Economy
Video Shows NYC Pantry’s Work: Should Billionaires Get the Bill?
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A group of lawmakers and their advocacy allies are hoping to change that, with a law that creates a fund for excluded workers and pays for it with a tax on billionaires.
2020 election
Working Families Party Believes Primary Wins Will Help It Maintain Ballot Spot
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‘What we see as we’re still in this historic crisis is voters are looking to vote their values, which is what our party and our line has always been about.’
2021 election
Donovan, Eyeing ’21 Race, Says Obama Years Were Prep for Managing NYC
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The former city and federal housing commissioner says he’s a progressive who can get things done. And he believes NYCHA is a city, not a federal, problem.
News
Hiroshima +75: Where the NYC Council’s No-Nukes Legislation Stands
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One measure would demand that the city’s pension funds begin divesting from nuclear weapons stocks.
Budget
Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal
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First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.
Economy
Most Bronx Businesses Hanging On— For Now
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The boroughs BIDs says COVID-19 hasn’t swamped most business. The question is how long they can tread water.
El plazo para el alivio de la renta de COVID-19 se reabre en medio de las críticas
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El plazo para el envío de solicitudes al fondo de ayuda estatal de $100 millones para inquilinos afectados por COVID-19 cerró el jueves, 30 de julio, pero la administración de Cuomo anunció el viernes que reabriría por una semana adicional, hasta el 6 de agosto.
affordability
State’s Window for COVID Rent Relief Reopens Amid Criticism
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Applications will be accepted through August 6.
Coronavirus
People of Color are Dying at Higher Rates from COVID-19, Despite Class
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A look at death rates in 10 big cities indicates that even when accounting for poverty, race affects the risk of succumbing to the coronavirus.
Coronavirus
Fewer Than 10% of NYC Office Workers Expected Back This Year
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‘We have flattened and contained the virus better than almost any place in the country,’ says Partnership for New York City chief Kathy Wylde, ‘but there still is a deep concern.’