The city’s poverty rate fell in 2019. But the events of 2020 have all but certainly reversed that trend.
September 21, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/09/21/the-good-news-on-nyc-poverty-is-old-news-which-is-bad-news/‘The city ought to clarify that canning is legal, revoke the obscure laws that occasionally levy fines against canners, and provide support to organizations that provide water, shelter, advocacy, and community to canners. ‘
September 3, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/09/03/opinion-canners-shouldnt-be-blamed-for-gaps-in-recycling-capture/The rates have fallen since their May highs, but the gap with Whites remains wide.
September 2, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/09/02/black-and-latino-workers-still-seeing-higher-unemployment/For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
July 10, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/07/10/opponents-of-new-jail-celebrate-budget-postponement/COVID-19 prompted a huge surge in volunteering. It also posed a number of new challenges both for the volunteers and the organizations they serve.
June 10, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/06/10/citys-volunteer-sector-swells-but-faces-new-challenges-in-coronavirus-pandemic/‘Food waste is troubling in the best of time, but given current hunger epidemic, it’s particularly shocking to see dairies dumping milk and farmers discarding good produce.’
May 19, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/05/19/opinion-how-we-can-eat-rather-than-dump-our-dairy-and-produce/The pandemic forced the city to create a whole new food-distribution system. While there have been bumps, experts say the effort has been a success,
May 18, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/05/18/citys-efforts-to-meet-food-crisis-evolve-questions-about-long-term/‘The safe release of all people in ICE custody is the only reasonable solution to a global health crisis wreaking havoc in its jails. ‘
May 2, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/05/02/opinion-ice-detention-facilities-have-failed-to-protect-people-from-covid-19/‘It’s time to recognize the life-saving work being done by maintenance and other essential personnel who are keeping housing and food centers safe and protecting vulnerable people from homelessness, hunger and illness.’
April 27, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/04/27/opinion-essential-workers-all-of-them-deserve-bonus-pay/‘This is something we now have that can never be taken away from us. This is something we make here that no one else in the world can deprive us of.’
April 22, 2020 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2020/04/22/the-coronavirus-thread/
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