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First National Evictions Database Sheds New Light on Affordable Housing Crisis

April 26, 2018  Jocelyn Drummond
  • Economy
  • Housing
  • Services

Across the United States, an estimated 3.7 million renters have faced eviction from their homes. In many of these cases, eviction is the result of missed rent payments. In some cases, landlords evict tenants because of property damage or other…

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Change Maker: Sarbjit “Sab” Singh, Assistant Professor, Sports Management, Farmingdale State College & Publisher, Sports Doing Good

January 23, 2017  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Services

Exercise 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…

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Change Maker: Angel Falcon, Outreach Librarian, Bronx Community College

January 3, 2017  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Justice
  • Services

Change 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…

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Economic Inequality Tops Concerns of New Yorkers

December 21, 2016  Shawnda Chapman Brown
  • Economy
  • Housing
  • Services

In 2016, the Equality Indicators found that economic inequality was New York City residents’ biggest inequality concern. As part of the ISLG public survey, which was conducted specifically to inform the Equality Indicators, we asked 3,003 New Yorkers to describe…

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Farmer’s Market Or Bodega? Food Insecurity In The City

December 7, 2016  Julia Bowling
  • Economy
  • Services

What is lost when a grocery store closes? Nutrition, health, and well-being suffer. In New York City, access to affordable, healthy food, and personal relationships with neighborhood grocers disappear as local grocery stores close to make way for real estate…

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Book Desert in Bronx Transformed by NYPL

November 17, 2016  Julia Bowling
  • Services

What is it like to live in a neighborhood without a bookstore? Ask a resident of the Bronx. The Bronx’s only bookstore, Barnes and Noble, will close in January 2017. Like a grocery store, this store has fed the community,…

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IDNYC: It Pays To Be A New Yorker

November 10, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Justice
  • Services

The IDNYC program, implemented in 2015, gives New York City residents (aged 14+) a one-stop shop to the city’s services and benefits. In its first year, 835,364 enrolled (or 11.93% of the city’s population). It represents “the largest municipal identification…

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Change Maker: National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)

November 3, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Economy
  • Services

In 2014, NYC’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) celebrated the 3rd anniversary of its redesign and new building. MOMA’s crown jewel, its permanent collection of modern art from 1879 to 1969, took center stage. But noticeably absent from this collection…

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What Is NYC’s Number One Inequality Issue? Sneak Peek At 2016 Results

October 31, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Justice
  • Services

It is just 14 days till we officially release NYC’s 2016 change score. NYC scored 43.2 out of 100 in 2015.  Will the score go up, down, or stay relatively the same? We have spent the past year collecting and…

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Change Maker: Families For Safe Streets

October 25, 2016  Margaret Michaels
  • Change Maker
  • Justice
  • Services

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…

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