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“To achieve an equitable school system, we must unite and build a coalition stronger than those who would seek to frighten and silence us. More parents must step up to…

ByAmy Leipziger

ByCJ King 0Comments

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Nov 2024

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

1 in 8 NYC Public School Students Experienced Homelessness Last Year. See How Many Were in Your District.

A record-high 146,733 students were living in the shelter system, doubled up, or staying in hotels, motels, or unsheltered, a new report finds. In some school districts, as many as…

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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Nov 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How NYC’s Housing Shortage Drives School Segregation & Disinvestment

“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.”

ByNyah Berg 1Comment

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Oct 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Q&A: High School Journalists Interview City Council Education Chair, Rita Joseph

Councilmember Joseph answered questions from CLARIFY student reporters about her priorities for the school system, DOE leadership, addressing the homelessness crisis facing over 100,000 students, school lunches, cell phone bans,…

ByCLARIFY News 6Comments

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Oct 2024

Education Government

CEO’s Sentencing is Latest Chapter in Complex History of NYC School Food

Legal problems have plagued the city’s massive school foods system, but still haven’t derailed a decades-long local campaign to use New York City cafeterias to fight hunger, improve nutrition, reduce…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

‘Stop Evicting Children’: Rally Calls to End Shelter Deadlines for Migrants As New School Year Starts

As of Aug. 18, the city had issued 60-day deadlines to 12,689 families with children, including 18,348 children under 18, officials said. Critics say frequent shelter moves are disruptive to…

BySubeksha Poudel 0Comments

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Jun 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

City Limits Earns Silurians Press Club Honors

City Limits received Merit Awards in environmental journalism and feature photography, and also collaborated on one of the projects that earned the top investigative reporting prize.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2024

CLARIFY Education

Apply Now: CLARIFY News Reporting Internship for NYC High School Students

CLARIFY (The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) program is accepting applications from New York City high school students for its summer 2024 and fall 2024 sessions.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

School Staffers in Shelters Are a Lifeline to NYC’s Homeless Families. Now Their Jobs Are at Risk.

Roughly $12 million in funding that pays the salaries of 100 community coordinators working across the city’s network of homeless shelters is set to run dry this summer, leaving the…

ByMichael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat New York 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Climate and Environment Education Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

How Climate Change is Hitting NYC Public Schools

More than a quarter of the city’s public school buildings are currently at risk from extreme stormwater flooding, according to an analysis by the Comptroller’s Office shared with City Limits.…

ByMariana Simões 3Comments

Opinion: Resolution or Regression? The Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Our Schools