Dorian Block
At the Manny Cantor Center on the Lower East Side on a recent Thursday. Twenty people come from all boroughs of the city traveling by subway and bus, to one of the few places that has an evidence-based intensive English class for older New Yorkers.
The city is aging, and its older population includes many thousands of people who have never learned English, posing a large challenge to society that current resources are ill-equipped to solve.
A coalition issues a call for stepped-up worker safeguards – then welcomes a promising leader.
Community groups are working to get state enforcement and employer accountability for workers receiving less than the minimum wage.
Leaders promise the time has come for La Marqueta’s second, glorious, act.
One entrepreneur isn’t waiting for the city to give residents the walkabout web.
A survey of large cities shows NYC in last place in public swimming pools per capita.