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Education
Gov. Hochul Signs Bills to Ban CO2 Fracking, Make Polluters Pay for Climate Damage
Jeanmarie Evelly |
During the final week of 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed several long-awaited environmental bills into law: forcing polluters to pay for climate destruction, expanding the state’s fracking ban to prohibit a a new technique that uses carbon dioxide, and limiting new construction of schools within 500 feet of major highways.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: We Need to Make it Easier to Open a Day Care in NYC
Maya Kurien and Grace Rauh |
“There are many factors at play, including the unfavorable economics of running a child care business, keeping many potential providers from opening or expanding.”
Education
Opinion: Foster Youth Deserve More Than a Trash Bag When Moving
Rita Joseph and Sofie Fashana |
“Children in the New York City foster system transition, on average, to three different homes. For some, this means three different schools, families, and environments.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: If Gov. Hochul Cares About Working Parents, She’ll Sign the Climate Change Superfund Act
Eliza Clark, Liat Olenick and Abby Loomis |
“Right now, working families like us are footing the bill for the billions in damages caused by these climate disasters, while the fossil fuel companies sowing climate misinformation and poisoning the planet make record profits.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Resolution or Regression? The Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Our Schools
Amy Leipziger and CJ King |
“To achieve an equitable school system, we must unite and build a coalition stronger than those who would seek to frighten and silence us. More parents must step up to run for the community board to create a multitude of voices and perspectives.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Building a NYC Where No Family is Priced Out
Scott Stringer and Nikhil Goyal |
“The next mayor’s top two priorities should be implementing free, universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds and expanding access to affordable childcare to substantially lower costs.”
Education
City Limits to Launch Internship for Emerging Hispanic and Latino Journalists
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Grant support from the Scripps Howard Fund will allow City Limits to host interns for three semesters beginning in the summer of 2025, who will produce stories and investigations for the Spanish/English news initiative, Una Ciudad sin Límites.
Bronx
1 in 8 NYC Public School Students Experienced Homelessness Last Year. See How Many Were in Your District.
Patrick Spauster |
A record-high 146,733 students were living in the shelter system, doubled up, or staying in hotels, motels, or unsheltered, a new report finds. In some school districts, as many as one in five experienced homelessness.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How NYC’s Housing Shortage Drives School Segregation & Disinvestment
Nyah Berg |
“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.”
Education
Q&A: High School Journalists Interview City Council Education Chair, Rita Joseph
CLARIFY News |
Councilmember Joseph answered questions from CLARIFY student reporters about her priorities for the school system, DOE leadership, addressing the homelessness crisis facing over 100,000 students, school lunches, cell phone bans, and more.
