From sufism to reggae, from construction work to driving taxis, it has been a colorful ride for one of the co-founders of a taxi drivers union in New York.

New York will survive Sandy, but so will the city’s persistent inequalities and environmental precarity.

For outer borough residents and the linguistically isolated, the future is less clear.

It’s not the destination, but the bus stop.

Perhaps the air conditioner was broken. Perhaps there was no air conditioner.

“It’s warfare against Chinese companies.”

Where New Yorkers collide. For better or for worse.