NYC immigrants want safer, better-paying work. A major hurdle: building...
Inside a small house in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, seven Bangladeshi women sat around a large table earlier this month, trying to figure out how to mute themselves on Zoom. It was the...
View ArticleThousands of NY and NJ families need subsidized childcare and can’t get it
Child care is becoming increasingly unaffordable for families. That’s why more parents in New Jersey and New York are relying on subsidized vouchers to help pay for it. But while both states have...
View ArticleIt’s 2025, but a quarter of Bronx families don’t have broadband internet at...
Al Christian says he doesn’t have internet at his Bronx home because he can’t afford the utility bill. That makes it hard to look for work since most applications and job listings are now online. It...
View ArticleThese are the New Yorkers who could lose SNAP benefits under Trump rules
New York City officials and food pantry organizers say thousands of SNAP recipients are at risk of losing their benefits under President Trump’s sweeping tax cut measure. Republicans say the tax and...
View ArticleTrump tax bill guts $29M program helping New Yorkers eat healthier on a budget
At Fairmont Neighborhood School in the Bronx last week, an eagle-eyed kindergartener just tall enough to peer over a row of elevated flower beds spotted a small red bulb covered with tiny seeds. “The...
View ArticleThis mobile clinic rolls up to homeless New Yorkers who need mental health...
Two days a week, an RV-like van parks outside a Chelsea soup kitchen with a licensed psychiatrist on board offering care to anyone who wants it. There’s no need for a referral, insurance or a prior...
View ArticleIDs, coats, a microwave: the few items stored during NYC homeless encampment...
A health insurance card, a 10-speed mountain bike, a blue men’s jacket and a microwave are among the few belongings stored by New York City officials this year after they cleared homeless people from...
View ArticleThese landlords promised to house dozens of once homeless New Yorkers. Now...
Landlords who get public money to house the most vulnerable New Yorkers — including people who were recently homeless and those with mental illness and substance abuse disorder — sought eviction...
View Article'You never think it will be you': NYC child welfare removals show racial...
Briana Hunt was picking up extra work at a hair salon in Washington, D.C., when she got a chilling phone call: Her 1-year-old daughter had nearly drowned in the bathtub in their Bronx apartment while...
View ArticleNYC wants to make it easier for nonprofits to own homeless shelters. Here's...
A new 95-bed shelter for families with children opened last month thanks to a city tool that helps nonprofits own the shelters they manage. New York City officials said the model will help shelter...
View ArticleNYC shuts down child care subsidy enrollment amid feud with Hochul
New York City on Monday will stop enrolling new families seeking child care vouchers, amid an escalating feud with the state over who should pay for the popular program that helps thousands of...
View ArticleNYPD removed 27K homeless people from the streets last year — mostly in...
Police helped remove more than 27,000 homeless people from the street over a nine-month period last year, mostly in Lower Manhattan and Midtown, according to city data. But whether they ended up in a...
View ArticleWhen you gotta go: NYC Council vows to make it easier to find a public bathroom
Places to go when you've got to go will double in New York City over the next decade, under a bill passed by the City Council Thursday. NYC has among the fewest commodes per capita among large U.S....
View Article7K NYC families could lose child care subsidies each month under state budget...
Tens of thousands of New York City families would lose their child care vouchers under the state’s proposed budget — a move that advocates say would leave parents unable to work and force day care...
View ArticleNYC offers developers a deal: Build affordable units, we'll help cover...
New York City officials are trying out a novel way to move longtime residents of homeless shelters into new permanent housing — by guaranteeing most of their rent.
View ArticleWill Republicans in Washington Make New Yorkers Hungrier?
Experts anticipate deep cuts to federal food assistance programs by the Republican-led Congress in this year's budget negotiations set to take place in September. Karen Yi, WNYC and Gothamist reporter...
View ArticleFederal cuts to SNAP benefits would crush 1.8M NYers who rely on them, city...
New York City officials and anti-hunger groups are bracing for deep cuts by Republicans in Congress to the federal food stamp program that feeds more residents than ever before: 1.8 million people...
View ArticleBreaking up with NYC: Families leave in droves over childcare cost,...
Families with young children are increasingly grappling with whether to leave the five boroughs in search of more affordable child care and housing.The exodus of families from the Big Apple worsened...
View ArticleThis summer camp offers refuge for NYC's record-high youth homeless population
As the population of children living in New York City shelters reaches unprecedented highs, with enough homeless kids to fill Yankee Stadium, a longtime summer camp is offering these young New Yorkers...
View ArticleThey’re about to be evicted from low-cost apartments. Attorneys say NYC can...
Mayor Eric Adams’ refusal to implement a set of laws meant to expand access to key rental assistance subsidies is putting some New Yorkers at risk of homelessness and threatening to strain the city’s...
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