New York’s 65+ population is expected to grow five times faster than the city overall during this decade, raising challenges for housing, healthcare, social services, workplace justice and more. So far, few candidates are saying much about it.
March 29, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/03/29/covid-19-raises-broader-questions-about-nycs-ability-to-age/As grocery workers and restaurant staff got the shot, nonprofit food providers wondered when their workers will get protected. The answer came on March 1: soon.
March 1, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/03/01/workers-at-pantries-soup-kitchen-press-cuomo-for-vaccine-access/Candidates for NYC mayor and other posts continued to publish big ideas for the city’s problems, including hunger, transit, gun violence and a pitch for universal childcare for kids as young as one.
February 17, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/02/17/the-policy-shop-subways-every-six-minutes-green-infrastructure-and-childcare-for-all/Half of the detainees refused to receive the vaccine, with some complaining that they were not given any information about the shot they were offered.
February 9, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/02/09/covid-19-vaccination-begins-in-hudson-county-jail-but-half-of-ice-detainees-refused/City Limits asked residents working across different sectors of New York City policy for their reactions to President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech Wednesday.
January 20, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/01/20/new-yorkers-react-to-bidens-inaugural-address-i-wept/Tanto los grupos de defensores de detenidos en ICE como abogados de los inmigrantes en huelga de hambre detenidos en las cárceles de Nueva Jersey alegan que los detenidos están siendo castigados por negarse a comer.
January 13, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/01/13/la-huelga-de-hambre-continua-en-la-carcel-del-condado-de-hudson/A look back at New York City scenes from 2020, a year largely defined by a global pandemic and its accompanying economic fallout.
December 31, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/12/31/nyc-in-2020-the-year-in-photos/‘Without a radical bump in funding, nonprofits will not be able to continue meeting the colossal demand for life-saving support like affordable housing, homecare, food pantries, home-delivered meals, rental assistance, job training, and the countless other essential services we provide to our communities.’
December 7, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/12/07/opinion-nonprofits-supporting-the-citys-most-vulnerable-need-more-funding-respect/Next year will mark a critical time for New York land use and housing policies, as the city faces a looming evictions crisis and the de Blasio administration will push to approve its final neighborhood rezonings.
December 3, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/12/03/whats-ahead-for-new-york-city-housing-in-2021/‘We need a clearheaded new approach, based on the reality that the majority of struggling Americans could climb out—and stay out—of poverty, but only with significant help.’
November 20, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/11/20/opinion-what-do-biden-and-trump-counties-have-in-common-high-poverty/
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