DoorDash settled with thousands of delivery workers who had been paid late or, in some cases, not at all. But high rates of wage theft is a national problem.

The ghosts of pollution past and specter of pollution future both lurk over the state’s waterways.

Efforts to reform round the clock in-home care of severely disabled New Yorkers have stalled. It doesn’t have to be like that.

A new book describes the clash between upper-class philanthropy and working-class militancy following the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

In communities around the globe, World Trade Center artifacts have become memorials. This is the story of one of them.

Years after its closing, the proud legacy of St. Vincent’s Hospital endures.

In a just world, families wouldn’t have to separate to get the services they need.

Another tale of two cities: Why New York’s delivery worker pay standard has worked better than Seattle’s.

Our annual selection of books to bring to the lake, the beach, or the shaded park bench.

It’s time to divorce family support services from New York’s family policing apparatus.

At a time of suffering and despair, a great New York hospital rose to the occasion. 

Local officials have far more bargaining power than Big Tech wants them to believe.

They do the work that makes everything else in our economy possible. This is their story.

Why more and more moderate-income New Yorkers are using BNPL to meet everyday expenses.

Many current college-bound students are focused on career-readiness. But there are disquieting jobs trends for recent grads.

A new multi-lingual guide hopes to help families and teachers of students who've experienced the disruptions and stresses of forced migration.

A proposed Federal rule would deny housing assistance to nearly 80,000 families that include people lacking qualifying immigration status.

How closing an ignoble chapter of incarceration history can also environmentally benefit New York City.

Three years after its passage, exactly how New York State's cumulative impacts law will work is still taking shape.

A rent freeze won't improve housing affordability and could worsen living conditions.

Federal budget decisions put lower-income seniors and the Social Security system itself on shakier ground.

Managing homelessness and welfare policy during the second Trump presidency.

It's a global sports event that also needs to think, and act, locally.

Short-term, making Maimonides Medical Center a public hospital is a lifesaver. Long-term, the prognosis is cloudier.

A steadfast advocate for inmates at Rikers Island is becoming New York City's correction commissioner.

Solving housing affordability requires both federal ambition and local policy precision.

Chinatown; Little Italy; Russian Brighton Beach: New York has long had ethnic neighborhoods. But Koreatown is different. Why?

The existing child care system rests on a rickety financial foundation that penalizes its workers. That needs to change, right away.

Cities in both red and blue states face hard times. There's a time-tested, bi-partisan way for Washington to help them.

The new mayor has promised to govern audaciously. Here's an issue that sure fits the bill.

Just how will this new plan shave a promised $1 billion a year off current costs? As usual, the devil may be lurking in the details.

A year-end message from the executive director of the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.

The new mayor can get the ball rolling by clearing a waitlist of families eligible for child care.

Featuring the latest wide-ranging writings of New School faculty, staff, and alums.

Often, a new history argues, the costs to New Yorkers of corporate welfare have far exceeded any benefits.

While crucial, new privately built housing is not nearly enough. We also need publicly funded, democratically controlled social housing.

Federal monitoring of community organizations and political protest? We've seen this movie before, and it doesn't end well.

A true measurement of the costs of living shows just how far millions of New Yorkers are from achieving economic security.

A key New York child welfare leader says minor tweaks won't fix systemic flaws.

What the continuing hollowing out of the US Department of Education and the fine print in the Big Beautiful Bill Act mean for current and future college students.

Recriminations and uncertainty continue to plague a reform plan that promised to save money and promote efficiency.

Is limiting the City Council's role in housing policymaking a good idea?

An appreciation of a panoramic history of New York City and its incomparable author.

A decade's worth of Urban Matters maps where we've been and suggests the way forward.

How innovative financing has enabled dramatic improvements to the once-deteriorating Baychester Houses development.

The isolation and alienation so many faced during Covid-19 are all too familiar to families entangled in the child protective system.

Closing opportunity gaps for students matters far more than vague language about inclusion.

Federal officials are abandoning a proven strategy of reducing gun violence. Local leaders need to close the breach.

Presenting a 360-degree view of the anxiety and trauma that accompanies families being torn apart.