How Far Will $1,200 Go in New York City? (Video)

The government passed the largest stimulus bill in American history, but individual checks may come up short
By TuAnh Dam on May 12, 2020.
What will post-coronavirus contact tracing look like in New York City?
By Matthew Benedetti on May 3, 2020.
A dual threat: a deadly pandemic and an existential funding fight
By Staff on May 2, 2020.
As the pandemic continues, the foster care system tries to adapt
By Currie Engel on April 30, 2020.
Even in a pandemic, the natural cycles of life and death continue, and nobody knows this better now than the obstetricians and midwives working in New York City.
By Angie Hernandez Pena on April 19, 2020.
Tomas Ramos has built a bridge between generous donors and needy clinics in the Bronx
By Patrick Mulligan on April 18, 2020 Coronavirus, Politics & Policy, Video
The government passed the largest stimulus bill in American history, but individual checks may come up short
By Staff on March 31, 2020 Bail Reform, criminal justice, law Politics & Policy
By Yoonji Han and TuAnh Dam Robert Rose III vividly remembers the 24 years he spent in jail. The empty cell, the cement walls, the rough jeans inmates were allowed to wear. But for Rose, who was convicted of homicide in the second degree, the ordeal started with his bail hearing. Navigating the bail system, […]
By Enxhi Dylgjeri on March 26, 2020 city health, coronavirus, health, hospital, kious kelly, nurses, NYC, public health officials Coronavirus, Healthcare, Neighborhoods, News, Politics & Policy
Nurses treating COVID-19 patients throughout many of the city’s hospitals are reporting that they don’t have enough protective gear. As the virus continues to spread through the city, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more personal protective gear, and masks are on their way. For anxious nurses, the relief can’t come soon enough. Reports of supply […]
By Staff on March 10, 2020 Advocates for Children, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Department of Education, Pre-K for All Education, Politics & Policy, Uncategorized
Nearly 2,000 such kids are without Pre-K seats, and 40% of them are in the Bronx
By Currie Engel on March 4, 2020 Politics & Policy, Public Health
After decades of advocacy, adoptees in New York can finally get their original birth certificates. But it has been a long, arduous road
By Aryana Noroozi on March 1, 2020 Bag Waste Reduction Law Environment, Politics & Policy
New Yorkers seem prepared for the new law despite the state’s one-month enforcement delay
By Jenna Gyimesi on March 1, 2020 Politics & Policy, Uncategorized
A new city policy may soon offer both small business owners—and pedestrians— some relief. If the Mayor’s Office of Operation and city Law Department approves the proposal, the policy would give business owners the chance to have certain fees waived if their business opens its bathroom up to the public. The program is awaiting the […]
By Jenna Gyimesi on February 20, 2020 Politics & Policy, Queens, Uncategorized
A gym full of angry Queen’s residents greeted Mayor Bill de Blasio with boos Wednesday night at a Town Hall meeting at JHS 190 Russel Sage in Forest Hills. Attendees had plenty of questions and even more complaints. One man was even escorted out when he told de Blasio he was the worst mayor New […]
By TuAnh Dam on February 15, 2020 Bernie Sanders, Mayor Bill de Blasio Politics & Policy
The mayor, who dropped out of the presidential race himself in September, will stump for Sanders in Nevada
By Patrick Mulligan on February 12, 2020 Multimedia, Politics & Policy
After a mother died last year when she fell down station stairs, the MTA said they would make things better. Many wonder how the agency’s actions stack up
By Carson Kessler on February 6, 2020 affordable housing, New York City Housing Authority, NYCHA, public housing Housing, Manhattan, Multimedia, Politics & Policy
Each night before his head hits the pillow, Jerry Jackson layers on his grey fleece and down windbreaker over his pajamas. The 68-year-old’s peculiar bedtime routine began in October of 2019 when his apartment started to feel as if all the windows had been left open on a windy winter night. “It’s a constant wave […]
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