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Benjamin Norman

Recent and archived work by Benjamin Norman for The New York Times

  1. Why New York State Insists That the Penn Station Area Is ‘Blighted’

    The designation gives Gov. Kathy Hochul authority to transform the Manhattan neighborhood and build 10 skyscrapers there. A lawsuit is challenging her claim.

    By Matthew Haag, Patrick McGeehan and Benjamin Norman

     

  2. A mix of excitement and nerves on the Staten Island Ferry.

    This was featured in live coverage.

    By Benjamin Norman

     

  3. 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

     

  4. N.Y.C. Cut 40,000 Youth Jobs When They Were Needed Most

    “I wasn’t doing this for video games,” said one participant in the Summer Youth Employment Program, whose budget was slashed because of the pandemic. For those who didn’t get a slot, it was yet another letdown in an uncertain year.

    By David Gonzalez and Benjamin Norman

     

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    Meeting the Neighbors, One Photograph at a Time

    Benjamin Norman has moved in New York 8 times in the past 13 years, never knowing his neighbors. In Bushwick, he’s trying to break this cycle.

    By Benjamin Norman and Matthew Sedacca

     

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    Reuniting With Boats in the Virgin Islands

    The U.S. Coast Guard is working to retrieve boats that were displaced during Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Ralph Evey's vessel was rescued in a two-day process involving cranes and buoys.

    By Benjamin Norman, Tim Chaffee and Neeti Upadhye

     

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    Climb a $150 Million Stairway

    Watch the construction of “Vessel,” an interactive, 15-story sculpture that is the centerpiece of five acres of public space at the Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West Side.

    By Chang W. Lee, Benjamin Norman, Michael Kirby Smith, Guglielmo Mattioli and Nathan Griffiths

     

  8. TimesVideo

    He Draws New York’s Skyline From Memory

    Join the artist Stephen Wiltshire at the Empire State Building as he draws the New York skyline after spending less than an hour observing it by helicopter.

    By Benjamin Norman, Nathan Griffiths and Kaitlyn Mullin

     

  9. TimesVideo

    Watch Old Kosciuszko Bridge Implode in 360 Video

    Witness the controlled explosion that brought down the old Kosciuszko Bridge in New York. Two parallel cable-stayed bridges are replacing it, the first of which opened in April and runs alongside the old bridge.

    By Benjamin Norman, Tim Chaffee and Veda Shastri

     

  10. TimesVideo

    12 Hours of Story, Song and Dance

    Emily Johnson's “Then a Cunning Voice and a Night We Spend Gazing at Stars," presented by Performance Space 122, was an overnight performance art piece led by indigenous women.

    By Benjamin Norman, Samantha Quick, Neeti Upadhye and Joshua Thomas