Although it has been nearly 100 years since the 19th Amendment was passed guaranteeing women the right to vote, the fight for equal rights persists. The issues of today include winning equal pay, paid maternity leave, and family leave for…
Read MoreAlthough I spent my formative years in Catholic school, I am late to the game in practicing forgiveness, both of myself and others. It does not come naturally to me, even though I know there is great value in exercising…
Read MoreFerris Bueller’s Day Off is one of my all-time favorite movies. If you haven’t seen it, Ferris, played by a young Matthew Broderick, fakes illness for a day off from school. Ferris and his friends use the day off to…
Read MoreThe United Nations has called participatory budgeting a “key dimension of good governance,” yet many people do not know what it is. First used in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre in 1989, participatory budgeting is a process where community…
Read MoreThe first time I heard the word “neighborhood,” I was watching Mr. Rogers. He was my first urban planning teacher, making it clear that living in a place where people knew each other and got along was the place I…
Read MoreHousing and homelessness are on many New Yorkers’ minds when it comes to inequality. Both this year and last, housing or homelessness were cited as a major concern: 14.8% of ISLG public survey participants responded that they was their largest…
Read MoreWhen my parents met in 1971, it was a true New York City love story. My father, the son of Czechoslovakian immigrants, grew up in the Bronx and was the first of his family to graduate from college, attending CUNY’s…
Read MoreExercise is an important measure of well-being. But in New York City, the Equality Indicators has found those at the bottom end of the income ladder are less likely to exercise than more affluent individuals. All age groups benefit from…
Read MoreChange Maker: Angel Falcon, Outreach Librarian, Bronx Community College Launched in January 2015, IDNYC is now the nation’s largest municipal ID program, with more than 863,464 cardholders in the five boroughs of NYC. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC…
Read MoreThe holidays are once again upon us. My local Starbucks is now serving Christmas Blend, bypassing the Thanksgiving Blend completely. And the National Retail Federation has released their estimates for how much people will spend this holiday season by city.…
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