Richard Buery, new CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation and a former deputy mayor who oversaw implementation of the de Blasio administration’s signature Pre-K for All initiative, offer’s advice for Mayor-elect Eric Adams.
high school internships
Apply Now For Fall: Youth Reporting Internship with City Limits
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The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth, or CLARIFY, is a paid, remote internship opportunity for New York City high school students who will be entering 11th or 12th grade in the fall of 2021. Students who graduated high school in June 2021 are also eligible.
Opinion
Opinion: As a New Pandemic School Year Begins in NYC, Digital Learning is Key
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‘It is unacceptable for NYC schools to continue to expect students to succeed knowing that access to reliable internet connection and devices still remains spotty at best.’
Opinion
Opinion: This Year, NYC Schools Must Invest in Language Access to Help Immigrant Students Catch Up
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‘Limited English Proficient (LEP) parents have a legal right to have access to information in their preferred languages. This is not an optional service for the NYC Department of Education, it’s the law.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Without Remote Option, NYC Schools Put Most Vulnerable Students and Staffers at Risk
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‘The mayor and chancellor should spare us the optics of the “great comeback” and focus more on sparing the lives of those most at-risk.’
food insecurity
Opinion: As College Classes Resume, New York Must Invest in Ending Student Hunger
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‘College campus food pantries have short hours of operation, lack physical space, and regularly run out of food. Already strained, many have been stretched to a breaking point under the current explosion of student hunger.’
Opinion
Opinion: Curb Learning Loss at NYC Schools With a Culturally-Responsive Curriculum
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‘I want our children to be good ancestors and citizens of the world, to see the beauty in all voices and stories. But to do that, they need to see diverse representation not just in their neighborhood, but in their school curriculum as well.’
COVID-19
As NYC Students Head Back to School, Immunocompromised Families Push for Remote Option
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As the number of COVID cases rises across the city again, some parents want the DOE and other schools across the city to restore a remote learning option. Mayor Bill de Blasio has resisted, saying getting kids back to school in-person is essential to overcoming pandemic learning loss, and pointing to low transmission rates in city classrooms.
population changes
NY’s Undocumented Saw Better Access to Healthcare, Education and Wealth in Last Decade, New Data Finds
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The undocumented population overall also declined in both the city and state, from almost one million (916,611 persons) across the state in 2010 to 641,683 two years ago, a reduction of almost 30 percent.
demógrafos
Indocumentados de Nueva York tuvieron mayor acceso a salud y educación, y menor pobreza en la última década, según nuevos datos
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En la ciudad la población indocumentada se redujo sustancialmente pasando de 685.734 personas en 2010 a 450.864 personas en 2019, es decir, una reducción del 34.2 por ciento.
education
Opinion: This Fall, New York City Schools Should Return to Better Than ‘Normal’
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‘We need to have the audacity to be bold, because our students need us now more than ever. Normal wasn’t working, not just for marginalized communities, but for most.’