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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)

David Brand

Art at the Limits

Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19

By David Brand | November 24, 2020

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.

Art at the Limits

Could a New ‘New Deal’ Put Artists to Work Shaping the City?

By David Brand | October 13, 2020

Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.

Age Justice

NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs

By David Brand | September 22, 2020

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.

Mapping the Future

No Longer a ‘Cluster Site,’ But Problems Remain for Tenants

By David Brand | September 3, 2020

Dead rodents, broken lights and missing smoke detectors are among the issues at one property moved out of the controversial housing program.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

Why You Aren’t Homeless: How Privilege & Fortune Shape the Shelter Census

By David Brand | July 13, 2020

Sure, choices matter. But race, gender, wealth, health and identity play an outsized role in exposing New Yorkers to the risk of homelessness.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Sabrina Purdie

Calls for More Aftercare to Keep Homeless From Returning to Shelters

By David Brand | May 21, 2020

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.

Housing and Development
Street Homelessness Joint Command Center

Demands for Deeper NYC Homeless Aid Despite Budget Tightening

By David Brand | April 29, 2020

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.

Coronavirus
PATH Center

Online Learning Means New Barriers for NYC’s Homeless Students

By David Brand | March 27, 2020

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.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
HRA Job Center 1365 Jerome Avenue in the Bronx

Emergency Grants Can Help Stop Homelessness — if You Have a Lawyer

By David Brand | March 11, 2020

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.

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
rally in Albany 2020 for homeless policy

Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless

By David Brand | February 19, 2020

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.

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