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“Federal leaders are shifting funding toward shelters and outdated programs that make housing conditional on sobriety. For people trying to rebuild their lives, it can mean the difference between having…

ByLavon Turner 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Immigration Resources

What We Know About Trump’s New Public Charge Rule—Including Common Misconceptions

Advocates see the change as an effort to spur confusion and scare immigrants from using public programs. “We see a lot more people who are already affected by the chilling…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Economy Education Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Resources

NYC Offers Free Help to New Yorkers Navigating Student Loan Debt Changes

New York City is helping local borrowers navigate the new student loan landscape, offering free, one-one-one financial counseling sessions at 40 sites across the five boroughs, as well as through…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Immigration In Depth Justice

If ICE Detains Their Parents, This East Harlem ‘Madrina’ Will Step In

Since Trump returned to office in 2025, hundreds of immigrant families in the city have completed standby guardian designation forms—to ensure their children have an adult to care for them…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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May 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Investigations Labor

Fewer New Yorkers Are Getting Food Stamps Amid Federal Overhaul

From January 2025 to February 2026, New York State saw a 6.2 percent drop in SNAP participants, more than 180,000 people—in line with a nationwide decline that anti-hunger advocates say…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Apr 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice

New York’s Latino Communities ‘Under Siege’ by ICE’s Racial Profiling, Lawsuit Says

“What they’re doing is like marauding. They’re out on the streets wandering around, stopping people who are Latino,” said Paige Austin, an attorney with Make the Road New York, one…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Nov 2025

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Funding Uncertainty Looms in FiDi-Seaport Climate Plan, Last Link in Lower Manhattan Flood Protection Projects

A plan to add flood walls and elevated park space is the most complicated and expensive link in the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency portfolio: a chain of flood-proofing projects, devised…

ByJerry Elengical 9Comments

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Nov 2025

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Land Use and Development Politics

‘Sided With Trump’: Climate Groups Slam NY Approval of Gas Pipeline Off Queens’ Coast

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation approved permits Friday for a gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to the Rockaways. The Trump administration has been cheerleading the plan—which critics say flies…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 15Comments

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Oct 2025

Government Immigration Justice Labor Politics

‘Hands Off’: City Lawmakers Push Back Against Federal Agents in NYC

“This has only weakened our local communities and economy by disrupting our neighborhoods and their small business partners. All for politics. We don’t need any more of this disruption,” Council…

ByDaniel Parra 6Comments

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Oct 2025

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

Surprise Trump Move Will Upend New York Food Stamps

New York counties thought they had months to prepare to implement SNAP work requirements. Now, they have weeks.

ByJie Jenny Zou, New York Focus 1Comment

Opinion: Supportive Housing is Under Attack. I’m Proof it Works.