Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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This year, the City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth (CLARIFY) is launching its first email newsletter, where the work of our youth interns will be delivered straight to your…

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Jun 2021

NYC is Expanding Resources for Students’ Mental Health. But Is It Enough?

The de Blasio administration has proposed an increase in spending for student mental health initiatives, but advocates and council members are pushing for more.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 20 minRead time

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Apr 2021

Uncategorized

NYC Youth Struggling with OCD Face Compounded Challenges in Pandemic

‘I don’t know that the diagnostic incidents of OCD has gone up, but the symptom occurrence and the severity has exacerbated with the pandemic,’ says Theresa Hsu-Walklet, a psychologist and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 26 minRead time

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Apr 2020

Uncategorized

To Test or Not to Test: The Latest on New York’s COVID-19 Screening Saga

The mayor and governor have taken different approaches to testing, but now they agree we need more of it. But who will get it? Where? And to what end?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 20 minRead time

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Apr 2020

Uncategorized

Bronx and Other Hard-Hit Communities Cry Out for COVID-19 Resources

As an increasing number of reports reveal COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on low-income, majority minority areas of New York City, leaders in the South Bronx and in other…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 18 minRead time

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Apr 2020

Government In Depth Investigations

Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis

Over the past few weeks, advocacy groups, veteran volunteers, and everyday residents across the five boroughs have stepped up to form groups and projects that assist vulnerable New Yorkers.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 29 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market

Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 11 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Government

A Detailed Breakdown of the Rose-Donovan Debate for SI House Seat

The candidates clashed on immigration, opioids, the president and their campaign fundraising.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 22 minRead time

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Oct 2018

Government In Depth

Amid Key Congressional Race, Voices from the Swing Borough on Donovan, Rose and Trump

We spoke to residents of Staten Island—site of one of the fall’s most closely watched Congressional races—about their borough’s most pressing issues and whether they intend to swing blue or…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 39 minRead time

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Aug 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Brownsville Plan Gains Momentum, Sparks Hope and Anxiety

The one-year-old Brownsville Plan includes no rezoning and long-sought community resources, but many residents still have concerns about gentrification and the details of implementation.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 34 minRead time

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Meet Our Summer 2021 NYC Youth Reporters

NYC Youth Struggling with OCD Face Compounded Challenges in Pandemic

To Test or Not to Test: The Latest on New York’s COVID-19 Screening Saga

Bronx and Other Hard-Hit Communities Cry Out for COVID-19 Resources

Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis

New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market

A Detailed Breakdown of the Rose-Donovan Debate for SI House Seat

Amid Key Congressional Race, Voices from the Swing Borough on Donovan, Rose and Trump

Brownsville Plan Gains Momentum, Sparks Hope and Anxiety

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