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At a recent City Council hearing, NYCHA shared that more than 70,000 households still owe rent, due in large part to being put at the back of the line for…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Health Opinion Politics

Opinion: Pushing for Answers About New York’s COVID Response

"Families like mine deserve more from our state leaders than platitudes and delayed, toothless studies. We deserve truth, transparency and real accountability." Adi Talwar A drive-through COVID testing site on…

ByVivian Zayas 0Comments

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May 2024

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Why NYC Needs a Five-Borough Cultural Festival

“Creating a citywide cultural festival of global proportions would give locals and visitors a powerful new reason to explore the five boroughs each year, while sharpening the city’s creative edge…

ByEli Dvorkin

ByWinston Fisher 1Comment

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Jan 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘Why Are You Making It So Difficult’? NYC Cash Aid Applicants Face Denial Surge

The volume of cash assistance applications in New York City has increased dramatically in recent years. But as more households receive aid, the city is also issuing more procedural denials,…

ByEmma Whitford

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

06

Dec 2023

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Transportation

Opinion: To Boost Attendance, Make School the Place to Be

“When schools take collective ‘ownership’ of chronically absent children and commit to finding out why they’re not in school, it makes a difference.”

ByLynette Guastaferro

ByJacobē Bell 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Immigration Labor Podcasts

PÓDCAST: ¿Cómo la pandemia afectó económicamente a los hogares inmigrantes e hispanos?

Entre diciembre de 2019 y diciembre de 2021, el nivel de riqueza en los hogares de los Estados Unidos aumentó, especialmente entre los hogares más ricos. Si bien todos los…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

11

Oct 2023

Government

NYC Senior Centers See Rebounding Demand

The city’s more than 300 Older Adult Centers saw an average of 24,261 daily participants during the last fiscal year that ended in June, still shy of pre-pandemic numbers but…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

05

Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Opinion

Opinion: Helping More New Yorkers Access Crisis Respite Centers

“New York City and the rest of the nation continue to grapple with the failings of our mental health system that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

ByKeith Powers

ByLinda Lee

ByCal Hedigan 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Health Politics

New Baby Bonds Bill Seeks to Help Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID

In April 2022, THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project—along with Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits—published a story that revealed that more than 8,600 New York City children have…

ByAnjali Tsui for THE CITY 0Comments

NYCHA Still Reeling With Rent Debts From COVID-19