Enrollment at charters is up and the governor has signaled a measure of support, but the privately run schools still face an enormous battle as they seek to expand. Source: New York Times
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Adams’s Efforts to Address Mental Health Crisis Fall Short, Report Says
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2022
The New York City public advocate, Jumaane Williams, found that the number of mental health crisis centers and mobile response teams has fallen since 2019. Source: New York Times
Why It Was Easier to Curb Monkeypox Than Covid
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2022
The city has pulled back its monkeypox vaccination vans as the number of cases dropped sharply. Source: New York Times
In New Forecast, New York City Projects $2.9 Billion Deficit
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2022
The stock market’s weak performance is projected to cost the city billions of dollars in pension fund obligations in the coming years. Source: New York Times
Time to Raise New York City’s Trailing Minimum Wage?
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2022
New York’s minimum wage has fallen behind that of other cities, making the city even more unaffordable for low-paid workers. Also, a new soccer stadium may be going up in Queens. Source: New York Times
New York City Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2022
The New York City Football Club will pay roughly $780 million to build the stadium in Willets Point in Queens as part of a project that will include housing and a hotel. Source: New York Times
32 Charged in Brooklyn Gang Shootings That Injured 14 and Killed 2
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2022
Two warring gangs began a feud on social media before taking their fight to the streets. The indictment came on the heels of several gang-related cases this year. Source: New York Times
Tras una peligrosa odisea, un intento por sobrevivir en Nueva York
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2022
Enfrentados a las demoras burocráticas, decenas de miles de migrantes venezolanos se abren camino en la economía clandestina de la ciudad y se unen a su ejército de trabajadores indocumentados. Source: New York Times
Migrants Search for Jobs in NYC’s Underground Labor Market
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2022
Faced with lengthy bureaucratic delays, tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants are slipping into the city’s underground economy and joining its army of undocumented workers. Source: New York Times
NYC Moves Migrants From a Tent to a Hotel as Cold Weather Arrives
By Gotham Rex on November 15, 2022
The city is dismantling an emergency shelter on Randalls Island, so dozens of homeless men moved on Monday, headed for a Manhattan hotel. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Says Migrant Shelter on Randalls Island Will Close
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that the city would take down the 84,400-square-foot facility and reopen a new migrant center in Midtown Manhattan. Source: New York Times
Thousands of NYC Apartments for the Homeless Lie Vacant
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams is opening more supportive housing in New York, but filling it can be a challenge. Source: New York Times
This Sunday, the Marathon’s Back in Full Swing
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2022
After a pandemic limitation last year, the marathon expects 50,000 runners, and soon, a new leader will take over Road Runners, which organizes the race. Source: New York Times
A Group Raised Money to Push Adams’s Agenda. Much of It Went to One Man.
By Gotham Rex on November 2, 2022
A political action committee has given more money to its founder and his charter school than to candidates aligned with Mayor Eric Adams. Source: New York Times
NYC Buildings Commissioner’s Phone Seized in Criminal Gambling Probe
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2022
Eric Ulrich, 37, a former councilman from Queens, was questioned Tuesday by investigators from the Manhattan district attorney’s office. Source: New York Times