Soup kitchens and pantries will get surplus food the feds bought to help farmers hurt by the presidents tariffs. But other federal food policies, like cuts to SNAP, continue to hurt the hungry.
December 14, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/12/14/new-yorks-hungry-will-benefit-from-a-byproduct-of-trumps-trade-war/‘Make no mistake about it: If this proposal is implemented as proposed, it will increase poverty – and the worst symptoms of poverty such as hunger, homelessness, and early deaths – in New York City and nationwide.’
October 24, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/10/24/cityviews-new-trump-rule-for-immigrants-both-heartless-and-counter-productive/‘In many of the nation’s big cities, hunger and homelessness remain rampant. But given that Mayor de Blasio is enacting so many progressive policies to combat poverty, why are these problems still pervasive here?’
September 17, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/09/17/cityviews-de-blasio-can-fulfill-his-progressive-promise-by-retooling-his-housing-plan/The governor has shifted on several key education issues since taking office. Now he faces a long-time education advocate in the Democratic primary.
September 10, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/09/10/cuomo-vs-nixon-on-education-policy/But the number of SNAP participants in the city keeps falling. That could reflect good news about the economy, the impact of federal benefit cuts or the persistence at the city level of obstacles to families getting the help they need.
August 14, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/08/14/de-blasio-credited-with-reducing-barriers-to-nutrition-assistance/Justice-minded farmers are finding creative ways to surmount the barriers like the cost of seeds, changes in federal programs—and, of course, the occasional hailstorm.
June 28, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/06/28/csa-farmers-must-navigate-obstacles-to-get-fresh-food-to-nycs-low-income-tables/It looks like the warehouse it once was. But the Queens Detention Facility, operated by the second largest private prison company in the world, currently houses approximately 210 detainees.
June 26, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/06/26/amid-scrutiny-of-jails-and-jailers-nycs-private-prison-escapes-attention/‘Narratives about those receiving public benefits depict them as scammers living large off the hard work of tax-paying Americans. This is far from the truth.’ Watch a video op-ed.
June 21, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/06/21/cityviews-myths-about-public-benefits-plague-debate-in-d-c/‘By creating an efficient, exclusive customer base for each of the seven franchised haulers, our city was able to set high standards for environmental impacts, customer service, and workers’ rights.’
May 24, 2018 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2018/05/24/cityviews-nycs-commercial-waste-redesign-should-follow-las-example/‘Condemning Neo-Nazis and Klansmen is (or at least should be) an easy first step. Yet, if we as a nation want to fully reject racism, we must commit ourselves to the proposition that every American is entitled to an equally long and healthy life.’
October 10, 2017 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2017/10/10/cityviews-beyond-symbolism-black-poverty-matters/
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