Mickalia Forrester Ewen

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.

A 20-something NY Jewish woman realizes the pivotal lunchen for a coveted job falls on Yom Kippur; will she consume food on the holiest of Jewish holidays (oy vey!) or risk losing the opportunity?

A high school senior competes for a once-in-a-lifetime scholarship while simultaneously struggling with the threat of homelessness.

A Brooklyn teenager reunites with her Guyanese cousin for the funeral of a relative. On the last day of the wake the girls venture out into the city alone.