the RAMOS project

  BROOKLYN (PIX11) — With just two weeks left in 2013, it’s the best time to look back and reflect on the year that was. What better way to do so, is with a group of adorable third graders from PS 203 in Brooklyn because after all — if anyone is going to tell the […]

  NEW YORK (PIX11) — For decades, Salvation Army bell ringers have been a fixture for city sidewalks during Christmas time. However, between freezing temps and smartphone obsessed passersby, it’s pretty hard to get anyone’s attention. In recent years volunteers have flipped the script, throwing their own little ‘kettle’ block parties all to help needy […]

  BROOKLYN (TRP) — Depending on who you ask, the back story on the first Thanksgiving could be told with one too many spins. So what happens when you ask children about the real story behind the holiday? Surprising accuracy, that’s what. PIX11’s Andrew Ramos went to PS 119 in Brooklyn where students broke down […]

NEW YORK (TRP) — The National Anthem is a song we all know but it takes a little something special to perform it with flair. Despite it being well-over 100 days till Opening Day, the New York Mets are in search for a singing star to belt out the tune when they kick off the […]

  NEW YORK (TRP) — Love it or hate it but the “selfie” has clawed its way into history. The Oxford English Dictionary has named it the word of 2013. Oxford defines it as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social […]

  NEW YORK (TRP) – From self-adulation to privacy issues – the world of social media sometimes gets a bad rap but when the technology is used correctly it can make reunions – once deemed inconceivable  – reality. Take the story of two Bosnian sisters, 88-year-old Tanija Delic and 82-year-old Hedija Talic. The two separated […]

TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (TRP) – Temperatures may have been in the low 30s, but it didn’t stop hundred of little monsters from roughing it out for their queen – Lady Gaga. The pop star sent Times Square into a tizzy, as the guest of honor for the grand opening of the new H&M store on […]

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Superheroes, bad guys and a swarm of zombies took over the Javits Center on Manhattan’s West side Friday, kicking off what will be an epic weekend for comic book lovers and Cos Play fanatics. New York Comic Con 2013 opened its doors to throngs of fans looking to experience the sights […]

  NEW YORK (TRP) — If you felt a disturbance in the universe Wednesday afternoon, don’t be alarmed. What you felt was over 350 dancers twerking their tushes off in Herald Square. The gyrating group landed right into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people to ever twerk simultaneously. Laura Littman, who […]

  NEW YORK (TRP) — While many were going gaga for the release of the latest iPhone 5S this week, others were shrugging their shoulders. Despite popular belief, there are many out there who haven’t hopped on the smartphone bandwagon. Natasha Campbell is one of them. “Everywhere you look, someone is walking with their head […]