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“It’s pretty dreadful,” one housing advocate said. “The governor decided to-go drinks and a stadium in Buffalo were more important than housing the homeless and marginalized New Yorkers.”

ByDavid Brand 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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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

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Climate and Environment Education Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Help New York’s Students Learn From the Past to Build our Climate Future

“We are proposing a bill to fund a Timbuctoo Summer Climate and Careers Institute that will give NYC students a chance to experience life and make career choices inside the…

ByZellnor Myrie

ByMichaelle C. Solages 2Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Politics

Hochul, Lawmakers Look to Override NY’s Exclusionary Zoning Amid Housing Crunch

State leaders—including Kathy Hochul and one of her gubernatorial rivals, Tom Suozzi—are at odds over bills that would override local “exclusionary zoning” rules that prohibit homeowners from renting accessory dwelling…

ByDavid Brand 21Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Politics

How Does New York State Come Up With a Budget? We Asked the Experts

In years past, the governor and leaders of the Senate and Assembly—the proverbial “three men in a room”—worked the tangle of bills and resolutions into a budget, an often opaque…

ByEse Olumhense 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Transportation

In First State of the State, Gov. Hochul Pledges ‘New Era for New York’

Hochul, who became the state’s first female governor after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in 2021, has worked hard to distance herself from her predecessor, and from what she has…

ByEse Olumhense 1Comment

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Sep 2021

Economy Government Immigration

Expanding NY’s Earned Income Tax Credit Could Aid Thousands of Immigrant Families

Federal and state eligibility rules disqualify those who file with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, or ITINs—a common practice among immigrant workers. Experts estimate that there are around 107,610 children in…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Aug 2021

Education Opinion

Opinion: As College Classes Resume, New York Must Invest in Ending Student Hunger

‘College campus food pantries have short hours of operation, lack physical space, and regularly run out of food. Already strained, many have been stretched to a breaking point under the…

ByHaley Schusterman 0Comments

New York’s $220 Billion Budget Light on Solutions to Homelessness, Critics Say

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

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

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

Opinion: Help New York’s Students Learn From the Past to Build our Climate Future

Hochul, Lawmakers Look to Override NY’s Exclusionary Zoning Amid Housing Crunch

How Does New York State Come Up With a Budget? We Asked the Experts

In First State of the State, Gov. Hochul Pledges ‘New Era for New York’

Expanding NY’s Earned Income Tax Credit Could Aid Thousands of Immigrant Families

Opinion: As College Classes Resume, New York Must Invest in Ending Student Hunger

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