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Opinion: For a More Equitable City, Provide More Mentorship Opportunities for Youth

‘Investing in mentorship is not just a moral imperative. It is a wise business decision. Bringing in young people disrupts group think, provides a diversity of opinions, develops our future…

Government News

How Ranked Choice Voting is Changing the Endorsement Game in NYC Elections

Observers say voters are more likely to rank their own votes and better understand the new system if they get encouragement from the system’s power players, like politicians, news outlets,…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Homeless Shelters Workers Need Better Job Standards to Survive

‘The bills that make up the SOS Act, introduced by Council Members Francisco Moya and Diana Ayala, would raise the standards for workers like me to ensure that privately-run shelters…

Government Podcasts

The Three Unknowns of the Scott Stringer Controversy

We don’t know what happened in 2001. We can’t be sure we’ll ever find out for sure, or when. And it’s unclear that it will really affect the 2021 mayoral…

Economy Government Immigration

A Year Later, Here’s How NYC’s Immigrant Emergency Relief Funds Were Spent

City Limits has been gathering information since January about how the city’s immigrant emergency relief program was set up and operated. Many complained that the program was not adequately publicized,…

CLARIFY Education

Apply Now: City Limits Youth Journalism Internship for Summer 2021

The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth (CLARIFY) is now accepting applications for its 2021 summer internship. This is a paid journalism training program for New York City high…

Justice

Max & Murphy on the Issues: Immigration

New York’s identity is that it’s a city of immigrants. Are candidates for city offices committed to turning that slogan a reality for today’s foreign-born New Yorkers?

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Seek ‘Transformative’ Solutions to Address Family Homelessness Crisis

‘The next mayor will inherit this crisis but has a tremendous opportunity with incoming federal funds and a wealth of experienced and committed providers, developers, and advocacy and philanthropic organizations…

Government News

Policy Shop: Billions for Housing, A Citywide Swipe and Childcare for All

Eric Adams and Andrew Yang were among the 2021 candidates who highlighted policy ideas as the campaign moved to within 50 days of election day.

Government Housing and Homelessness

State Lawmakers Vote to Extend Eviction Moratorium Through August, as Tenants Await Rent Relief Funds

The State Assembly and Senate passed a bill Monday that would extend the moratorium on most evictions—protections that lapsed May 1—through the end of August. A separate state initiative to…

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