Sunset Park has carried a heavy pollution burden for its predominantly working-class Asian and Latino residents. Now the neighborhood is emerging as a model for environmental justice
Advocates and South Asian community members are calling for police not to respond to 911 mental health calls, after the NYPD shot 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty in his home
Unionized nurses are set to vote on tentative agreements with Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospitals, while 4,200 nurses are still striking at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Chinatown residents have pushed back for years against the Manhattan “jailscraper,” which is part of the city’s plan to shut down Rikers Island
Court records and interviews with victims show that New York Police Department officers use force on people already restrained, which some experts characterize as “torture”
Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement operation after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race
Nearly 40,000 migrant children from Latin America, Yemen, and other regions have recently enrolled in NYC public schools, and many have migration-related trauma
For over a decade, New York City has failed to issue permits that street vendors need. A reform package promises to change that, but it’s not without controversy
Extreme weather can be especially catastrophic for people with schizophrenia, a highly stigmatized group who also experience unique risks associated with rising temperatures
About 20 Black women die each year in New York City from pregnancy-related causes. The grassroots group Movement to Birth Liberation helps the families left behind
Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to victims—and all of us
As young, diverse voters rally behind Zohran Mamdani’s bold agenda, Democrats and Zionists respond with old tactics of performative victimhood and racism
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