The architecture of universal child care, a core campaign promise of Mayor Mamdani, is being set in New York City today. But for many child care providers, the current system doesn’t work well enough ...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul made a commitment to universal child care this year and took initial steps toward this bold objective in the State and City FY2027 budgets. That included ...
Cities across the United States have come to recognize the many drawbacks of waste incinerators, which contaminate the air, soil, and water. Nevertheless, 72 municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators ...
This November, homelessness will be on the ballot in Seattle. Voters will decide on “Compassion Seattle,” a referendum on a proposed City Charter amendment mandating a minimum level of funding for ...
There are many indications that Social Security benefits and funding will be major bones of contention between the Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives and the Biden Administration in ...
Rebounding income tax collections and a healthy dose of Federal relief from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will head off what last spring looked like certain New York State and City budget ...
Matias Campa is a freelance photographer and documentary filmmaker. His work appears regularly in Urban Matters and in reports from the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School. This report ...
In 2019, the New York State Legislature passed the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA), which strengthened the rent regulation system by closing landlord-friendly loopholes. This law ...
Despite the Omicron variant, New York City’s seasonally adjustment payroll employment level rose by 36,400 jobs in January. The January gains surpassed the 24,000-job average monthly gains in 2021, ...
On Monday the president of The New School released this statement, republished with permission. Dwight A. McBride, PhD, is the president of The New School. Justice Arrives for New York’s Deliveristas.
On April 7th, a coalition of nail workers (pictured above) gathered in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to demonstrate for a minimum wage, safer working conditions, and for the creation of a “standards ...
Urban Matters: You write in the introduction: ‘I did not set out to make a book about Queens.’ Why did you start journeying through Queens with camera in hand? Joseph Heathcott: Well, my wife and I ...
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