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NYC’s Population Plummeted During Peak COVID — And It’s Still Likely Shrinking

May 31, 2022, 5:00 a.m.May 31, 2022, 11:26 a.m.
Recent Census numbers show deaths and move-outs drove a 300,000-person drop through last summer. Even now, more are moving out than in.
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Education: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 14, 2022, 6:04 p.m.Jan. 14, 2022, 7:05 p.m.
Traditional public school K-12 enrollment dropped 5.8% under de Blasio, even before COVID and remote learning. Charter schools are a big reason.
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Transportation: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 12, 2022, 7:05 p.m.Jan. 13, 2022, 9:50 a.m.
Deaths despite Vision Zero measures and slowing bus speeds signal bumps ahead.
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Homelessness: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 11, 2022, 8:24 p.m.Jan. 11, 2022, 8:28 p.m.
The number of families in shelters has plummeted, while single adults seek shelter in near-record numbers.
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Environment: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 6, 2022, 7:51 p.m.Jan. 7, 2022, 4:39 p.m.
The air keeps getting cleaner — but early progress on greenhouse gas reductions has stalled in recent years.
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Housing: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 5, 2022, 7:16 p.m.March 16, 2022, 9:59 p.m.
New apartments became scarcer after the financial crisis — with fewer produced in the past decade than in the 2000s.
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Crime: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 4, 2022, 6:55 p.m.Jan. 4, 2022, 8:18 p.m.
The de Blasio years saw an 11% decline in major crimes — but murders and shootings are on the upswing.
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Poverty: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 3, 2022, 5:54 p.m.Jan. 3, 2022, 6:05 p.m.
Pre-pandemic, fewer New Yorkers were poor than a decade earlier — everywhere but The Bronx
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Health: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 2, 2022, 9:33 p.m.Jan. 3, 2022, 5:54 p.m.
COVID more than doubled city yearly deaths and coincided with record fatal drug overdoses. In better news: more New Yorkers now have health insurance

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