‘We Need to Make Sure Landlords Are Held Accountable’

After the deadliest residential fire in decades, a borough president helps a community recover – and proposes policy changes to prevent future tragedies.

Seth MoncreaseOctober 12, 2022sept2022-onwards

‘I Hate FAFSA. I’m Going to Start Crying.’

The process of applying for college financial aid regularly produces freakouts and meltdowns. But there may be help on the horizon.

Seth MoncreaseOctober 4, 2022sept2022-onwards

Will a Failed City Retiree Health Scheme Get a Second Chance?

A money-saving move to take City government retirees off Medicare appeared to have crashed and burned. But now a rescue plan has emerged from the wreckage.

Seth MoncreaseSeptember 28, 2022sept2022-onwards

A Borough President Makes Healthier Childbirth a Priority

A “terrifying” insight into maternal health risks leads to action.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 21, 2022sept2022-onwards

‘Mobile Health Services Work!’

A q&a with the co-founder of Bronx Móvil, a “project of radical love” involving unhoused people who use drugs.

Covid-19, Housing & HomelessnessSeth MoncreaseSeptember 14, 2022sept2022-onwards

Public Sector Workers Have Been Pushed to the Brink

An exodus from frontline service agencies is creating a crisis in local governments across the nation.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 7, 2022sept2022-onwards

The (Low) Wages of Misclassification: What One in 10 New York Workers Face

Some 873,000 workers in major New York State low-paid industries are misclassified as independent contractors.

Covid-19, Inequality and PovertySeth MoncreaseJune 22, 2022jan2022-onwards

A Summer Dozen: New Books From the New School Community

Our suggestions of new works from New School faculty and graduates to take with you this summer.

Seth MoncreaseJune 15, 2022jan2022-onwards

An Interactive Map Shows Where Cities Still Burn Waste

Nearly 4.5 people in the U.S. are still exposed to pollution from municipal waste incinerators.

Covid-19, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJune 8, 2022jan2022-onwards

Community Land Trusts Protect Housing Affordability – and Democracy

A call to counter speculation and displacement with community-controlled housing and neighborhood development.

Seth MoncreaseJune 1, 2022jan2022-onwards

NYC’s Proposed Citywide Curriculum Is About Democracy, Not Just Academics

Honoring young people’s diverse cultures and lived experiences will help them learn – and also prepare them to be adults who civilly debate, advocate, and vote.

EducationSeth MoncreaseMay 25, 2022jan2022-onwards

For a Just Post-Covid Recovery, Make Five ‘Fair Fares’ Reforms

Transit costs often overwhelm the budgets of low-income New Yorkers. Many don’t even know that they’re eligible for half-price fares.

Inequality and Poverty, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseMay 18, 2022jan2022-onwards

A Foot on the Ground, And Steps to Fairer Taxes

There’s a way to make “billionaires’ row” absentee condo owners pay a fairer tax share – and provide relief to lower-income homeowners, too.

Nail Salon Workers Assert Their Rights

A campaign for fair pay and safe working conditions reveals how being classified “independent contractors” denies workers fundamental protections.

Immigrant Voices, Inequality and PovertySeth MoncreaseMay 4, 2022jan2022-onwards

Let’s Really Transform NYC’s Private Waste System

The City should dramatically decrease pollution and increase safety and environmental justice in overhauling its massive commercial waste system.

Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseApril 27, 2022jan2022-onwards

Rikers Island Today: Part Two. Will ‘3-3-3’ Be A Formula for Peace?

A new policy breaks up cellblock “gang houses” and injects credible messengers to deescalate violence.

JusticeSeth MoncreaseApril 20, 2022jan2022-onwards

Rikers Island Today: Part One. A Culture of Callousness Seems ‘Unbreakable’

I’ve worked at Rikers Island. I’ve been detained there, too – twice. And a “let them loose on each other” attitude prevailed.

JusticeSeth MoncreaseApril 13, 2022jan2022-onwards

Pandemic Retirements: Older Workers Didn’t Jump. They Were Pushed.

There has been a flood of what look like involuntary retirements of workers age 55 and up since March 2020.

Seth MoncreaseApril 6, 2022jan2022-onwards

Home Care in Crisis: Part Two. In a Privatized System, Who Fails and Who Flourishes?

As non-profits stumble and for-profits soar, what does that mean for patients and home health aides?

Seth MoncreaseMarch 30, 2022jan2022-onwards

Home Care in Crisis: Part One Will State Inaction Doom ‘Fair Pay?’

In a privatized system, public officials have regularly ducked tough choices. Will that now include fair pay for home care workers?

Seth MoncreaseMarch 23, 2022jan2022-onwards