Aron Heller

Samuel Steele sat in his regular corner of Mesa Park, a deserted lot off Morris Avenue in the Tremont section of the Bronx. He was wearing a pair of dirty

Michelle Parker was sitting in the corridor of the seventh floor of the Bronx County Courthouse, reading a newspaper, when out of the corner of her eye she saw him

Exactly one week before the Jewish New Year, Congregation Hope of Israel is almost completely deserted.

With a Star of David adorning its front, the synagogue is tucked away between

In a worn-down building in a housing project in the South Bronx, two police officers sprint up the stairs to the fourth floor. In the dimly lit corridor, the two

The first thing you notice at Morris Mesa Park is the noise. Located just above the Cross Bronx Expressway and just below the Grand Concourse, the sounds of screeching cars

Levin Santos was sitting in his windowless office. The administrative aid at Columbia University’s Ophthalmology Institute on 165th street was composing an e-mail message to his boss. Just then, at