There simply aren’t enough places to live, a crisis decades in the making and one that poses a threat to the city’s continuing recovery. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Community Service Society of New York”
M.T.A. to Offer Free Rides for OMNY ‘Tap-and-Go’ Customers
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2021
Transit leaders hope to boost ridership by putting a weekly fare cap on trips made with the subway’s new “tap-and-go” payment system. Source: New York Times
Finding Purpose by Giving Back
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2021
Whether helping people stay clean and safe, pursue their educational dreams or find the aid they need, volunteers make a difference. Source: New York Times
They Risked Their Lives During Covid. They Still Don’t Earn Minimum Wage.
By Gotham Rex on July 15, 2021
Surveys of food deliverers and others who work for app-based services illustrate the hazards they have faced during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Mark Levitan, Who Measured the True Face of Poverty, Dies at 73
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
He came up with a more realistic threshold, changing the way New York City determines who is impoverished and persuading the Obama White House to follow suit. Source: New York Times
10 Stories of Support in a Year of Obstacles
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2020
Facing challenges wrought by the pandemic, The Fund’s beneficiaries brought help to people and communities. Source: New York Times
Trapped at Home in the Pandemic With Mold and a Leaky Roof
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
As the wealthy upgrade their homes, poor New Yorkers have to wait out the health crisis in rundown public housing. Source: New York Times