Services Strengthening Families Will Be Vital in a Re-opening NYC

More prevention services, not more reliance on foster care, should be on the agenda as the pandemic crisis starts to lift.

Children, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJune 24, 2020

Police Violence Is a Public Health Crisis. Here’s How to End It.

The problem isn’t isolated decisions by “bad apples.” It’s decisions made at much higher levels of the government and social system.

Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJune 23, 2020UM jun242020-past

As the City Reopens, Five Ways to Reduce Waste and Save Green Jobs

“Zero waste” policies will also create good green jobs, reduce food insecurity, and address climate change.

Environmental Justice, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJune 19, 2020UM jun242020-past

An American Reckoning – And a Movement that Has Changed Common Sense

The crisis, as ever, is white supremacy. But this is not a rerun; this is something new.

Covid-19, Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJune 16, 2020UM jun242020-past

Pandemics, Policing, and the Curse of Localism

To end the effects of structural racism, we will need national standards in public health and public safety.

Covid-19, Racial Equity, PoliticsSeth MoncreaseJune 10, 2020UM jun242020-past

After George Floyd: Naming The Pain, Finding A New Path

This moment holds much more than rage at police brutality: the path of the coronavirus has revealed the dense fabric of inequality in a manner we have never seen before.

Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJune 4, 2020George Floyd, Protest, UM jun242020-past

Covid-19 Exposes the Health Dangers of Burning Trash

The increased burning of household trash, a likely side effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, could well make an already desperate health situation in many Black and Latinx communities even worse.

Covid-19, Environmental JusticeSeth MoncreaseMay 27, 2020UM jun242020-past

Expanding Housing Vouchers: A Covid-19 Prescription for Both Tenants and Landlords

Covid-19 relief for tenants and landlords won’t last long. But a swift and dramatic expansion of the existing Housing Choice Voucher program would stabilize their lives.

'The City Is Remarkably Resilient’: A Q&A About the MTA and Covid-19

The author of Last Subway talks about shoring up finances, calming riders' fears, and planning for the future at the nation's largest mass transit system.

The City & Neighborhoods, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseMay 13, 2020UM jun242020-past

What Will September Look Like? Perhaps Not What You Think.

For the next school year, here are six key things officials must be focusing on right now.

Covid-19, Children, Families, Education, YouthSeth MoncreaseMay 6, 2020UM jun242020-past

Covid-19 and Hospital Inequality; Why It’s Getting Worse, and How to Fix It

The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the underfinanced hospitals serving thousands of poor and working-class New Yorkers the hardest. Now it’s up to State and City policymakers to straighten things out and make New York City’s hospital system work better for everyone.

If We Don't Fight Inequality, Covid-19's Effects Will Persist and Blight Our Future

The sectors of the city's economy hardest hit by the Covid-19 contraction rely heavily on immigrant workers Nearly 200,000 undocumented workers have lost jobs, and they've been left out of many unemployment relief measures.

Black and Latinx Students Still Mostly Shut Out of Specialized Schools

The recently released admission results for next fall’s classes at New York City’s elite specialized high schools fit a racially and ethnically imbalanced pattern that has been the status quo in recent memory.

Education, Racial Equity, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseApril 14, 2020High school, Diversity, UM march23-past

Six Principles Should Guide Helping Kids Learn from Home in the Covid-19 Era

I’ve learned a lot about what it means to learn and teach with technology. Let me share some advice for parents and teachers. Forget the products. Focus on principles.

Covid-19, Families, Youth, Education, Children, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseApril 8, 2020UM march23-past

Will the U.S. Covid-19 Aid Package Be The Safety Net We Need? Yes and No.

The CARES Act will help overcome glaring gaps. But workers and small businesses may not receive aid in a timely fashion. And assistance to immigrants, those without health insurance, and many low-income families will be severely limited.

Covid-19, Economy, Immigrant Voices, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseApril 1, 2020

Covid-19 Shows Why Wrongly Labeling Workers As 'Contractors' Must Stop

The Covid-19 outbreak and the massive economic dislocations it has induced have brought renewed attention to the lack of benefits, including employment-based health insurance coverage, typically experienced by workers classified as independent contractors.

Inequality and Poverty, Immigrant Voices, Covid-19, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseMarch 25, 2020Economics

How To Slow The Bleeding: The Action The Coronavirus-Infected Economy Needs

Elected officials have asked businesses and workers to shut down and cease what they do out of justifiable public health concerns. The first order of business for economic stimulus is to make whole those whose jobs ended because public safety demanded that.

Covid-19, Economy, ArchiveSeth MoncreaseMarch 18, 2020