A Borough President Makes Healthier Childbirth a Priority

A “terrifying” insight into maternal health risks leads to action.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 21, 2022sept2022-onwards

‘Mobile Health Services Work!’

A q&a with the co-founder of Bronx Móvil, a “project of radical love” involving unhoused people who use drugs.

Covid-19, Housing & HomelessnessSeth MoncreaseSeptember 14, 2022sept2022-onwards

Public Sector Workers Have Been Pushed to the Brink

An exodus from frontline service agencies is creating a crisis in local governments across the nation.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 7, 2022sept2022-onwards

The (Low) Wages of Misclassification: What One in 10 New York Workers Face

Some 873,000 workers in major New York State low-paid industries are misclassified as independent contractors.

Covid-19, Inequality and PovertySeth MoncreaseJune 22, 2022jan2022-onwards

An Interactive Map Shows Where Cities Still Burn Waste

Nearly 4.5 people in the U.S. are still exposed to pollution from municipal waste incinerators.

Covid-19, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJune 8, 2022jan2022-onwards

For a Just Post-Covid Recovery, Make Five ‘Fair Fares’ Reforms

Transit costs often overwhelm the budgets of low-income New Yorkers. Many don’t even know that they’re eligible for half-price fares.

Inequality and Poverty, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseMay 18, 2022jan2022-onwards

New York Has a Jobs Problem. Let’s Help the People Who Can Fix It.

Investing in workforce training and placement is the next, crucial phase of recovery from Covid-19’s job disruptions.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseFebruary 2, 2022jan2022-onwards

Heightened Suffering, Dwindling Supplies: Meeting the Crisis at Rikers

With supplies for detainees running low, community donors stepped in.

Covid-19, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJanuary 26, 2022jan2022-onwards

Flush With Cash, Faced With Covid: Albany Ponders Budget Choices

In the best, and worst, of times, State officials face some decisions.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJanuary 19, 2022jan2022-onwards

Four Steps to an NYC ‘Healing Revolution’

New York City should beef up mental health resources instead of building up systems of enforcement and punishment

Covid-19, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJanuary 12, 2022jan2022-onwards

Delivery Workers Organize for Safety, And Dignity, on the Streets of New York

An immigrant delivery worker from Mexico says his dream is to be protected on the job and “live without fear.”

Education, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseNovember 3, 2021march232021-onward

To Improve Public Health, Make Housing a Human Right

We have a housing crisis that’s also a public health emergency. Here are some things the next mayor can do about it.

Housing & Homelessness, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseOctober 27, 2021march232021-onward

How the Next Mayor Can Make Remote Learning Effective

New York City still lacks a coherent digital learning strategy. Here’s how to develop one.

Education, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseOctober 20, 2021march232021-onward

Foster Care Youth Face a Pandemic Cliff. Congress Needs to Protect Them Now.

Covid-19 puts young people aging out of foster care at immediate, heightened risk of homelessness and unemployment.

Covid-19, Children, Families, Youth, Youth & FamilySeth MoncreaseSeptember 29, 2021march232021-onward

Seattle Votes on a ‘Wicked’ Homelessness Problem: A Q&A with Author Josephine Ensign

The author of a new book on homelessness in Seattle looks at how an upcoming referendum on this issue is shaping up.

Housing & Homelessness, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 22, 2021march232021-onward

Communitywide Trauma Demands Holistic Healing for Black and Latinx New Yorkers

The time is ripe for a holistic strategy to strengthen historically traumatized communities.

‘What Saves Us Is Hope’: In the Time of Covid, Remembering 9-11

Grace under pressure: An FDNY fireboat engineer recalls the spontaneous bravery and humanity that so many showed after the attack on the World Trade Center and reminds us that “each of us has that capacity within.”

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseSeptember 7, 2021march232021-onward

How Covid Spells Lingering Insecurity In One New York Neighborhood

Even in a relatively middle-class community, the pandemic’s effects are powerful and likely to be long-lasting.

Covid-19Seth MoncreaseJune 9, 2021march232021-onward

As NYC Reopens, Here Are Four Solid Waste Reforms We Need Now

Recycling and composting stalled or went into reverse during the pandemic lockdown. Here’s how to get things moving again.

Covid-19, Environmental Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseMay 25, 2021march232021-onward

Post-Pandemic, Renters Confront ‘A Perilous Position’ in New York

What the next mayor -- with help from Albany and Washington -- can do to relieve a looming housing crisis.

Housing & Homelessness, Covid-19Seth MoncreaseMay 19, 2021march232021-onward