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Leagues from the northwest Bronx to Brooklyn and Staten Island report fielding 50 to 70 percent fewer players this year as other sports, longer school days, rising fees and other…

ByChristian Vasquez 6Comments

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Jan 2017

Uncategorized

CityViews: City’s Effort to Tally Homeless Youth Won’t Add Up

New York is once again set to count the youths who live on its streets. But this advocate believes the way the count is done, and the policy context in…

ByCraig Hughes 0Comments

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Nov 2016

Government Video

Video: What Will Election 2016 Mean to Young Voters?

Hours before the polls closed and the world changed, BRIC-TV aired this discussion about young voters, political engagement and the democratic process.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2016

Economy Investigations

Cuomo’s Day Care Regs Omit Thousands of Informal Providers

Some 24,000 legally exempt daycare providers in New York City are enrolled to be paid through public assistance but are unlicensed and operate under very limited oversight.

ByKate Pastor

ByRoberta Nin Feliz 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Education Justice Podcasts

Audio: Young Men in Harlem Grab a Second Chance After Arrests

One young man did time upstate for a crime he says he didn’t do. Another waited two years to have a case against him dismissed. Both got involved with a…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Video

Video: Make a Park Bench Your Gym This Spring

Two of the young athlete-advocates from the Bronx’s Mary Mitchell Center demonstrate how a simple park bench can be the key to your plan to get in shape—and talk about…

ByJarrett Murphy

ByLizzie Ford-Madrid 0Comments

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Feb 2016

Economy

Call for Year-Round Job for All NYC High-School Kids

An advocacy group says the Summer Youth Employment Program, a valuable but limited tool, ought to be improved and expanded to increase the connection between what city kids study in…

ByLelosa Imasuen 1Comment

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Dec 2015

In Depth

Are Young Adults Dropping out of the U.S. Workforce?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with projections about what the U.S. workforce will look like a decade from now.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Millions for Programs Sit in Bank Amid Youth Tensions in Harlem

Advocates contend that a high-profile killing and police raid at the Grant and Manhattanville Houses reflect a need for programming for kids, and wonder why a multimillion-dollar fund has not…

ByJosmar Trujillo 3Comments

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness

How Many Street Homeless? NYC’s Tallies Leave the Question Open

Point-in-time surveys of the street homeless can yield important data, but—contrary to how politicians sometimes cast the numbers—not a precise tally of who’s unsheltered at night.

ByRicci Dipshan 0Comments

Youth Baseball Shrinking Dramatically Across the City, Threatening Leagues’ Survival