Reporting: Multimedia students Mina Kaji and Alexandra McVean interview Stephanie Martinez, director of youth arts at Sing For Hope. You may know Sing For Hope from the brightly painted pianos the group placed around New York City for the public to play. The aim is to provide music and the creative arts to those who otherwise would not have access. Sing for Hope puts on workshops in schools, visits the elderly and provides music to the underprivileged.
Happiness, Sold by the Piece
Liyana Illyas
January 26, 2026
Three generations in, Economy Candy endures by honoring its roots while evolving with a changing Lower East Side.
