City Limits - In-depth reporting on New York City

A Different Approach To Sex Education

Federal Work Safety Inspectors Have Eased Penalties in NY Under Trump

According to its own statistics, OSHA is performing slightly more inspections, but finding fewer infractions per visit, issuing fewer violations overall, and, accounting for inflation, issuing smaller penalties.
CityViews: It’s Time to Provide Legal Help to Families Facing Child-Welfare Probes

'It's time we recognize that the interests at stake for parents under ACS investigation are just as compelling, with consequences that can be just as grave, as in a criminal case.'
CityViews: Equitable Admission to High Schools Must Start with Middle School

'Removing competitive admission is hardly radical; it is simply bringing our middle schools into alignment with nearly all other public middle schools in the nation.'
Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?

There's a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here's what we know about their membership.