From China to New York, by Way of the Southern Border
Thousands of Chinese migrants have made their way to Queens, Brooklyn and Chinatown after first passing through Central and South America.
By Winnie Hu, Jeffrey E. Singer and Victor J. Blue
Jeffrey E. Singer
Jeffrey E. Singer has been a journalist for over a decade and began contributing to The New York Times in 2008. As a reporter, he has also written for Gothamist, covering a wide range of issues, from crime to politics to immigration.
Mr. Singer is fluent in Mandarin and much of his work has been devoted to chronicling the lives of Chinese immigrants, including an intimate piece on an immigrant couple charged in the shaken-baby death of their infant daughter, a feature on a calligrapher's tribute to Chinese police officer fatally shot in his patrol car, and a look at weddings in Chinatown on Thanksgiving.
His first two New York Times bylines appeared on the front page: One article detailed a Con Edison plan to protect utility equipment from nesting parrots by erecting a fake owl; the other looked at an idea to deter shoplifters that was imported from China, shaming suspects in tactics that bordered on extortion.
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Many Older Immigrants in New York Are Struggling: ‘I Have No Future’
Immigrants are the majority of New York City’s 65-and-over population. Many have no nest egg, and some are coping with social isolation.
By Winnie Hu and Jeffrey E. Singer
A Year of Pain: Victims Struggle After Brooklyn Subway Shooting
The rush hour attack killed no one. But every mass shooting has effects that persist unseen.
By Karen Zraick
The New York City Mixtape
From bars and clubs to parks and sidewalks, you can hear a global soundtrack, music brought by immigrants and remixed and remade, like the musicians themselves.
By David Gonzalez and Photographs By Todd Heisler
Reeling From Anti-Asian Attacks, Chinatown Fights City’s Shelter Plan
Residents unsettled by recent violence worry that two new shelters, one that would open near the site of a brutal murder, will lead to more disorder.
By Andy Newman and Jeffrey E. Singer
Screams That ‘Went Quiet’: Prosecutors’ Account of Chinatown Killing
Christina Yuna Lee, who was described as “irreplaceable,” was stabbed to death in her apartment after a man followed her into her building.
By Ashley Southall, Ali Watkins and Jeffrey E. Singer
Woman Followed and Fatally Stabbed in Her Chinatown Apartment
Christina Yuna Lee was a creative producer at a digital music platform. The 25-year-old man arrested in her killing had a record of misdemeanor arrests.
By Precious Fondren and Ashley Southall
Here’s Where Subway Riders Have Returned. And Where They Haven’t.
We talked to New Yorkers at stations in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Their experiences riding the subway hint at the barriers to drawing back those who are not.
By Michael Gold, Ana Ley, James Thomas and Benjamin Norman
She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks.
A New Jersey woman was preyed upon by a fast-growing extremist group that claims its members are sovereign Moors, not bound by U.S. laws.
By Sarah Maslin Nir
Early Voting Begins in Wide-Open Race for New York Mayor
Voters seem most concerned about quality of life issues and public safety. They are also trying to figure out ranked-choice voting.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons
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