Writer and Journalist

Amid an unrelenting overdose crisis, a New York community fights for care, dignity, and survival—meeting people where they are, one block at a time.

The changing landscape of NYC has affected the graffiti art scene. The tension between graffiti art and street art elucidates the relationship street art has with gentrification. With the different media attention we have now, how does that change the integrity of graffiti culture?

Vivid colors ricochet off walls at the Bushwick Collective, an outdoor art gallery. This collage of graffiti tags and stickers that layer over murals might be revealing a turf battle between street artists and graffiti artists.