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Each year in New York City approximately 3,000 women suffer a life-threatening complication during labor and delivery. Black women are three times more likely to experience a severe event in…

ByHannah Searing

ByDeborah L. Kaplan

ByGeorge L. Askew 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Opinion Podcasts

Audio: The Day My Parents, and 4000 Other Strangers, Married Across Racial Lines

My mom and dad are among many thousands of couples who’ve wed in the 50 years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Loving v. Virginia. But they’re different from most:…

ByVictoria Edwards 9Comments

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Jun 2017

Opinion

CityViews: What’s Wrong With the Mayor’s School Diversity Plan

Whenever the mayor decides to take the promised second step in this journey, let it be a giant step, worthy of the greatest city in the world.

ByDavid Bloomfield 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Crackdown Against AirBnB Hurts Families of Color

‘The state and city of New York have instituted policies that threaten to stifle innovation and undermine efforts to grow our economy from the bottom up and from the middle…

ByKirsten Foy 9Comments

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

The High-Income Neighborhoods the City Could Look to Rezone

The de Blasio administration has mostly focused on low-income communities of color as it seeks to rezone and, it says, expand affordable housing and improve quality of life. Are there…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8Comments

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May 2017

Opinion

CityViews: America’s Racial History Breeds Distrust of Land-Use Policies

The distrust that has greeted Bill de Blasio’s rezoning proposals in some neighborhoods stems partly from a long history of racist policy of which the mayor is not part but…

ByHarry DeRienzo 1Comment

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Mar 2017

Education

Policies Shift, Neighborhoods Change, but Elementary School Segregation Holds On

Many argue that policy choices helped segregate our schools, and new and different policy choices are needed to integrate them.

ByGail Robinson 10Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Gowanus Groups Unite to Highlight Hopes and Fears Around Proposed Rezoning

Previous zoning changes in the Gowanus area have triggered significant social change, the groups say, but the transformation has driven out all low-income people of color—making them vulnerable to a…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Mar 2017

Education

Try the Teacher Literacy Exam NYS Just Dropped Amid Concerns About Race Disparities

Let’s learn a little about Gertrude Stein, answer some questions about her, and figure out what she has to do with competing complaints about teacher quality and racial disparities that…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2017

Uncategorized

CityViews: How President Trump Could Hurt NYC’s First-Time Homebuyers

The president has put the brakes on an Obama-era plan to reduce barriers to getting FHA mortgages. That will hit communities of color, especially those in New York, hard.

ByCaroline Nagy 1Comment

CityViews: A Call to Action on Racial Disparities in NYC’s Maternal Health

Audio: The Day My Parents, and 4000 Other Strangers, Married Across Racial Lines

CityViews: What’s Wrong With the Mayor’s School Diversity Plan

CityViews: Crackdown Against AirBnB Hurts Families of Color

The High-Income Neighborhoods the City Could Look to Rezone

CityViews: America’s Racial History Breeds Distrust of Land-Use Policies

Policies Shift, Neighborhoods Change, but Elementary School Segregation Holds On

Gowanus Groups Unite to Highlight Hopes and Fears Around Proposed Rezoning

Try the Teacher Literacy Exam NYS Just Dropped Amid Concerns About Race Disparities

CityViews: How President Trump Could Hurt NYC’s First-Time Homebuyers

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