rally in Albany 2020 for homeless policy

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless

Home Stability Support has the support of tenants’ rights advocates and the landlord lobby, but there’s a major snag: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has resisted it.

By David Brand

Government

Lo que necesita saber: El plan final de rediseño de la red de autobuses del Bronx

By Daniel Parra

A Guide to Your Rights in Homeless Shelters

By Jarrett Murphy

criminal justice images: cops, bail and the bus to jail

Opinion: Just Say No to the Roll-back of Criminal Justice Reforms

By Kesi Bem Foster

Mapping the Future

Community Board Approves Flushing Waterfront Plan, Despite Opposition

Despite loud chants of "no more luxury residential buildings" from opponents, Queens Community Board 7 approved a rezoning plan that would green light a waterfront development project by creating a Special Flushing Waterfront District.
Levin: City’s Approach to Homelessness Still Lacks Clarity

'Some of it has to do with doubling down on existing policies but a lot of it has to do with things that we've been advocating for for years that are still not done. A lot of them are things we've been talking about for five, six years.'
Film Offers Instruction on Self-Defense Against Urban Displacement

A new short film extracts lessons from the experiences of community advocates in the Bronx, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles to inform neighborhood efforts at survival.
Opportunity Zones Show Scant Impact in the Bronx as Key Deadline Passes

Brokers predicted that the kind of investments the tax incentive could attract would create an entirely new borough. But a year later, the fervor around opportunity zones in the Bronx has shrunk from a clap to a whisper.
Homelessness Lurks Behind the Scenes of New Hampshire’s Primary

New Hampshire is one of the least-poor states. But pockets of need and rising concerns about homelessness hint at vulnerabilities the mainstream campaign narrative overlooks.

News

Afrocentric Schools

Re-emerging Demand Seen for City’s Afrocentric Schools

Although Afrocentric schools have been around since the 1970s, new ones have been popping up across the country in recent years, including in Brooklyn, as parents seek alternatives to the heavily-Eurocentric approach favored in mainstream schools.
By Larisa Karr
Government

A Subway Chat About NY-12 Candidate Harrison’s Transit Plan

What Pete Harrison lacks in money and name recognition he is hoping to make up with bold ideas, like a $1.7 trillion plan to provide free transit for all
By Jarrett Murphy
ARTS and CULTURE

Q&A: Museum of the City of NY Curator on Making Census Data Fun

Exhibit curator Monxo López talks with El Correo about a new exhibit of works that use census data to tell stories of the city.
By Karmina L. Fonseca for El Correo NY
Government

Many Latinos still believe that the citizenship question is in the 2020 Census

More than half of U.S. citizens of Latino descent believe that the 2020 Census includes a question about citizenship, a mistaken belief whose apparent popularity deeply troubles advocates and officials.
By Daniel Parra
Bronx

Africans in the Bronx Find Family on the Soccer Field

Originally dubbed the African Diaspora Youth Sports Club, that team is now called the United Africa Football Club—a multilingual group that has won seven annual soccer tournaments.
By Michael Simpson

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'Some of it has to do with doubling down on existing policies but a lot of it has to do with things that we've been advocating for for years that are still not done. A lot of them are things we've been talking about for five, six years.'
By Jarrett Murphy
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News Flash: There are Women Running for Mayor

The early previews of 2021 are heavily male. Nonprofit executive Dianne Morales and former veterans affairs commission Loree Sutton are vying to make the main stage.
By Jarrett Murphy
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NYC’s Tech Boom is Impressive. Is it Inclusive?

Fifty weeks after the Amazon HQ2 deal collapsed, NYC's economy continues to add jobs, and tech companies continue to invest here. That's not to say the loss of the deal didn't come at a cost.
By Jarrett Murphy

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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

Opinion: Bond Act is the First Step to NY Dealing With Climate Risk

'Rather than waiting for the next disaster to happen, we must shift our focus from conducting emergency repairs to proactively building resilient infrastructure.'
Opinion: Puerto Rico’s Earthquakes Are a Wake-Up Call for A NY Disaster Refugee Program

'Climate refugees will always consider New York a safe haven. We have to develop a permanent settlement program that gets refugees involved in our communities.'
What Climate Risks Mean for NYC’s Food Supply

A changing climate could mean challenges for the global food supply. It could also bring storms that impact major distribution centers, or your corner supermarket.

Age Justice

Seniors’ Housing Needs are a Special Challenge

Rents are rising for seniors as they are for everyone else. But a fixed income, vulnerability to harassment and age-related physical impairments raise the housing stakes for elder New Yorkers.
Aging in New York: City Wrestles with Poverty Among Seniors

Amid the debates about how the minimum wage or better schools might reduce poverty are a million New Yorkers who are largely beyond the reach of those policies. And one in five of them are poor.
Confusion and Tension Over Budget Gap and Cuomo’s Proposed Medicaid Changes

It is unclear who is on the governor's task force to redesign Medicaid (again), or exactly what is driving the cost spike that created a multibillion-dollar budget gap.

The Ride

Lo que necesita saber: El plan final de rediseño de la red de autobuses del Bronx

La próxima audiencia pública será desarrollada el 20 de febrero en el Bronx Museum of the Arts a las de 6 pm a 8 pm.
A Subway Chat About NY-12 Candidate Harrison’s Transit Plan

What Pete Harrison lacks in money and name recognition he is hoping to make up with bold ideas, like a $1.7 trillion plan to provide free transit for all
New NYPD Unit Will Crack Down on Drivers Who Fail to Yield — But Nearly Half of Those Tickets Are Still Tossed Out

In his State of the City speech, Mayor de Blasio announced a new NYPD Vision Zero Unit to crack down on dangerous driving behavior, like failure to yield. But data shows many drivers who get summonses for that offense face no penalties.

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The Ride

New NYPD Unit Will Crack Down on Drivers Who Fail to Yield — But Nearly Half of Those Tickets Are Still Tossed Out

In his State of the City speech, Mayor de Blasio announced a new NYPD Vision Zero Unit to crack down on dangerous driving behavior, like failure to yield. But data shows many drivers who get summonses for that offense face no penalties.
By Jeanmarie Evelly
Bronx

The Tooth of the Matter: Bronx Pol’s Dental Legislation, Campaign Loan Scrutinized

Bronx Senator Luis Sepulveda has made headlines for big campaign loan he received from a dentist friend. Turns out he wrote dental legislation soon thereafter.
By Ahmed Jallow
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

NYC’s Homeless Hotel Population Surges as City Grapples with Housing Crisis

When Mayor de Blasio in 2017 announced a plan to end the use of hotels as homeless shelters by 2023, there were about 7,500 homeless people in hotel rooms paid for by the city. Today, there are 11,750.
By David Brand
Age Justice

Among America’s Oldest, Opioid Overdoses Are On the Rise

In New York City, the number of fatal opioid overdoses among people ages 55-84 has been increasing for the last four years, reaching 29 percent of the total opioid overdose deaths in 2018.
By Emma Davis
Government

Task Force Tally: The Many Groups Cuomo Has Convened to Fix the MTA

In the last three years, the governor—or the MTA, at the governor’s behest—has established expert groups to tackle issues like transit system homelessness, subway train speeds, repairing the L train tunnel and revamping Penn Station.
By Jeanmarie Evelly

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City Limits - In-depth New York City News

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless

By David Brand

Government

Lo que necesita saber: El plan final de rediseño de la red de autobuses del Bronx

By Daniel Parra

A Guide to Your Rights in Homeless Shelters

By Jarrett Murphy

Opinion: Just Say No to the Roll-back of Criminal Justice Reforms

By Kesi Bem Foster

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