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City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during…

Education Government News

How Will New York State’s Budget Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Youth and advocates are optimistic, saying Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget takes important steps to expand resources, but that more needs to be done to make up for years of ‘chronic…

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among…

Climate and Environment Education Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Help New York’s Students Learn From the Past to Build our Climate Future

“We are proposing a bill to fund a Timbuctoo Summer Climate and Careers Institute that will give NYC students a chance to experience life and make career choices inside the…

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Justice Podcasts

¿Qué cambia con la nueva misión del Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS)?

El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos—USCIS por sus siglas en inglés, que es la entidad responsable de la gestión de los beneficios federales de inmigración, programas y…

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Politics

Tres candidatos de ascendencia dominicana se disputan el escaño en la Asamblea por el Alto Manhattan

Nayma Silver-Matos, Manny De Los Santos y Edwin De La Cruz son los tres candidatos que compiten por sustituir a Carmen De La Rosa, quien renunció a su escaño cuando…

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire

‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to…

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth NYCHA

Análisis: décadas de desconexión de la ciudad de Nueva York en materia de vivienda y personas sin hogar

¿Por qué ha crecido tanto el número de neoyorquinos sin hogar, a pesar de que la ciudad gasta miles de millones en vivienda y servicios para las personas sin hogar?…

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: New York State Must Hold Nonpublic Schools Accountable on Secular Education

‘New York State allows millions of dollars to flow into private schools without any measures to ensure students actually receive a secular education. New legislation aims to fix this issue.’

Economy Government In Depth Investigations

Plastic Bags Still Ubiquitous in NYC Shops, Months After Enforcement of Ban Began

The effectiveness of New York’s plastic bag ban could serve as a portend for other, similar bans on single-use plastics either already approved or under discussion at both the city…

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