagogue.

The article presents the tale of Greenwich Village, New York City recluse Paul Pannkuk, a former banker and painter. Topics discussed include family and career background of Pannkuk, information on the drinking problem of Pannkuk, and impact of his accident due to a traumatic brain injury on his life. It also mentions the burglary case filed against him.

The article informs that New York City Football Club's owners, in conjunction with a group of local developers, are nearing an agreement with New York City that would allow the team to construct a privately financed, 25,000-seat stadium in the south Bronx, as of February 2020.

The article reviews art exhibition "The Chronicles of New York City" by artist JR at the Brooklyn Museum as of December 13, 2019.

The article offers information related to the gun violence at high school sporting events along with the reference of death of Da'vion Harper in New Jersey.

Reports that Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will honor American critic and novelist Susan Sontag by naming a street in her memory and placing a plaque on one of its theaters.

Reports that the Longmont City Council in Colorado voted to change the name of a local street, Chivington Drive, after the Longmont Citizens for Justice and Democracy complained that it had racist connotations.

Reports that police officials evacuated more than 50 streets in East Point in Atlanta, Georgia after a vapor plume began leaking from a commercial chemical tanker carrying glacial acetic acid. Clarification by Brenntag North America, owner of the tank, on the effects of glacial acetic acid.

Reports that the two-block section of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House reopened to the public after the completion of landscaping and other street improvements.

Reports on the flooding of streets in Venice as global warming melts the glaciers.

Reports that friends and neighbors of Jodie S. Lane, a woman who was electrocutted by a charged metal plate on a Manhattan street, have been combing the East Village gathering signatures to get the city to name the block where she died in her honor.

Presents answers to questions on issues in New York City. City police's use of a blimp with a Fujifilm logo; Promotion of coastal evacuation in Astoria, Queens using signs posted on lampposts; Reason why steam comes out of New York streets even during summer.

Reports on the change of the name of the road Jap Road in Texas.

Focuses on mimes that loiter the streets and subways in cities like New York. How Antanas Mockus, mayor of Bogota, Columbia used mimes to restore communal civility; Use of the same strategy in Lima, Peru; Differences in the way mimes affect people.

Reports that endangered brown pelicans mistaking heat waves rising from the hot pavement for water are crashing into streets and sidewalks in Arizona, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Creation of a mirage on the pavement by hot and cool layers of air and the reflecting sun.

The article reviews Museum of Modern Art located at Manhattan.

The article reports that masses of young people poured into the streets in every continent for a day of global climate protests, concerning about future on a hotter planet and angry at world leaders for failing to arrest the crisis.

The article discusses thousands of protesting farmers poured to New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, using tractors to pull apart barricades and challenging government forces fired tear gas, blocked internet access and charged demonstrators with bamboo sticks to bring order to a capital felt under siege.

The article report that the President Vladimir V. Putin's spokesman appeared on a primetime show on state television and denied leader Aleksei A. Navalny's assertion that Mr. Putin had a secret palace on the Black Sea.

The article reports that 45th U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned one among New York's best-known artwork sellers, Hillel Nahmad, often called Helly, a member of a rich, influential household of artwork collectors that has been a fixture in public sale homes for many years.

The article presents that the New York Stock Exchange has delist China's three big state-run telecommunications companies after an executive order from the Donald Trump administration, in a symbolic severing of longstanding ties between the Chinese business world and Wall Street.

The article presents the views of Adam Ragson on how Christmas festivities and traditions during COVID-19 have undergone a stark transformation.

The article offers suggestions on budding journalists interested in do-it-yourself literary journey including selection of name, starting to write and remembering comics and puzzles.

The article offers information on New York City's roadways, involve improving air quality in low-income communities, including views of Mitchell Moss, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation at New York University, said that the key is to invest in public space in general.

The article inform for pedestrians who cannot see or have limited vision, navigating the chaotic sidewalks and crosswalks of New York City was dicey enough before the pandemic, involve views from blind people, that has made crossing the city's streets even riskier and more harrowing.

The article reviews theatrical production "Black Magic" in Times Square by artist Rashaad Newsome as of November 30, 2020.