Jacob Riis may have set his house on fire twice, and himself aflame once, as he perfected the new 19th-century flash photography technique, but when the magnesium powder erupted with a white, blinding ...

NEW YORK - New York City says the water at Jacob Riis Houses is safe to drink. It comes after a stunning reversal from the city about recent testing that found arsenic in the water at a public housing ...

The City Museum celebrates and interprets New York City, connecting its past, present and future. The Museum of the City of New York presents Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half, a one-of-a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young girl holding a baby sits in a doorway in New York City, circa 1890.Jacob A. Riis/Museum of the City of New York/Getty ...

Jacob A. Riis is known to many as the father of photojournalism and a muckraking reporter who exposed the plight of the urban poor in the late 19th century. Riis’ many published works drove a movement ...

Photo by Jacob A. Riis. Image via Museum of the City of New York, Gift of Roger William Riis Today, most people probably know of journalist and social reformer Jacob A. Riis through the photographic ...

Any student and enthusiast of New York City’s urban development knows Jacob A. Riis, author of the book How The Other Half Lives. Whether you’re in class, have gone to one of the Tenement Museum’s ...

NEW YORK - Beach erosion may be contributing to dangerous swimming conditions at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, and experts say common solutions come with consequences. Bonnie Siegel knows Jacob Riis ...

Some crises never seem to change, and in New York, it’s our housing crisis. For those of low income, there simply isn’t enough that’s affordable. We declared a housing emergency after World War II — ...

Jacob Riis, the muckraking journalist who championed reforms for the poorest New Yorkers at the turn of the century, is still watching over Rockaway from his oceanfront perch. A bronze bust of Riis, ...