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New York City Policy News

Latinos Here Embrace Census And Push Immigration Reform

Rather than play a high-stakes game around the U.S. Census in March, immigration activists in New York are poised to play a crucial role in the federal debate on immigration law reform.

City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused

More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn - and housing officials have little else to say about it.

No Winter Hibernation For Garden Activists

Advocates, electeds and city officials are busy devising the next best step for preserving some neighborhood oases.

Around the Global City

New York City Responds To Earthquake In Haiti

Grief and action are mingled on 'the day after' in the third-largest Haitian community on the globe. Here's what's going on - and what you can do.

Ecuadorians In NYC Mull A Migration Home

Ecuadorian immigrants living in New York weigh incentives to return home amid the city's economic downturn.

Making the Drive to Brooklyn to Find 'Family'

The small Vietnamese population in the five boroughs and beyond is finding new ways to connect.

It Takes 'Elan' To Make Hot-Button Issues Cool

From a little office in Brooklyn, a new magazine reaches around the world to explore the lives and lifestyles of Muslim cosmopolites.

Think Tank Talk

Closing the Skills Gap

This report, jointly published by CUF and the Community Service Society, finds that New York City faces a human capital crisis that could threaten the city's long-term economic competitiveness while relegating countless residents to low-wage jobs.

Rapid Rip-Offs: Tax Refund Anticipation Loans in New York City

Used most by those who can least afford it, "instant loans" at tax time cost nearly $55 million in bank fees in NYC's low-income neighborhoods.

Foreclosed Properties in NYC: A Look at the Last 15 Years

A look at how the nationwide mortgage crisis has affected the city and created a glut of real-estate owned properties.

Making Work Supports Work

Many families work and receive 'work supports,' but still can't make ends meet. This new study analyzes outcomes nationwide.

Culture Beat

Into the Wild: Nature's NYC

A photographic survey of the city’s parkland reveals verdant, untamed places most New Yorkers don’t know are theirs.

In Flatbush, Pirate Radio Tunes Into Trouble

In one Brooklyn neighborhood, unlicensed radio stations add to the cultural mix—but irk owners of small community stations who compete for space on the dial.

Truth and Consequences: Bloomberg and the Press

Elected after one of the city's most secretive mayors, Mike Bloomberg can't help but look transparent. But is city government under this executive really an open book?

Poverty Perspectives

Amid Homeless Surge, Are Solutions In Sight?

With shelter numbers at record highs and Mayor Bloomberg's homeless strategy failing to meet its goals, city officials and advocates weigh in on how New York might respond.

Paths Diverge Post-Default For Decaying Bx Buildings

Among tenants of a notorious group of properties, some are now eager for the help of a new owner, while desperation drives others to pursue novel activist tactics.

A Room and Not Bored: One Path Out of Shelter

How one nonprofit organization helps the homeless become housed again and get back into the workforce.

Mourning the Choices That Might Have Been

One of the city's poverty fighters wishes the people she works for, and with, had a better chance to realize their potential.

Nonprofits' Outlook After A Year Of Living Dangerously

These are nerve-racking times in New York City's largest private employment sector, delivering crucial social services. And next year looks worse.

Magazine Extras

'There Is No Science:' Canada's Philosophy

A Q&A with Harlem Children's Zone founder and CEO Geoffrey Canada.

Promises To Keep: The Obama Poverty Plan

President Obama's 'Promise Neighborhoods' plan has the policy world abuzz about the first major federal antipoverty effort in decades. But the feds have yet to officially launch the effort, and details are hard to come by.

Kids Who Can't Get Enough of School

One low-income HCZ parent describes how the program has changed her family.

Lesson Plans: A Teacher Speaks

What's it like teaching inside the school that’s become a national model for community improvement? A Promise Academy instructor explains.

Local Perspectives: Residents Weigh In

A sampling of opinion from the streets of Harlem yields a positive view of the Children’s Zone.

Civil Liberties

Why Not Ease Up On Stop and Frisk?

Critics of police policy say stopping half a million mostly innocent New Yorkers takes too steep a toll on freedom and dignity. With crime way down, now's the time to give the practice a rest.

Getting Lost On the Way To the Principal's Office

Clear lines of accountability for student discipline are needed in the era of police officers staffing public school hallways, say advocates and officials pushing for new rules.

The Eyes Have It: NYPD Plans More Cameras

The police department plans to install hundreds of additional video surveillance cameras around Manhattan, and the entire city.

The Criminalization Of Everyday Life

Are anyone's days entirely free of "offenses" that can get you arrested?
Facing Re-Election, Senator Schumer Draws Breath

The usually unavoidable-for-comment, if-it’s-Sunday-here-is-my-press-release senior senator from New York is being a little tetchy about going on the record.

Big N.Y. Housing Complex Is Returned To Creditors

Four years after a record-setting $5.4 billion apartment complex purchase, buyers Tishman Speyer and Black Rock have not only defaulted on their loans - but now have turned Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village over to their lenders.

Making Work Supports Work

Many families work and receive 'work supports,' but still can't make ends meet. This new study analyzes outcomes nationwide.

The Extravagance of Prison Revisited

Those convicted of nonserious, nonsexual crimes don't necessarily need to go to prison says this report - alternatives would save $1 billion in New York state alone.

Rapid Rip-Offs: Tax Refund Anticipation Loans in New York City

Used most by those who can least afford it, "instant loans" at tax time cost nearly $55 million in bank fees in NYC's low-income neighborhoods.

Closing the Skills Gap

New York City is what it is because of a singularly high-skilled workforce. But as this new report shows, city residents' education and skills fall far short of the needs of today's "knowledge economy."

The Missing in Haiti

The Times is collecting photos and information about the missing.

Foreclosed Properties in NYC: A Look at the Last 15 Years

Tens of thousands of local homes have been foreclosed on in recent years. Then what happens? This report reveals a spike in the number that end up REO - owned by the bank.

GOOD's Most Popular Infographics of 2009

Check out a few places where learning meets art.

Why Are Young Children Missed So Often In the Census?

In the last Census, at least 1 million kids under 10 were not counted. This new report looks at how to do better in this year's Census.

Carnegie Hill Review

Social, cultural, and neighborhood news and events.

Bank On It: A Food Bank Blog

The official blog of the Food Bank For New York City – the major hunger relief organization for the five boroughs – Bank on It provides an insider look into the struggle to fight food poverty with posts on topics ranging from what it takes to run a soup kitchen to public policy, volunteering and more.

I Spy NYC

Because there's too much to see on your own. A lively, humorous and insightful blog made from observations commuting to work. Openings, closings, transportation, oddities - it's all here. A great blog to follow.

New York Nonprofit Executive Directors Network

The NY Nonprofit Executive Director (NED) Network Blog, supported by the New York Council of Nonprofits (formerly CCSNYS), offers a network of executive director peer groups from around the state. Find out what is going on with other execs by connecting to NED. Keep "in the know," ask questions of your colleagues, keep up with the latest news that will improve your performance, enhance your professional development and support your challenging and rewarding work as a nonprofit leader.

Splitting Hairs in Forest Hills

Musing about life in Forest Hills by a seasoned veteran/denizen of the place.

Idealist in NYC

This blog, a local project of Idealist.org, aims to help good ideas travel in the five boroughs. It covers stories of innovative people and organizations working towards social and environmental change throughout our city.

Manhattan Young Democrats

GoMYD: blog and website of the Manhattan Young Democrats. Events, news, and commentary.

Transit Blogger

Transit Blogger is the home of “Through The Eyes Of Transit," which chronicles public transportation and news in the Tri-State area.

The Daily Politics- NY Daily News Blog

NY Daily News blog covering topics concerning NY politics

New York Civic

The New York Civic is a blog about New York City and State politics