Reporter: Ko Im
Producer: Jennifer Austin
Dr. Jay Parkinson has been called the doctor of the future. Ko Im reports on how this new-age physician is using technology to fix what he says is a broken health care system.

Reporter: Yomi Abiola
Producer: Amanda Blitz
For more than a decade, our New Yorker of the week has been making a difference. Yomi Abiola reports on how this East Harlem resident has been giving back to his community through his favorite past-time: baseball.

Reporter: Prune Perromat
Producer: Jessica Hopper
Our New Yorker of the week is a successful entrepreneur who’s found that she can run her business and do some good by employing former convicts. Prune Perromat reports from Harlem.

Reporter: Angel Canales
Producer: Mwenda Kilemi
Many of the pioneers of the gay rights movement are now senior citizens. Some are alone and need social services. Our New Yorker of the week is helping these people get what they need. Angel Canales reports.

Producer: Sheena Lee
Reporter: Sonia Moghe
In a city of 8 million people, it’s easy to feel stressed or frazzled.
That’s why our New Yorker of the week has made it his mission to spread the message of meditation, yoga and vegetarianism to New Yorkers, in hopes it’ll bring peace to their lives.

Reporter: Mariana Atencio
producer: Rana Good
As Mexicans have become the fastest growing demographic group in the city, our New Yorker of the week one of them. A man devoted to teaching Mexican American kids about their roots through music. Mariana Atencio reports on a Master of Mariachi.

Reporter: Jennifer Austin
Producer: Angel Canales
The streets of Harlem can sometimes be a tough place for kids to grow up, but in recent years, community programs have been popping up to help with this problem. Jennifer Austin takes a look at one Harlem resident who is teaching valuable life lessons—through karate.

Reporter: Amanda Blitz
Producer: Jessica Hopper
This March David Patterson celebrated his one year anniversary as Governor of New York. Despite his recent ratings, the significance of reaching that position has not been lost on the 110,000 blind people in the state. Amanda Blitz followed one blind New Yorker who, like Patterson, does not let his disability impede him.

Reporter: Naveen Sultan
Producer: Ivonne Snavely
Denise Royal teaches parent preparation classes for You Gotta Believe, a non profit program that seeks to prevent homelessness by finding permanent adoptive homes for teens and preteens in foster care. She adopted her daughter through You Gotta Believe and has recently become a grandmother. She teaches from her own experience.

Reporter: Rana Good
Producer: Alison Moodie
Rabbi Michael Weisser is revitalizing a dwindling Jewish community at the Free Synagogue of Flushing. Since being hired in September 2008 he has brought some innovative programming to the congregation such as weekly meditation sessions and speakers from all religious backgrounds. Rana Good reports on our New Yorker of the Week.