In Depth
UrbaNerd: What You Don’t Know About Your Neighborhood Will Surprise You
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A new online tool from the Department of City Planning lets you dig deep into the demographics of your borough and your block.
EDUCATION
UrbaNerd: Is There Enough Nutrition Education in NYC Schools?
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Researchers created a filterable database of nutrition education programs that are active in the city.
UrbaNerd: Is Your Bus Getting Crowded … or Lonely?
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Likely because of service problems, bus ridership overall has been shrinking. But that’s more true for some lines than others, and on some bus routes, ridership is on the way up.
Budget
UrbaNerd: How Much Support has the State Sent NYCHA?
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State payments to NYCHA have soared over the past couple years. But the vast majority of that money is actually Sandy recovery funding from the federal government, not from Albany’s coffers.
Homepage Featured
UrbaNerd: Which Businesses Failed City Inspections?
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A map shows which firms passed their inspection by the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs, and which failed, or had a violation or warning issued.
Cuomo
Maybe NYCHA Gets More State Aid Because it is Really, Really Big
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As it ponders declaring a state of emergency at the city’s Housing Authority, the Cuomo administration is pointing to the fact that NYCHA gets ‘significant’ state aid. Well, duh.
In Depth
UrbaNerd: Where NYC’s Fires Were in 2017
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FDNY responded to 41,000 fires in 2017. The city did not burn evenly, however: Some community districts saw four times as many fires as others.
City Council
See a Map of NYCHA’s Heat and Hot Water Problems
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The outages after the ‘bomb cyclone’ touched every borough, according to data retried by the Pratt Center.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNerd: Dramatic Shifts in NYPD Street Arrests in the De Blasio Era
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Broken windows policing changed substantially under de Blasio and Bratton even as both men defended that policing strategy to the hilt.
UrbaNERD
UrbaNerd: New York City Saw 600 Protests in 2017
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If you find something compelling about the mere site of people standing up for what they believe in, New York City offers all manner of inspiration.