Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... created at a rapid clip, with no recession in sight. The city has a 4.7% unemployment rate, which is lower than last ...
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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... Trump: Don't mess with your fellow New Yorkers. As a city , we do not take kindly to anything that affronts our ... United States, but especially in New York — the ultimate city of immigrants — this isn...
NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... New York recording studio, bolstered by $6 million in city funding. The recording industry has been shrinking globally in recent years. City officials said they made the investment to help keep ...
Off-Broadway’s Golden Age Faces Financial Hurdles
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... who try to make their living off-Broadway in New York City say this is a golden age for their small-scale brand of ... Breger, the alliance’s chairman. “Is there another city in the world where you have 130...
Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says
Release Date:
09/18/2017
... Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says With the city ’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are ... de Blasio’s affordable housing plan fail to target the city ’s low-income New Yorkers who...
NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings New York City ’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care. The city would offer free babysitting at public hearings and ...
Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... Get the Credit? The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so often—the one he ... by economist James Parrott of the Center for New York City Affairs. Real median family...
De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... as 1,000 new electric-car charging stations throughout the city by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging ... 2018, is part of a larger effort to have one-fifth of all city vehicles be electric by...
Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... egalitarian dream of urban planners in post-war New York City , uniting people from all walks of life in a social ... developers looking to cash-in. As a pillar of the city ’s most critical affordable housing...
NYC’s Fiscally Troubled Public-Hospital System Gets New CEO
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... Bill de Blasio has chosen a new official to lead New York City ’s sprawling, fiscally troubled public-hospital system. ... official told The Wall Street Journal. The New York City agency has been without a...
Red Tape, Frustration Pushing Out Applicants for Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Program, Report Shows
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Sandy victims have dropped out in droves from the city ’s Build It Back recovery program, new data shows. An analysis by City Controller Scott Stringer found steep declines in many ...
As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’
Release Date:
09/27/2017
... Disturbed Persons’ At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD ... for the proposed mayoral working group to assess the city ’s overall response to individuals in...
Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... as Rikers Island shuts down. After eleven borough City Council members backed the Queens Detention Complex as a ... spokeswoman Natalie Grybauskas told the Daily News Monday City Hall likes the idea. “...
New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions At New York City 's housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges ... Ninety-nine percent of landlords in New York City eviction cases have lawyers. Just...
Success Academy Founder Eva Moskowitz: ‘We Are Making Progress, but It’s Frustratingly Slow’
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... I do think there is a level of injustice in the city , around the state of New York, around the country. I ...
Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... community advocates, the local community board, the local City Council member, Laurie Cumbo, and the borough president, ... has vowed to work with local elected officials and the city -selected developer behind...
NYPD: Serious Crime Drops at Record-Breaking Pace In September
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... at Record-Breaking Pace In September Crime in New York City fell at a record-breaking rate in September, the NYPD ... offenses than September 2016, the records showed. The city had 20 homicides in September...
Should We Be Worried That Foreclosure Sales Are Near Recession Levels?
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... last week that the number of home foreclosures in New York City had returned to levels last seen at the onset of the ... indicators suggest the opposite should be happening. The city 's unemployment rate...
President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
02/09/2018
... and are not isolated. He said that he worked in New York City during the crack epidemic and "foster care's role ... the immense amount of prevention services available in the city . Unfortunately, too...
JPMorgan Chase, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation Back Development in Detroit's North End and Grandmont-Rosedale Neighborhoods
Release Date:
05/11/2018
... housing that is affordable and dynamic is aligned with the city ’s goal to build one Detroit for all of us,” says ... Jemison, director of housing and revitalization for the City of Detroit.... JPMorgan Chase,...