Author: Yerelyn Nunez

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day: March 14th represents how far into the year women have had to work to catch up to what their male colleagues earned the previous year. Read more… ..Read More

Involuntarily committing people with serious mental illness, however well intended, has long served to remove them from society instead of providing treatment. Read more… ..Read More

In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox. Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths from heart disease have fallen by roughly 70 percent, and the average American has gained almost a decade ..Read More

New Yorkers living in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods are more likely to face discrimination if they’re receiving assistance to pay for rent, according to a new analysis by a pair of nonprofits. Read more… ..Read More

Facing eviction, a former D.J. agreed to leave his apartment after a housing nonprofit offered assistance. Now he’s sleeping on the floor in an illegal squat. Read more… ..Read More

New York City will triple the number of ‘clubhouses’ for people with severe mental health issues and create a new virtual mental health care service for teens under a new policy, Mayor Adams said Thursday. Read more… ..Read More

Two new bills introduced by the City Council on Thursday would ensure that the city’s large-scale shelters for asylum-seekers are subject to the same city right-to-shelter standards as traditional shelters. Read more… ..Read More

Trinity Church Wall Street has awarded more than $57 million in grants in 2022, the largest grant-making year in the church’s history.  Read more… ..Read More

NEW YORK – Finding a public bathroom in New York City is challenging, compared to most other cities in the country. Read more… ..Read More