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NYC’s Record-High Student Homelessness Numbers, by Neighborhood and Shelter Type

The number of homeless children attending New York City public schools increased again in 2024-2025—rising for the fifth consecutive school year, and surpassing 150,000 for the first time. Some school…

Comunidades de habla hispana Education Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Participación en cursos de alfabetización para adultos e inglés disminuyó tras cambio en contratación

En el último año fiscal, que finalizó en junio, 13.429 personas participaron en programas de alfabetización de adultos financiados por el Departamento de Juventud y Desarrollo Comunitario, lo que supone…

Comunidades de habla hispana Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Comienza un nuevo año escolar, y con ello los retrasos de autobuses escolares

Aproximadamente 150.000 niños de la ciudad de Nueva York van al colegio en autobús, entre ellos unos 66.000 estudiantes con discapacidades y estudiantes que viven en refugios. Así que cuando…

Education Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Participants in City Agency-Funded Adult Literacy, English Classes Dipped After Contracting Overhaul

In the most recent fiscal year that ended in June, 13,429 participants took part in Department of Youth and Community Development-funded adult literacy programs, a 26 percent drop from the…

Education Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Transportation

A New School Year is Here—And So Are School Bus Delays

Approximately 150,000 New York City children ride buses to school, including around 66,000 students with disabilities and students living in temporary housing. When there’s a problem with bus service, these…

Climate and Environment Education Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Transportation

Tens of Thousands of School Buses Are Back On NYC Streets. Only 68 Are Electric.

State law requires every school bus across New York to be powered by clean electric energy by 2035, and bans non-electric school bus purchases by 2027. Environmental advocates are pushing…

Economy Education Housing and Homelessness Labor NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: Plant the Flag, And Bring AI to Public Housing

“If AI is the next creative and economic medium, it must be in the hands of the New Yorkers who too often get invited last—public housing residents.”

Education Immigration Opinion

Opinion: Immigrant Youth Are New York’s Future. It’s Time We Invest Like It

“If we expand those investments, five years from now, we can have a larger generation of students—especially Black, brown, and immigrant youth—prepared and inspired to lead.”

Comunidades de habla hispana Education Government Housing and Homelessness

Contralor encuentra ‘deficiencias graves’ en servicios para estudiantes que reciben clases de inglés como segunda lengua

“Estas deficiencias afectan de manera desproporcionada a las comunidades de habla hispana, china, rusa, bengalí y árabe, y los estudiantes hispanohablantes representan el 67 por ciento de todos los estudiantes…

Education Featured Government Housing and Homelessness

Comptroller Finds ‘Profound Failures’ in City Services for English Language Learners

“These failures disproportionately impact Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, and Arabic-speaking communities, with Spanish-speaking students representing 67 percent of all ELLs,” said the Comptroller’s office. New York City Public Schools disputes…

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