MMW 06: March 2010

Johnnie Footman, 90, may be the oldest cabbie in New York City. His age limits his time in the cab, but he remains young at heart carrying a cigar in his mouth and a cap reading: "Old Dude made of Achey Breaky Parts."

Johnnie Footman

by Jan Johannessen and Charlotte Oestervang

Roxanne Pickering is a Brooklyn resident bound by family and economics to live near the Gowanus Canal, a polluted waterway recently declared an EPA superfund site.

by Mary Beth Meehan, Michele Asselin and Maria Finitzo

Virginia Gandee's brilliant red hair and dozen tattoos belie the reality of this 22-year-old's life. Inside her family's Staten Island trailer her caregiving goes far beyond the love she has for her daughter.

by Gillian Laub, Elena Ghanotakis, Henrik Björnsson and Laura Varma