"More so than any scenic skyscraper vista or wild night out, it’s the sight of New Yorkers quietly helping one another that defines the city for me. I don’t know if I’ll spend the rest of my life here, or uproot myself all over again in a year or two, but the compassion and community responsibility that New York engenders in so many of its residents can never really be 'over.'"
Emma Specter, Vogue
"The care that the city’s residents have extended to one another throughout a pandemic and countless protests is the city’s true legacy, and it’s one that I hope New Yorkers—leavers and stayers alike—will carry with us, no matter where our journeys take us."
Emma Specter, Vogue
"When you’re a young, privileged person arriving in New York City for the first time, it’s easy to feel as though the city was designed for you, and you alone. "
Emma Specter, Vogue
