Photo: Judy Kottick with her daughter, Ella Bandes In a congested city filled with buses and cars, pedestrians and bikers in New York are left vulnerable. When crashes happen, lives are irrevocably altered or ended. Families are left to pick…
Read MoreThe Problem Youth dating abuse and domestic violence is widespread; New York has the highest reported rate of sexual dating abuse and the third highest rate of physical dating abuse in the country according to the CDC’s 2015 Youth…
Read MoreThe Problem 5.5 million U.S. youth ages 16-24 are not in school or working according to Opportunity Nation. Who Are They? There is no typical profile. Many have dropped out of high school (estimated number of high school drop-outs is…
Read MoreThe Problem In New York State 105,000 children have a parent in prison or jail. Many of these children live in Brooklyn. A 2013 analysis of Department of Corrections’ data by Gothamist found three Brooklyn neighborhoods disproportionately accounting for the…
Read MoreThe Equality Indicators spoke with Clorinda Andrade, University Coordinator, of CUNY’s Fatherhood Academy, about inequality. The Academy serves any father between the ages of 18-25 years of age in NYC who wants to expand their education and/or seek better…
Read MoreChange-Makers Series: FamilyWorks Program at the Osborne Association The Problem At any given time, more than 5 million children in the United States have a parent in jail or prison. In New York, that number is 148,000 a year. “Orphans…
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