Councilman Mark Treyger says the city should tap into the resources it uses to run its senior meal delivery program to offer similar hot food options to students, saying his office has received “numerous complaints” about the current grab-and-go cold meals at schools.
November 17, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/11/17/citys-school-food-offerings-must-include-hot-meals-councilmember-urges/It’s been more than seven months since New York started coronavirus lockdown measures, and just as the crisis itself has shifted and evolved over time, so too have the informal networks of volunteers and neighbors working to help one another endure it.
November 2, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/11/02/months-into-pandemic-citys-mutual-aid-networks-evolve-to-meet-new-need/There’s little doubt either Trump or Biden will push through some relief package after Election Day. What do we know about what either candidate’s strategy will mean for New York City?
October 12, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/10/12/is-nycs-recovery-on-the-ballot-november-3/La tasa de pobreza de la ciudad cayó en 2019. Pero los eventos de 2020 casi ciertamente han revertido esa tendencia.
October 2, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/10/02/la-buena-noticia-sobre-reduccion-de-pobreza-en-nyc-no-es-nueva-y-eso-es-malo/‘La ciudad de Nueva York no necesita ir muy lejos para aumentar los recursos alimentarios para los necesitados: debería incentivar a los supermercados y restaurantes a donar el exceso de comida preparada que de otra manera se desperdiciaría.’
October 2, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/10/02/opinion-los-neoyorquinos-tienen-hambre-restaurantes-y-supermercados-pueden-ayudar/The city’s poverty rate fell in 2019. But the events of 2020 have all but certainly reversed that trend.
September 21, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/09/21/the-good-news-on-nyc-poverty-is-old-news-which-is-bad-news/‘The city ought to clarify that canning is legal, revoke the obscure laws that occasionally levy fines against canners, and provide support to organizations that provide water, shelter, advocacy, and community to canners. ‘
September 3, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/09/03/opinion-canners-shouldnt-be-blamed-for-gaps-in-recycling-capture/The rates have fallen since their May highs, but the gap with Whites remains wide.
September 2, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/09/02/black-and-latino-workers-still-seeing-higher-unemployment/For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
July 10, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/07/10/opponents-of-new-jail-celebrate-budget-postponement/COVID-19 prompted a huge surge in volunteering. It also posed a number of new challenges both for the volunteers and the organizations they serve.
June 10, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/06/10/citys-volunteer-sector-swells-but-faces-new-challenges-in-coronavirus-pandemic/
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