Flashback Friday is a weekly series highlighting a story from the vast archives of City Limits’ reporting as we celebrate our 45th anniversary this year.
Health and Environment
The Bronx Gets Short-Changed in NYC’s ‘Open Streets’ Program: Report
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The Bronx is home to the fewest miles of Open Streets, and only 16 percent of those that are included in the city initiative are considered operational—or barricaded off to prevent cars—a new survey from Transportation Alternatives Found.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Opinion: New York City’s Food Waste is a Solvable Issue
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‘We know how to reduce food waste, we just need to find the will to do it.’
Health and Environment
NYC to Craft Multiagency Plan for Adapting to Climate Change
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The Council passed a flurry of environmental bills Thursday, including measures to create a citywide climate adaptation plan, an all-electric school bus fleet and an office of urban agriculture.
Health and Environment
NY Decriminalizes Syringe Possession as Part of Overdose Prevention Efforts
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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills that aim to combat substance-use disorders, including one that will bring medication assisted treatment to prisons and jails across the state and another to decriminalizes the possession and sale of hypodermic needles.
Health and Environment
Opinion: It’s Time to Finally Address the Health Risks of NYC Public Housing
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‘NYCHA buildings are dilapidated, and residents are bombarded with every health and quality of life issue imaginable, from leaking pipes to broken elevators.’
The Coronavirus Crisis
As NY’s Excluded Workers Fund Runs Out of Cash, Advocates Press for Expansion
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The state’s Department of Labor, which is administering the program, is warning on its website that the fund is “nearing exhaustion” and cannot guarantee that future applicants will be approved for relief. “Soon new applications will no longer be accepted,” the DOL’s website reads.
covid relief
COVID Cash Assistance Helped 1 Million New Yorkers Avoid Poverty, Report Finds
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Researchers said their findings counter a narrative that stimulus payments and unemployment benefits were “too generous” and disincentivized work.
Organizing
The Latinos and Immigrants Who Occupied Wall Street, 10 Years Later
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What was the role of Latinos and immigrants during Occupy Wall Street? What role did immigration issues play as part of the demands of the occupiers? Participants, scholars, and journalists reconstruct the influence of Latinos and immigrants on Occupy.
Health and Environment
Curbside Composting Program Restarts with Low Participation and High Cost
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The program, which has been on hold since May 2020, kicks off again Monday in four Brooklyn neighborhoods as a budget report notes high costs to sustain it.
Opinion
Opinion: I’m Writing This From Rikers Island. I Hope You Get the Help I Didn’t
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‘I’m telling my story in the hope that fewer people like me, struggling with drug use and mental health issues, end up in here. I am writing to ask the New York State government to pass the Treatment Not Jail Act, which would mean people who get arrested because they really need help actually get treatment, and not jail.’