affordability
State’s Window for COVID Rent Relief Reopens Amid Criticism
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Applications will be accepted through August 6.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How NY Can Stop the Exploitation of Construction Workers Like Me
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‘I know many Black women and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers who struggle to re-enter our economy and society while working in exploitative nonunion construction jobs like the one I had at Hudson Yards.’
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
‘Restore Mother Nature’ Bond Act Won’t Be on This Year’s Ballot
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If passed by voters, it would have provided funding for flood-mitigation work, efforts to restore fish and wildlife habitats and projects to assist communities impacted by environmental injustice.
Homepage Featured
Los defensores de inmigrantes piden a los gobernadores de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey mayores acciones en los centros de detención
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Una coalición de organizaciones que defienden a los inmigrantes pidieron a los gobernadores de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey, que terminaran la renovación y/o modificación de contratos que existe entre los gobiernos locales y el gobierno federal o cualquier agencia federal con el fin de detener a los inmigrantes.
Age Justice
Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut
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The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.
Homepage Featured
Lo que necesita saber: Cómo los inmigrantes indocumentados pueden defenderse de desalojos
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‘Cómo los inmigrantes indocumentados pueden defenderse de desalojos’
Budget
Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program
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A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Given Risk of Tech Abuse, Online Learning Must Include Sex Ed
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‘As the city plans for a return to schools, comprehensive sex education for students, with a focus on healthy relationships, needs to be part of those plans.’
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction
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The recently passed budget shifted capital spending on housing to later years. But some in the housing world think good news from Washington could lead the city to change course.
Coronavirus
People of Color are Dying at Higher Rates from COVID-19, Despite Class
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A look at death rates in 10 big cities indicates that even when accounting for poverty, race affects the risk of succumbing to the coronavirus.