Policy & Government

The funding will go toward the operation of supportive housing units which provides services to support housing stability and combat homelessness Photo credit: Supportive Housing Network of New York Governor Andrew M.

The DOE voted on 28 proposals, 14 of which will affect schools in Brooklyn.

The $125 million infusion will benefit 588,285 students in 854 underfunded schools. Brooklyn Technical High School New York City's schools are getting a $125 million boost in the 2018-19 school year, announced Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday.

Stringer proposes to hire more social workers and to change the DOE's enrollment policies for transfer and late-enrolling students impacted by homelessness. The Help 1 shelter in Brownsville.

New York joins fourteen other states and the District of Columbia that restore the right to vote upon release from incarceration.

The city's Neighborhood Rat Reduction Plan includes dry ice treatment and full-time exterminators to aggressively combat rat infestation. Photo credit: nyc.

The newly introduced bills relate to populations that are disproportionately made up of people of color, which are more often targeted for low-level marijuana offenses than whiter or wealthier populations.

Officials hope that seeing the same officers on their daily commute will give subway riders a person to reach out to when they have a problem on the trains. Photo credit: nyc.

Flatbush Councilmember Jumaane Willams positions himself as a strong progressive alternative to the present administration in Albany. Photo courtesy Office of Jumaane D.

The analysis reveals that women are paid half of the earnings of white men among the highest-paying occupations - with women of color making as low as 39 cents on every dollar. Photo credit: NBC News Today, April 10, is equal pay day.