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Health and Environment
To Test or Not to Test: The Latest on New York’s COVID-19 Screening Saga
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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?
Bronx
Bronx and Other Hard-Hit Communities Cry Out for COVID-19 Resources
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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 communities have been demanding a more targeted response.
communal
Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis
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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.
Housing and Development
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
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Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.
campaign
A Detailed Breakdown of the Rose-Donovan Debate for SI House Seat
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The candidates clashed on immigration, opioids, the president and their campaign fundraising.
Election Watch 2018
Amid Key Congressional Race, Voices from the Swing Borough on Donovan, Rose and Trump
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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 red this November.
Brooklyn
Brownsville Plan Gains Momentum, Sparks Hope and Anxiety
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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.
Education
Ambitious Brooklyn School Desegregation Plan Stirs Excitement, Faces Hurdles
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Brooklyn’s District 15 is trying to chart a new path toward equity with an ambitious plan to end admissions screens for middle schools. The reaction to the plan highlights the complexities of choice and process the rest of the city might someday face.
Affordable Housing
Much Dread, Some Hope at Inwood Rezoning Community Discussion
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Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez’s community meeting on Sunday came midway through the public review procedure through which the Inwood rezoning will be approved or disproved.
Affordable Housing
Brewer Votes No With Conditions on Inwood Rezoning
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Her decision is non-binding, but sends a message to the de Blasio administration that EDC’s plans for Inwood requires substantial changes.