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Sorbrique Grant, 22, is in her second year teaching English as a second language to 18 fourth graders at Public School 70 in the Bronx, through the Teach for America program. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents the author's account of her experience while riding a gondola with her family in New York City's Central Park. Reasons for deciding to go for a gondola ride; Sightings during the ride.

Features the chocolate fudge served at Serendipity restaurant in New York City. Price of the chocolate fudge; Details on the taste of the menu; Availability of the product.

Reports that a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Roosevelt, New York City after two men forced her into a black Mercedes.

Reports that a federal judge agreed that New York City violated the constitutional rights of a man who was arrested for sending an alarm letter to a candidate for lieutenant governor.

Features Cloisters Gardens located in New York City. Wildlife diversity; Walking paths; Playgrounds.

Reports that three members of a Bronx, New York, family were found dead in their home last night, a day after their electricity was cut off for lack of payment. Speculation by police that the cause of the deaths was carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in use at the house; Details of the victims, including a 2-month-old girl; Other victims of carbon monoxide poisoning; Reaction to the deaths by Consolidated Edison, the electric utility that turned off the power; Reactions of neighbors to the deaths.

Reports that a homeless couple died in an electric fire in the New York City-owned building in Bedford-Stuyvesant where they squatted. Details of the incident; Death due to smoke inhalation; Poaching of electricity from a streetlight.

Reports on the search for serial sex offender Anthony Jones after the discovery of the body of a homeless woman under the boardwalk in New York City. Identification of Jones by one of the witnesses.

Reports on the arrest of a pilot of an Air France plane after he made comments about an aircraft explosion to baggage screeners at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

Reports on the Church of Craft, a faith composed of flocks in New York, and other sites worldwide. Mission of the group which is to offer nondenominational spiritual practice through the promotion of creativity; Search for a permanent home and legal assistance to clarify their tax status; Background on church founders Callie Janoff and Trismegista Taylor; Comments from those who attend.

Reports on the slaying of four people in Queens, New York. How the victims were related to each other; Lack of evidence or motive; Rarity of a multiple killing which is not thought to be gang or drug related; Continuing Investigation.

Reports on an attempted rape that was thwarted by a police officer. Assault which occurred in broad daylight in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; Hospitalization of victim for a broken jaw and head injuries; Officer who chased and tackled the suspect; Park which is usually safe during the day; Comments from local people.

Reports on a four-alarm fire in Sunnyside, Queens in New York City in August 2003. Destruction to businesses caused by the fire; Injuries to fire fighters and police; Disruption of service along the No. 7 subway line during rush hour; Comments of transit worker John Laido and others.

Talks about a free medical care offered to residents of Bowery Mission in New York City as of June 23, 2003.

Reports on an attack on the secretary of a New York City law office owned by Michael M. Obregon on June 2, 2003.

Reports on the alarm expressed by New York City residents due to a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 jet which was seen flying low near the Statue of Liberty and across Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

Presents news briefs in New York and New Jersey, as of May 9, 2003 including the suspension of a police detective in Brooklyn, after a prisoner escaped.

Reports on the ducklings which were hatched in a Frick garden and which were led by their mother on their way to the wilds of Central Park in New York City with the aid of Winston McLeod of the housekeeping staff at the Frick Collection.

Presents news briefs from New York City and New Jersey as of March 28, 2003.

Reports on the agreement of New York City to allow a group of antiwar demonstrators to march in Manhattan on March 22, 2003.

Focuses on the communication skills program for engineering students at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City.

Presents news briefs on social issues in New York City and New Jersey as of February 26, 2003, such as the closure of the Time Square Restaurant in Manhattan.

Focuses on the investigation on the murder of Nellie Hocutt, a 91-year-old woman considered as a matriarch in Bronx, New York City, on January 10, 2003.

Reports the casualties of a vehicular accident on the New York State Thruway in December 2002.

Reports the decision of the New York State Court of Appeals on December 12, 2002 on the roadblocks established by the New York City Police Department.

Reports on an 11-month-old baby found stabbed to death in an apartment in the Bronx. How police were told by neighbors that the mother killed herself by throwing herself in front of a subway train; Description of the crime scene in which the baby was found; Reactions from neighbors over the deaths of both the mother and the baby.

Reports that Judge John S. Martin Jr. of Federal Court in New York City has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups concerning the use of pesticides to prevent the spread of West Nile virus within the city.

Presents an update on various issues across the U.S. as of December 3, 2002, including the decline in the number of diagnosed cases of AIDS in New York City.

Reports on the preventive treatment given to two people who had contact with kittens infected with rabies in New York City.

Reports on the reimbursement that New York City schools will receive from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, to cover lost instruction time after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.

Pays tribute to Eddie Hausner, a photographer for 'The New York Times', who died on October 12, 2002.

Describes the activities of mothers at the Tea Lounge, a neighborhood teahouse at Seventh Avenue and 10th Street in Park Slope, New York City.

Reports on the arrest of a 12-year-old boy for attacking a five-year-old boy on September 25, 2002 at Public School 50 in New York City.

Reports on the statement of Matias Reyes, a convicted murderer-rapist, that he alone was responsible for beating and raping a jogger in Central Park, New York City in 1989.

Reports on the termination of police official Dennis M. Sindone in relation to a drug corruption case in New York City as of September 13, 2002.

Reports on two pilots who were ordered off their plane at La Guardia Airport in New York City in September 2002 after alcohol was smelled on their breath, according to a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police spokesman.

Presents an update on social and national issues in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as of August 13, 2002, such as the brief escape of a woman prisoner from the police in Brooklyn, New York City.

Reports on the power failure that affected Downtown Brooklyn subway station in New York City, New York on July 16, 2002.

Reports on the approval given by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board to raise rents in rent-stabilized apartments on June 27, 2002.

Reports on the efforts of police aircraft in New York City to track a suspicious plane that flies near upstate reservoirs that supply water to the city.

Reports that a substitute teacher attacked his first-grade class with a broom handle at Public School Four in New York City. Charges against Danilo Nunez, a resident of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, for assaulting the children, many of whom were taken to the hospital for injuries of welts and bruises; Indication that students' unruly behavior might have caused the attack.

Reports on the testimony of Abdul Rahman Yasin, suspect in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC), that the twin towers were not the original target of that attack.

Reports on the arrests of suspects in an undercover drug operation by police officers in Brooklyn, New York City, on May 22, 2002, including information on a police officer who was shot during the operation.

Reports on the demolition of Amster Yard, which became a New York City landmark in 1966. Discussion of how it is being developed by the Instituto Cervantes, a nonprofit cultural group created by the Spanish government; Question of whether the public was properly notified about the various steps in the demolition and whether necessary permits were issued; How the space will be developed; Concerns of preservation advocates.

Reports that a 700-pound statue that was stolen from the Bronx cemetery was recovered from an architectural salvage store in Harlem. Discovery of the statue by cabdriver James Foster; How he recognized the statue as the one that was stolen.

Focuses on how original pieces of art hanging in patients' rooms, hallways and examination areas of Rockefeller University Hospital in New York City provide welcome relief to patients and visitors.

Presents news briefs on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as of May 9, 2002, including the cancellation of the performance of Luciano Pavarotti at the Metropolitan Opera on May 8, 2002.

Reports on the compliance of New York City to the federal Clean Air standards for carbon monoxide implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Reports on the shooting of police officer Michael Kreiman in Brooklyn, New York City on April 26, 2002.