But the number of SNAP participants in the city keeps falling. That could reflect good news about the economy, the impact of federal benefit cuts or the persistence at the city level of obstacles to families getting the help they need.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
City Trying to Strengthen Brooklyn’s Claim to a Shipping Trade
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The new deal for the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal aims to get trucks off the road and jobs on the site—and to create a more sustainable business model for the Brooklyn docks.
BRONX BUREAU
City Residents Riding Commuter Rail Pay More Per Mile than Suburbanites
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This existing fare structure leaves many New York City residents who live in areas served by LIRR and Metro North lines unlikely to use the systems.
auto
Can the Auto-Repair Sector Survive the Jerome Ave. Rezoning?
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Every time a zoning change or development project pushes the auto industry out of one neighborhood, it gets harder to find it a new home.
ECONOMY
Workers Divided on the Proposed Change to the Tipped Wage
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While nail-salon workers and car-wash attendants seem to welcome the proposed boost in the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers, some restaurant servers worry they will lose money in the deal.
ECONOMY
Study Reveals Stark Income Disparities and Widespread Stress in Northern Manhattan
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Income is up and poverty is down in Central Harlem, West Harlem and Washington Heights. But those neighborhood-wide numbers don’t capture what different segments of each community are experiencing.
Borough President Eric Adams
East New Yorkers Set Forth Visions for Transit Hub Redevelopment
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Residents want to ensure the development around Broadway Junction results in good jobs and amenities for local residents without exacerbating displacement.
ageism
Older Workers are Organizing to Fight Ageism on the Job
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Age discrimination complaints are hard to litigate. So older workers in New York City and elsewhere are turning from the court of law to that of public opinion to press their case for respect.
auto
With De Blasio Rezonings, City’s Scarce Industrial Land Becomes Scarcer
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Industry and neighborhood advocates have concerns about the continuing conversion of industrial land to residential land, but the administration says it is carefully striking balance of ranging city priorities.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Report: Mortgage Denials Higher in NYC’s Neighborhoods of Color
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Even when ‘controlling for income, loan size and other factors,’ Black were twice as likely as Whites and Latinos 1.5 times as likely as Whites to be denied for home loans, with similar disparities evident in the numbers for refinance applications.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Update: Cuomo Signs Bill to Boost Minority Contracting
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The law will give the city the ability to aware higher-value contracts through the kind of discretionary process that gives minority- and woman-led firms a leg up.