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The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City set off nearly four years ago has led to higher wages for workers all over the country. On Wednesday, it finally paid off for the people who started it. A panel appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuom ..Read More

Infants use about 240 diapers per month. A year’s supply of diapers costs $936. That means a single mother mother working full time at the minimum wage can expect to spend 6 percent of her annual pay on Pampers alone. Meanwhile, the two biggest programs that ..Read More

Despite a slew of recent gay rights victories, advocates estimate that hundreds of thousands of LGBT teens around the country are still rejected by their families. A lot of these kids end up homeless in New York City, which has only about 100 beds dedicated to ..Read More

According to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the economic recovery seems to be leaving one group in particular behind: children. 22% of American children, or more than 16 million kids, were living in poverty as of 2013, according to the report ..Read More

As New Yorkers sweat through another scorching day, finding relief is first priority for many people. Whether it’s grabbing an icy, water or taking a dip in a city pool, Mayor Bill de Blasio says those are all good ideas but the sweltering heat should also b ..Read More

A coalition representing groups that advocate for the homeless, labor unions and other progressive organizations marched from First Houses, the public housing development on East 3rd Street, to Delancey Street last Thursday evening. The activists held a “sle ..Read More

Housing First with intensive case management improved housing stability and community functioning and reduced alcohol-related problems among homeless individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. “To address the pervasive problem of homelessnes ..Read More

New York is a great city and New Yorkers are a proud bunch. Yet one has to question if they have a right to be proud when thousands of New Yorkers have to live in homeless shelters or sleep on the streets. The great shame of the city is that homelessness is at ..Read More

Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Bratton were confronted by the growing disorder associated with homeless mentally ill people at a press conference on Wednesday. The mayor responded that the city is both relying on aggressive “quality of life” policing and ..Read More