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Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm

First came the fever, then dark urine and diarrhea, then a cough ‘that wanted to tear my throat up.’ And then his roommate got sick, too.

In Depth Investigations

Decades of Shrinking Hospital Capacity ‘Spelled Disaster’ for New York’s COVID Response

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…

Government In Depth Investigations

Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis

Over the past few weeks, advocacy groups, veteran volunteers, and everyday residents across the five boroughs have stepped up to form groups and projects that assist vulnerable New Yorkers.

Education In Depth Investigations

Super Commuters in Sophomore Year: The Impact of NYC’s Longest Rides to School

Thousands of New York City students spend at least two hours in transit to and from school each day, raising questions about how school quality and school distance combine to…

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Many NYC Seniors Still Face the Threat of Evictions

The city uses a patchwork of social services and subsidies to keep elders aging in place, but they can be difficult to qualify for and their funds are limited.

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Hopes for Improving Anti-Redlining Law Take a Backseat to Saving It

The CRA, a crucial but flawed tool intended to give communities leverage over banks, is up for reform—and though community advocates have long advocated for substantive changes to the law,…

In Depth Investigations Justice

New NYPD Unit Will Crack Down on Drivers Who Fail to Yield — But Nearly Half of Those Tickets Are Still Tossed Out

In his State of the City speech, Mayor de Blasio announced a new NYPD Vision Zero Unit to crack down on dangerous driving behavior, like failure to yield. But data…

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Opportunity Zones Show Scant Impact in the Bronx as Key Deadline Passes

Brokers predicted that the kind of investments the tax incentive could attract would create an entirely new borough. But a year later, the fervor around opportunity zones in the Bronx…

Government Investigations

The Tooth of the Matter: Bronx Pol’s Dental Legislation, Campaign Loan Scrutinized

Bronx Senator Luis Sepulveda has made headlines for big campaign loan he received from a dentist friend. Turns out he wrote dental legislation soon thereafter.

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC’s Homeless Hotel Population Surges as City Grapples with Housing Crisis

When Mayor de Blasio in 2017 announced a plan to end the use of hotels as homeless shelters by 2023, there were about 7,500 homeless people in hotel rooms paid…

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