Travel Dispatch: Rediscovering New York, in a Wheelchair
After losing her legs, a New York Times food writer began to feel like a tourist in her home city.
Travel Dispatch
May 27, 2026

After losing her legs, the New York Times food writer Yewande Komolafe began to feel like a visitor in her home city. So, facing her fears, she met it like one.

Read her story of being a tourist in New York, her home of nearly two decades, and learning to accept its flaws, beauty and humanity.

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Courtney Yates for The New York Times

A New Yorker rediscovers her city, in a wheelchair

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