As far as New York Jewish desserts go, perhaps the most ubiquitous is the black and white cookie, that soft, sweet, frosted treat found at bakeries and bagel stores throughout the city.

Times Square Arts installed a new statue of a 12-foot-tall Black woman in casual clothing, juxtaposing it against the permanent monuments of a chaplain and playwright.

There are hundreds of heat-related deaths in New York City each summer but the rate at which Black people die is twice ... It was 0.9 deaths per million for White people and for Hispanic people ...

“New York Sketches,” a new collection of E.B. White’s musings about New York City, offers two pleasures ... down the street is “a sturdy black animal with an idiot love of life.” ...

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