By Noura Insolera | October 5, 2023 | The Conversation A monthly average of more than 6 million U.S. women, infants and young children received benefits in 2022 from the nutrition program known as WIC. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which is federally funded and state-administered, has served hundreds of millions […]
Editorial credit: Ruben2533 / Shutterstock.com By Will Freeman | October 5, 2023 What’s the scale of the current migrant crisis in New York City? The city typically receives tens of thousands of new arrivals each year. But since spring 2022, numbers have been rising especially quickly. More than 118,000 migrants and asylum seekers, most of […]
Mayor Eric Adams visits the Brooklyn neighborhood known as The Hole, which constantly floods during heavy storms, Oct. 4, 2023. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Samantha Maldonado and Gwynne Hogan | October 5, 2023 The mayor made a pit stop in the neighborhood to beat back criticism of his administration’s handling of Friday’s storm, but […]
The Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn Addresses Dual Crises of Housing and Public Health Through Data-Driven Land Use, Policy, and Budgetary Recommendations Almost Every Major City in the World Has a Plan to Guide Growth and Development – Except New York City BROOKLYN, NY – Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso today released “The Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn,” a […]
By Rafael Bernal | October 4, 2023 New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said Tuesday the White House is “wrong on immigration,” reviving a line of criticism that’s become an ongoing rift between him and the Biden administration. In an interview with Semafor’s Ben Smith, Adams praised the Biden administration on other issues but […]
By Mayor’s Office This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams will embark on a four-day trip to Central and South America to foster relationships, learn more about the path asylum seekers take to get to the United States, and meet with local and national leaders about the situations on the ground leading to an […]
HELP ran an intake center in East New York for single women entering the homeless shelter system, Oct. 3, 2023. Alex Krales/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith and Gwynne Hogan | October 3, 2023 The revised plea from City Hall would suspend the decree under more tailored circumstances, but advocates say it still amounts to […]
Editorial credit: quiggyt4 / Shutterstock.com By Alex Zimmerman | October 3, 2023 New York City botched its communication to schools in response to last week’s record rainfall, Chancellor David Banks acknowledged on Tuesday. He vowed to conduct a review of what went wrong. Hours after the school day began last Friday, Mayor Eric Adams and […]
By Amir Khafagy | October 2, 2023 The National Labor Relations Board unrolled several new policies to safeguard the rights of undocumented workers organizing their workplaces. In February, a slim majority of the workers at Lodi, the upscale Italian restaurant in Rockefeller Center founded by the Uruguayan-born chef Ignacio Mattos, whose menu includes a single […]
School buses. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Michael Elsen-Rooney, Amy Zimmer, Alex Zimmerman, and Chalkbeat | October 2, 2023 The first time many school administrators heard about a shelter-in-place directive was when a top Education Department official emailed at 1:56 p.m.to tell them it “has been lifted.” As flood waters rose Friday in many parts of […]