Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’
Brooklyn
Worries About the Pace of Progress Four Years After East New York’s Rezoning
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Residents, community groups and the borough president’s office are voicing their concerns over whether benefits promised to the neighborhood are being delivered–and how the COVID-19 budget crunch might affect the city’s ability to make good on the rest of the to-do list.
courts
City’s Courts Seen Lacking in Interpreters
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There appears to be no accurate record of how many people per month or per year require the services of an interpreter to exercise their right to access to justice.
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.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Calls for More Aftercare to Keep Homeless From Returning to Shelters
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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.
Age Justice
He was Waiting for Clemency. Now He’s Fighting Coronavirus.
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Robert Lind, 73, is serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for a shooting in 1983.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 at the Mitchel Houses: Communication Issues, Cleaning Delays and a Farewell to Mr. Mercado
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Cleaning is now being done in earnest, residents say, but delays in basic maintenance have been the norm for years.
Coronavirus
Housing Worry for Laborers as New York’s Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble
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Undocumented migrant farm workers are facing evictions as farms in upstate New York encounter financial losses, according to farm worker advocacy groups.
Age Justice
A Nursing Home Had One COVID Case. Then Came the New, Infected Patients.
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The award-winning home struggled to keep its workforce equipped, to separate the staff dealing with infected and non-infected people, and to understand what the state’s official death toll has to do with reality.
Coronavirus
Hotels as COVID Convalescent Homes: Challenges for Patients, Staff
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After three deaths at a hotel in Manhattan earlier this month, New York City promises increased resources for its program providing isolation hotels.
Coronavirus
More Questions Than Answers About the Racial & Ethnic Skew in COVID-19 Deaths
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There’s been less discussion of how underlying conditions and longstanding inequalities actually translated into deaths, or about other factors that might help to explain the racial disparities characterizing COVID-19’s impact.