Although it has been nearly 100 years since the 19th Amendment was passed guaranteeing women the right to vote, the fight for equal rights persists. The issues of today include winning equal pay, paid maternity leave, and family leave for…
Read MoreFerris Bueller’s Day Off is one of my all-time favorite movies. If you haven’t seen it, Ferris, played by a young Matthew Broderick, fakes illness for a day off from school. Ferris and his friends use the day off to…
Read MoreWhen my parents met in 1971, it was a true New York City love story. My father, the son of Czechoslovakian immigrants, grew up in the Bronx and was the first of his family to graduate from college, attending CUNY’s…
Read MoreExercise is an important measure of well-being. But in New York City, the Equality Indicators has found those at the bottom end of the income ladder are less likely to exercise than more affluent individuals. All age groups benefit from…
Read MoreChange Maker: Angel Falcon, Outreach Librarian, Bronx Community College Launched in January 2015, IDNYC is now the nation’s largest municipal ID program, with more than 863,464 cardholders in the five boroughs of NYC. Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC…
Read MoreChildren’s experiences at home and at school and how they relate is arguably one of the most important factors in determining the opportunities and challenges children encounter in their daily lives. School-related data on children who are homeless brings this…
Read MoreWhenever I see a panoramic photograph of New York City, I strain my eyes to find people walking the streets and pathways deep within the chasms between skyscrapers and along the historic bridges. This is where city life happens; this…
Read MorePhoto Credit: Dawn L. Yuster, Esq., Project Director, School Justice Project, Advocates for Children of New York The Problem In the 2015-2016 school year, according to the New York City Department of Education (DOE) there were a total of 37,647…
Read MoreIt is just 14 days till we officially release NYC’s 2016 change score. NYC scored 43.2 out of 100 in 2015. Will the score go up, down, or stay relatively the same? We have spent the past year collecting and…
Read MoreGrowing up I did chores. Among the most loathsome of my chores was cleaning the bathroom. Sometimes I complained, but over time I learned how to do it with enough mastery to pass my Dad’s inspection. I can’t say I…
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