The president’s 2017 budget proposal includes a proposal to end child homelessness. The proposal will go nowhere—even though it’s entirely doable and cheaper than what we are doing now.
Some want Rikers to close altogether. The mayor says that’s not a realistic goal. But a Manhattan Assemblyman says the de Blasio administration should at least move pre-trail detainees off…
The regional head of the EPA invites New Yorkers to nominate the community leaders, advocates and experts who’ve fought to protect human health and natural spaces.
“Simply put, inviting significantly more building in low-income communities without guarantees that most or all of the new housing will be affordable to current residents may increase, not reduce, the…
The roster of delegates for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a who’s-who of office-holders and party elders. The lineup for Sen. Bernie Sanders? Eh, not so much.
What’s really behind the push to close Rikers—whether it’s moral clarity or fiscal concern—will determine whether mothballing the island actually makes New York a more humane place.
From student protests to the People’s Firehouse to the picket lines and strategy sessions of tenant activism, Jay Small was a garrulous and upbeat presence in the movement to make…
Anna M. Kross broke gender barriers and charted new territory in making city jails humane. But the Rikers facility named in her honor is at the center of the city’s…
