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Month: January 2016

Navigating Gotham In A Wheelchair

January 28, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Justice

Not many people know the root of NYC’s nickname, Gotham. Writer, Washington Irving, christened NYC Gotham after the English village where residents pretended to be mad in hopes of preventing the King from living there (and raising their taxes). Today…

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Blocks Away, Worlds Apart

January 26, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health

9 miles apart, Tribeca and Central Harlem might as well be continents away. These two, iconic NYC neighborhoods house some of the city’s most cherished monuments; the Apollo Theater, the World Trade Center memorial, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Wall Street. But…

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America’s D+ Infrastructure: Dangerous To Us All

January 21, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Health
  • Services

Lack of spending on infrastructure projects by state and local governments threatens us all. According to Vice, “spending on infrastructure is at its lowest since 1947.” In its latest assessment of the country’s infrastructure, the American Society for Civil Engineers…

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Lack of Paid Family Leave Threatens Family Stability

January 19, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy

44% of U.S. workers still lack unpaid leave according to Bloomberg. Unlike countries in the EU, U.S. federal law does not require private employers to provide any paid family leave. Some U.S. companies use parental leave as a way to…

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Labor Participation At A 30-Year Low

January 14, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy

94,103,000 million people in the U.S. were not participating in the labor force in December according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The U.S. is currently experiencing the lowest labor participation rate in 38 years; 62.4%. While the unemployment rate…

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Children of the Incarcerated

January 12, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Justice

5 million children, or roughly 7% of all children living in the U.S., have a parent who is or was previously incarcerated, according to a new study by Child Trends. Outcomes for children with parents involved in the criminal justice…

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Photo Contest Winner!

January 7, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Justice
  • Services

We have a winner!  David from Brooklyn takes first prize for his photo: Glass Half Full or Half Empty. He explained that the photo represents that perceived disadvantages can also be opportunities.  For example, a disability doesn’t have to hold someone back.…

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Food Workers: Exploited At Every Stage of Food Production & Distribution

January 5, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy

In reporting on 2016 Food Trends, the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College noted how the food consuming public is increasingly aware of wage exploitation of food workers. Panelist, Kate Ferranti, Business Operations Manager, The Cleaver Company, offered the…

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