The federal minimum wage has less buying power than it did 50 years ago and would leave a full-time worker in poverty. But opponents have long insisted that raising it…
The de Blasio administration says there’s need for city-subsidized housing across a wide range of incomes. But data indicates middle-class households face a far less severe affordability problem.
For the second time in as many months, the New York City Department of Education this week suspended plans to serve school-lunch items after media inquiries concerning food safety.
Added Value Farms is an urban farm and compost operation in Red Hook that offers healthy food and community training. Damage from Superstorm Sandy threatened all of that.
For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.
There’s new attention to problems diagnosing inmates at Rikers with mental illness. But what about people on the autism spectrum, with a low IQ or dealing with a learning disability?
The limited scope, curious criteria and advisory nature of those studies has some community advocates worried the city will miss the problems Mayor de Blasio’s zoning changes could cause.
‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’
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