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 […]
By NYIC Press | October 2, 2023 New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced that he will embark on a four-day trip to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia, including the Darién Gap, in order to learn about the journeys of asylum seekers to the United States. Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition: “It’s […]
By Julian Shen-Berro and Chalkbeat | September 29, 2023 The complex and controversial process can be daunting, here’s some information that can help. The new school year has barely begun, and already New York City’s notoriously complex (and often controversial) high school admissions process kicks off next week, lasting through early December. The process can […]
Editorial credit: Dariusz Gryczka / Shutterstock.com By Julian Shen-Berro, Chalkbeat | September 29, 2023 The new school year has barely begun, and already New York City’s notoriously complex (and often controversial) high school admissions process kicks off next week, lasting through early December. The process can be daunting for the tens of thousands of […]
Streets were flooded in South Williamsburg as torrential downpours hit the city on Friday, Sept. 29. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Katie Honan and Samantha Maldonaldo | September 29, 2023 Parents, public officials and climate advocates all say the mayor and his team were ill-prepared for the effects of a storm that was on the radar […]
Migrants Victor Arana, left, Jose Leal and Argenes Cedeño outside the shelter, in the storm. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | Sept. 29, 2023 At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course. While New Yorkers were cautioned to […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Fisayo Okare | September 29, 2023 The fight for, against, and concerning New York City’s right-to-shelter law was in full force this week in the courtroom, in City Hall, and in the media. Yesterday morning, Mayor Eric Adams appeared on Sid Rosenberg’s radio show arguing that there’s a huge need […]