You might still be reeling from the 2016 national elections, but it’s time to look ahead to the local races for mayor, citywide and borough-level offices and City Council on tap for next year.
A yearly survey looks at housing, income, commuting and more to gauge which city communities need the most help to give their residents a fair shot.
New data from the Robin Hood Foundation suggest an interesting relationship between emergencies like divorce, illness or arrest and the widespread phenomenon of intermittent poverty in New York City.
Ethnic concentration is not inherently harmful, but segregation can affect individual outcomes by constraining residential options and shaping the resources and services available in the neighborhoods in which different groups live.
For blacks marginalized by racism and whites wounded by economic isolation, being invisible is a problem. But as the party conventions and other recent events illustrate, being seen can create a different sort of injustice.
East New York has long faced problems like poverty, disinvestment and crime. Now its worries concern gentrification and displacement. In a neighborhood confronting so many different risks, what role can community artists play?
Gotham Gazette and City Limits break down NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye’s remarks this week about NextGen NYCHA, maintenance hours and whether public housing is aiding or arresting mobility.
Thanks to a federal policy, the city’s bookkeeping errors can put families needing help in an even bigger hole.
Maps and data show South Brooklyn to be vulnerable to storm surges and challenged by poverty, the legacy of racism and more. What maps don’t show is how residents are organizing to protect themselves and the planet.
A city program of tax and zoning incentives for new or revamped supermarkets has provided shoppers in several neighborhoods with more options, although its impact on health outcomes is unclear so far.
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