Economy
City’s Volunteer Sector Swells But Faces New Challenges in Coronavirus Pandemic
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COVID-19 prompted a huge surge in volunteering. It also posed a number of new challenges both for the volunteers and the organizations they serve.
Community Boards
How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?
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To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.
Homepage Featured
Visuals: A Weekend of Protest
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At peaceful gatherings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, the signs, scenes and shouts spoke for themselves.
The Coronavirus Crisis
City’s Workforce Nonprofits, In Need More Than Ever, Face Their Own COVID-19 Crisis
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While much attention has been paid to the plight of the unemployed, advocates say another crisis is unfolding among the network of organizations that train, support and connect those job seekers with work. These groups face budget cuts while seeing unprecedented need.
In Depth
When Labs Go Online: For Some College Majors, Remote Learning Means Extra Hurdles
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Classes for certain college majors, the move to remove learning has been especially jarring, as science labs and acting workshops don’t translate so easily to Zoom.
CityPlate: Food Policy in NYC
City’s Efforts to Meet Food Crisis Evolve; Questions About Long Term
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The pandemic forced the city to create a whole new food-distribution system. While there have been bumps, experts say the effort has been a success,
Coronavirus
Job Seekers Meet Obstacles and Opportunities Amid COVID-19
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Those who are actively looking for work face a new reality: While certain industries continue to hire in numbers, those positions available tend to be public-facing roles.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Coronavirus Thread: Local Manufacturing, Buffeted by Development, Gets COVID-19 Spotlight
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‘This is something we now have that can never be taken away from us. This is something we make here that no one else in the world can deprive us of.’
Coronavirus
Decades of Shrinking Hospital Capacity ‘Spelled Disaster’ for New York’s COVID Response
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New York has closed dozens of hospitals in the last few decades, the result of larger healthcare trends, policy shifts and cost-cutting efforts. But that downsizing has been “called into question” by the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
Coronavirus
Mayor Halts Plan to Open Streets to Social-Distancing Pedestrians, Citing Lack of Resources
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Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said the four traffic-closed streets were not utilized by enough residents during the pilot period to justify the resources being used to keep the program going.