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Health and Environment

Community Change-Makers: The New Yorkers Combating Climate Crisis, Hunger

By City Limits | December 7, 2021

Meet activists from across the five boroughs, from oyster keepers in The Bronx to environmental justice advocates in Brooklyn, interviewed by student reporters enrolled in the City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth.

City Limits 45th anniversary

Support NYC Journalism: City Limits to Host 45th Anniversary Celebration & Hall of Fame Induction

By City Limits | September 27, 2021

The event, to take place with both in-person and virtual attendance options on Nov. 18, will also honor four New York community leaders for their contributions to justice, media, housing, and economic development.

NYC primary

Worker Shortages at Some NYC Polls: Missing Translators, ‘A Table With Nobody’

By City Limits | June 22, 2021

“We’re trying the best we can.” A poll site in Queensbridge was missing its Spanish- and Chinese-language interpreters Tuesday morning. Workers handed out translated info cards instead, while the Korean-language interpreter was using Google Translate to assist voters.

ranked choice voting

‘I Don’t See the Point’: NYers React to Ranked Choice Voting

By City Limits | June 22, 2021

‘For me it’s not about choice—I know who I want to vote for and I voted for them,’ one voter told City Limits Tuesday. Other said they like RCV, and that it prompted them do more research about the candidates than they normally would.

primary election

2021 Primary Day Thread: NYC Votes for a New Mayor, City Council

By City Limits | June 22, 2021

The winner of the primary will go on to compete on the ballot in November’s general election—which in a city that leans as heavily Democratic as New York means most seats will be filled by whoever wins in June.

City Limits

New Editorial Leader Announced for City Limits

By City Limits | February 12, 2021

Managing editor Jeanmarie Evelly elevated as Jarrett Murphy prepares to depart.

COVID-19

Checking in on Lines at NYC’s COVID Test Sites as Infection Numbers Rise

By City Limits | December 18, 2020

It’s not clear yet if the December holidays will draw same test-line crowds that Thanksgiving did: An average of 48,380 New Yorkers got molecular coronavirus tests on Dec. 14, the most recent date for which city data is available, well below the high of 58,243 people who were tested on Nov. 24.

COVID-19

As COVID-19 Cases Spike Again, Are New Yorkers Still Being Diligent About Masks?

By City Limits | November 12, 2020

City Limits staff conducted an unscientific tally at locations across the city: Of the 1,339 New Yorkers we observed, just over 70 percent wore masks.

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Applications Open for City Limits’ Paid Youth Training Program

By City Limits | August 25, 2020

CLARIFY is a paid, 8-week vocational training program for New York City high school students that teaches the essentials of writing and reporting the news, with an emphasis on investigative techniques.

Health and Environment
Wyndham Hotel

Hotel-Turned-Shelter for Released Rikers Detainees Faces Backlash in Fresh Meadows

By Huiyu Lai for World Journal and City Limits | July 22, 2020

Chinese residents and businesses in the neighborhood collected more than 10,000 signatures on a petition against the arrangement, arguing the city should have notified the community of the plan.

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