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“Using police to remove the homeless off the subways, we have to be very careful about that,” Councilmember Diana Ayala said in an interview on WBAI’s City Watch. “Most of…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice News Transportation

Targeted Attacks on Unsheltered New Yorkers Highlight Dangers of Homelessness

The shootings occurred amid a crackdown on New Yorkers sleeping on the subways, and reflected a recent spike in the number of homeless New Yorkers slain by assailants.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Climate and Environment Government

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Think Outside the Composting Box

‘Mayor Adams has taken on the admirable challenge of promoting plant-based diets because of their health benefits to individuals. In many ways, composting and healthy eating go hand-in-hand, improving human…

ByNancy Holt

ByCalder Orr 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers

Last year, 640 unhoused people died in shelters, hospitals or the streets, 4 percent higher than in 2020, when COVID-19 first struck New York City. The rise in fatalities was…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Health Opinion

Opinion: NYC Needs a Collaborative Approach to Improving Residents’ Whole Health

‘Historically, city agencies have been too siloed and funding for programs too disparate to create meaningful improvements to people’s health. I believe Eric Adams is the mayor to change that.’

ByJody Rudin 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Education Government

Flashback Friday: The Seeds of Mayoral Control for NYC Schools, 2002

State lawmakers on Friday held a hearing to consider whether to extend mayoral control of city schools for another three years. City Limits takes a look back at our early…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Politics

District Leader, Husband of Brooklyn Dems Boss Lands New Job in Adams Administration

Edu Hermelyn, a Democratic district leader married to party leader and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has been named “Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives” in the city’s Department of Social Services…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Justice Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Epidemic of Deadly Automobile Violence on NYC Streets Dwarfs Rising Subway Crime

“Automobile crashes killed 273 people in 2021, a whopping 33 percent increase over 2018, the safest year in New York City’s recent traffic history…It’s a mystery as to why so…

ByCody Lyon 3Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC Must Commit Public Funding to Expand Citi Bike

“In New York, bike share is our only mass transit network that does not receive public financial support. This limits where the system can expand, on what timeline, and how…

ByAmanda Farías

ByDanny Harris 9Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Education Government

Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Lift 84K New Yorkers Out of Poverty, Report Finds

The findings, released by anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty & Social Policy, examined the impact of the Early Learning Child Care Act, which would institute…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

City Watch: Too Soon to Grade Subway Policing Plan, Council’s Homeless Services Chair Says

Targeted Attacks on Unsheltered New Yorkers Highlight Dangers of Homelessness

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Think Outside the Composting Box

2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers

Opinion: NYC Needs a Collaborative Approach to Improving Residents’ Whole Health

Flashback Friday: The Seeds of Mayoral Control for NYC Schools, 2002

Opinion: Epidemic of Deadly Automobile Violence on NYC Streets Dwarfs Rising Subway Crime

Opinion: NYC Must Commit Public Funding to Expand Citi Bike

Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Lift 84K New Yorkers Out of Poverty, Report Finds

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