Broccoli, cucumber, bell peppers, collard greens. Strawberries, blueberries, grapes and tomatoes; runner beans and basil, four big beds of jalapeno peppers. Worms and compost. Hip hop and capoiera. A cheeseburger cookout with all the trimmings: “We have enough food for everyone to eat here, and more,” says Nando Rodriguez as kids grab burgers, sliced pineapple and macaroni.
Almost three quarters of the 2,422 women in New York state prisons are mothers. In part 2 of our series on children visiting their moms inside, families are briefly reunited.
Almost three quarters of the 2,422 women in New York state prisons are mothers. In part 1 of a three-part series, we follow one group of children as they travel nearly 400 miles to meet their moms on the inside.
More than 400 New Yorkers went to Albany today to demand greater protections for tenants, including a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol.
Opportunities to celebrate, learn, and recycle with the community through May 1
In a last effort to get more New Yorkers to return their Census forms, City Hall is outing the neighborhoods with the lowest response rates.
To one boy in Bed-Stuy, a program for children of the incarcerated makes a difference.
New York’s public housing has suffered years of federal divestment, putting its future viability in doubt. When a team of urban designers explored the Lower East Side projects’ open spaces, they found potential for NYCHA to not merely survive, but thrive.
The mayor has earned admiration from many quarters for improving the tenor of race relations. But the impact of his policies on blacks and Latinos give fodder to fans and foes alike.
One of the city’s poverty fighters wishes the people she works for, and with, had a better chance to realize their potential.
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