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Public Advocate Letitia James flanked by Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Mayor de Blasio at a 2014 press conference. She beat the odds to win her Council seat and PA post. Now a candidate for attorney general, the odds appears to be on her side--but they come with questions.

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The People's Lawyer

AG Hopeful James Sees Herself as Lifelong Underdog

Ruth Ford | September 6, 2018

She now has the governor and a whole hunk of money behind her run for attorney general. But as a lawyer, Councilmember and public advocate, Tish James had to fight the powerful to seize power of her own.

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Understanding New York’s Public Hospitals Crisis

Ruth Ford | October 18, 2017

Where did it come from? Is there a way out?

Death's Disparities: Health Inequality in New York City

Running for Change in Brownsville

Ruth Ford | January 4, 2017

A group of women runners is piling up the miles and tearing down stereotypes.

Death's Disparities: Health Inequality in New York City

Residents’ Resiliency Offers Hope for Better Health in Brownsville

Ruth Ford | January 4, 2017

Surveys show people in neighborhoods hit hard by health disparities are full of ideas of how to solve them—at a time when the healthcare system is embracing some experimentation. Will the brainstorming and bucks meet?

Death's Disparities: Health Inequality in New York City

Hospital Closures and Medicaid Shifts Took Toll on NYC’s Health

Ruth Ford | January 4, 2017

For families living in poor neighborhoods, more hospital closings have put greater pressure on the surviving facilities, and they have also stretched the distances people have to travel to receive care.

Death's Disparities: Health Inequality in New York City

What Drives NYC’s Health Disparities?

Janaki Chadha and Ruth Ford | January 4, 2017

Diabetes and assaults, HIV and asthma, sicken or kill people in low-income areas at higher rates. Often, it isn’t that there’s no method or money to address the problem – it’s that we spend it in the wrong place.

Death's Disparities: Health Inequality in New York City

A Sense of Urgency About Health Disparities in the Trump Era

Ruth Ford | January 4, 2017

The question isn’t whether economic alienation and housing pressure are as risky to health as smoking or poor diet. It’s whether the political will is there to do something about it.

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Some in Manhattan Want ‘Controlled Choice’ to Diversify Schools

Ruth Ford | November 24, 2015

The proposal has supporters on the Upper West Side, as disparities in enrollment and admissions policies are under scrutiny citywide.

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Manhattan Parents Press DOE on Middle-School Selection

Ruth Ford | November 18, 2015

The effort to compel the DOE to release the information is part of a years’ long effort by the Community Education Council of District 2 to turn what is often an opaque, confusing and infuriating process into one of greater fairness and greater transparency, CEC members say.

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Lawsuit Claims Charter School Mistreats Special-Ed Kids

Ruth Ford | November 12, 2015

The complaint by the parents of five Achievement First students also names the city and state departments of education.

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