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“Having a license has changed us,” said Luis Jiménez, president of the farmworker-led, grassroots organization Alianza Agrícola. “For me personally, it allowed me to take my children to school, and…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Exit Unknown: Where Do People Go After Leaving NYC Homeless Shelters?

Amid a steep rise in people living in shelter, few are exiting the system, and even fewer are finding housing, a City Limits analysis of public data shows.

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Health

Data Drop: How Deadly Was the First COVID Wave For Black and Latino New Yorkers?

Through Freedom of Information Law requests, City Limits obtained data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for weekly COVID-19 deaths from March 2020 to the end of…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2021

Justice Opinion

Opinion: Fix the Alarming Lack of Transparency Around Hate Crimes in New York

‘Without more information regarding the communities that experience hate crimes and those that are accused of committing them, we cannot take meaningful steps to improve the mechanisms that we currently…

ByTrevon Mayers 0Comments

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Aug 2019

Justice

Crime and Punishment Have Both Plummeted in Bushwick

In the 83rd precinct that covers Bushwick, there were 77 murders in 1990, 44 in 1993 and 20 as recently as 2004. Last year, there were eight. This year the…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Jul 2019

Uncategorized

You Asked, We Answered: Prostitution Rules, MTA Ridership and School Diversity

What rules do the proponents for legalizing prostitution have in mind? How can I get racial demographics for Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island School Districts?

ByHarry DiPrinzio 0Comments

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Mar 2019

Government

Advocates See ‘Broken’ Budget Process for City’s Seniors

Provider after provider, several with tears in their eyes, expressed dismay at the city’s inadequate reimbursement rate for meals.

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market

Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Tackling Vacancy is Key to Saving NYC’s Small Business

‘The city must adopt a penalty on commercial vacancies to hold unscrupulous landlords accountable … and discourage further displacement of neighborhood small businesses.’

ByArmando Moritz-Chapelliquen 4Comments

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Mar 2018

In Depth

UrbaNerd: Is Your Bus Getting Crowded … or Lonely?

Likely because of service problems, bus ridership overall has been shrinking. But that’s more true for some lines than others, and on some bus routes, ridership is on the way…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Federal Challenge of NY’s Green Light Law is About Fear, Not Safety, Advocates Argue