“These rates of over-investigation are state-sanctioned family policing. Even where investigations are warranted and allegations are substantiated, the investigative process is often coercive and traumatic, indelibly harming the children the investigations intend to protect.”
Education
How Climate Change is Hitting NYC Public Schools
Mariana Simões |
More than a quarter of the city’s public school buildings are currently at risk from extreme stormwater flooding, according to an analysis by the Comptroller’s Office shared with City Limits. Teachers, students and environmental groups are pushing for more weather-resilient schools.
Citywide
1,600 Families With Children Have Seen Their Shelter Stays Expire; 7,200 More Face Coming Deadlines
Daniel Parra |
The first evictions of migrant families with children under City Hall’s 60-day shelter policy began on Jan. 9. Since then, about 1,600 families have been forced to leave their shelters after their time expired, while another 7,200 have been given 60-day notices that will expire in the weeks to come.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York State Needs Comprehensive Sex Ed
Ale Pedraza Buenahora and Jessica Reyes |
“More than 8 out of 10 parents want their kids to get sex education in middle and high school and for their children to learn all things related to STIs, consent, healthy relationships, and self-esteem. Yet only three states in the U.S. have implemented mandatory age-appropriate sex education curriculums, and New York is not one of them.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Defend, Don’t Defund, NYC’s Community Schools
Quamid Francis |
“These schools represent an inclusive model of education, one that seamlessly integrates schools with the broader community network and thus merits a dedicated, reliable funding stream.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: To Boost Attendance, Make School the Place to Be
Lynette Guastaferro and Jacobē Bell |
“When schools take collective ‘ownership’ of chronically absent children and commit to finding out why they’re not in school, it makes a difference.”
Education
Meet Our Fall 2023 Youth Reporting Team
CLARIFY News |
Since 2014, City Limits has run a paid internship program to train New York City high school students in public service journalism. Read more about our latest CLARIFY News reporters, who are investigating Mayor Eric Adams’ progress on housing and homelessness halfway through his term.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Why We Must Fund the Affordable Connectivity Program
Jennifer Gutiérrez |
“The ACP is not just a program; it’s an acknowledgement that the internet is a public utility and will increasingly become as fundamental as electricity.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Screened Admissions Policies Only Worsen Segregation in NYC Schools
Gavin Healy |
“It’s easy to pretend to be colorblind when your head is buried in the sand. It’s easy to say you know what the community wants when your ‘community’ is meticulously curated.”
Education
1 in 9 NYC Public School Students Experienced Homelessness Last Year: Report
Jeanmarie Evelly |
A record-high of 119,320 students during the 2022-2023 school year were living in the shelter system, “doubled up” in the housing of others or staying in hotels, motels or unsheltered, a new analysis found. The numbers mark the eighth consecutive year that the city’s population of homeless students surpassed 100,000.
Education
Comptroller Calls for School Funding Changes to Accommodate Asylum Seeker Enrollments
Julian Roberts-Grmela |
The city’s education department insists the funding system is flexible, but the comptroller and education advocates worry some schools won’t get what they need if ‘massive numbers’ of new students enroll later in the year.