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HOPE Count Finally Takes Measure of Homeless New Yorkers After Extreme Cold Snap
Hundreds of volunteers spanned out across the five boroughs early Wednesday, working through the night to survey unhoused New Yorkers for the annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate, or HOPE, count. They canvassed subway stations and sidewalks, pedestrian plazas and parks, in neighborhoods with an obvious population of unsheltered people and in neighborhoods that don’t have […]
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24-Hour Home Care Aides Get New Support in Fight for 24-Hour Wages
Gui Zhu Chen says her “whole body is falling apart” after years spent as a “live-in” home care aide, often working more than 90 straight hours without sleep or meal breaks. In that time, she says, she was compensated for only a fraction of the hours she worked. In 2018, Chen submitted formal complaints to […]
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Most 911 Calls Routed to NYPD Tagged as Unrelated to Crime, Study Finds
The majority of 911 calls routed to the NYPD last year were described by dispatchers as unrelated to criminal activity, according to a new study released Wednesday by a criminal justice reform group. The nonprofit Vera Institute analyzed more than 3.6 million calls that resulted in a police response in 2025 and found only 42% […]
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The Revolving Door Between Rikers and City Hospitals
For detainees on Rikers Island spiraling into a psychiatric crisis, a trip from the troubled jail complex to one of the city’s public hospitals can serve as a medical lifeline. But that relief is often short-lived. In around half the cases, detainees are returned to Rikers within hours after what critics describe as cursory hospital […]
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Getting NYC Event Permits Is a Mess. They Want City Hall to Cut the Red Tape.
As the founder of an organization that’s staged dance performances in public across Queens since 2014, Karesia Batan has navigated the winding path for securing city permits more times than she can count. “It’s like, ‘Ok, where? Who do we call? What do you mean?’” said Batan, of the Queensboro Dance Festival, which puts on […]
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