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An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Aug 2023

Opinion: First, Let’s Try Housing

“A better approach to tackling homelessness in New York City would be to just give unhoused New Yorkers housing.”

ByIriane Narcisse 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Tenants, Advocates Call for City Budget Funds to Alleviate NYCHA’s Growing Rent Debt

“You think about a $106 billion budget—we’re asking for $400 million with an M,” Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa said at Thursday’s rally. “NYCHA tenants deserve more and we’re going…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: City Teachers Could Lose Key Tool for Social and Emotional Learning

“We know that social and emotional skills in schools support academic success. It is crucial that we continue to develop these competencies that contribute to our young people graduating from…

ByBrandon Frame 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

NYCHA Expected to Get ‘Significant Majority’ of State Budget Rent Relief Funds

While the total won’t be clear until remaining applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) are processed, a majority of the $391 in aid will likely go to the…

ByTatyana Turner 2Comments

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May 2023

Government Health Politics

New Baby Bonds Bill Seeks to Help Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID

In April 2022, THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project—along with Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits—published a story that revealed that more than 8,600 New York City children have…

ByAnjali Tsui for THE CITY 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Education Government Opinion

Opinion: NYC Schools Need a Post-Pandemic Reset

“Instead of resetting priorities and learning from experiences during the pandemic, some schools are moving backwards to the pre-pandemic status quo that prevents many students and families from having equal…

ByAllison Roda

ByDara Shifrer 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Opinion Politics Transportation

Opinion: MTA Must Reinstate the Mask Mandate on Access-A-Ride

“With the mask mandate lifted, Access-A-Ride users face the unimaginable choice between risking their lives to simply get where they need to get or going back to isolating themselves in…

ByRuth Lowenkron

BySharon McLennon Wier 2Comments

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Jan 2023

Education Government Health

Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID, In Their Own Words

More than 8,700 children in New York City are grieving a parent or caregiver who died of COVID. Here are some of their favorite memories, and what they wish others…