Melissa Lopez, 22, in front of Bronx Documentary Center’s memorial installation honouring people who have died due to COVID-19. Lopez’s grandfather Jose Antonio Acevedo (seen in the background) was 84 when he died earlier this year in April. (Adi Talwar)
In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse crisis with no clear end in sight.
Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.
Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.
Dead rodents, broken lights and missing smoke detectors are among the issues at one property moved out of the controversial housing program.
Sure, choices matter. But race, gender, wealth, health and identity play an outsized role in exposing New Yorkers to the risk of homelessness.
Advocates and providers say many more families need intensive ongoing support to avoid a return to shelter amid an historic homelessness crisis — even before the COVID-19 outbreak forced thousands of low-income breadwinners out of work.
As formal budget negotiations get under way homeless advocates have outlined a series of long-term priorities and acute coronavirus-related needs they say the city must fund.
Online learning is a challenge for many students and their families. For the thousands of kids living in homeless shelters, the obstacles are even higher.
Nearly 900,000 families may have received ‘one-shot deals’ from the city over the past decade, but chances are only those who had an attorney—as well as a check—avoided eviction.
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.