Families

Jails

Family Visits for Inmates at City Jails Gearing Up for Return After a Lost Year

March 18, 2021, 8:48 p.m.March 18, 2021, 8:50 p.m.

Jail supervisors have begun training staff at Rikers Island and other local lockups on updated pandemic protocols. Some families can’t wait: “My son keeps saying he just wants to give his dad a million hugs.”

Vaccinations

New York’s Homeless, Foster and Jailed Teens Now Eligible for COVID Vaccine

Feb. 23, 2021, 8:47 p.m.Feb. 24, 2021, 1:47 p.m.

Children 16 and up living in juvenile detention, homeless youth shelters and foster care facilities are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to new guidance that follows weeks of confusion and inaction.

Families

New Rep. Ritchie Torres Bets on ‘Game-Changer’ to Bust Child Poverty in The Bronx and Beyond

Feb. 21, 2021, 8:26 p.m.Feb. 22, 2021, 4:26 p.m.

A child tax credit increase likely to the newly Democratic Congress could drastically slash family poverty in the city — at least for one year amid the pandemic.

Juvenile Justice

Students in Juvenile Detention Finally Being Heard, But Not Seen

Feb. 18, 2021, 10:24 p.m.Feb. 18, 2021, 10:24 p.m.

Children still can’t speak to one other or the teacher together as a virtual class, and video is limited. Schooling behind bars is one of the issues the City Council is expected to tackle Friday in a hearing on COVID-19 and the juvenile justice system.

NYPD

Proposed Reforms to School Policing Would Limit Arrests, Use of Handcuffs and Hospital Transfers

Feb. 17, 2021, 8:10 p.m.Feb. 17, 2021, 8:18 p.m.

City Council are considering a slate of bills Thursday meant to significantly change the role of school policing.

Work

NYC Child Welfare Officials Helped Get Her Fired Over Social Media Posts. Activism Got Her Back on the Job

Feb. 11, 2021, 8:00 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Pressure by the istration for Children’s Services pushed a nonprofit service provider to fire longtime parental rights activist Joyce McMillan over her criticism of the agency. But now city officials say it was just a “misunderstanding.”

Education

Video Game-Themed Writing Workshops Draw Homeless Teens Together in a Time of Isolation

Feb. 4, 2021, 7:28 p.m.Feb. 4, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Study player one: Bronx shelters team up with industry pros to launch pandemic after-school program offering a precious chance for mentorship.

Families

Youth Find Silver Lining in Child Welfare Shift to Telehealth During Pandemic

Jan. 27, 2021, 4:00 a.m.Jan. 27, 2021, 12:37 p.m.

A new survey by city medical and mental health providers for the child welfare system discovered online therapy means more kids are getting help. There’s a growing push to keep the system in place when the COVID-19 crisis ends.

Life

Evolving in COVID Crisis, NYC Mutual Aid Groups Head Into 2021 With Tablets, Toys — and Diapers

Jan. 4, 2021, 8:59 p.m.Jan. 4, 2021, 9:49 p.m.

Volunteers who sprang into action in the spring are still working feverishly to answer the yawning needs of New York as the pandemic stretches into the new year. They’ve had to adapt.

Crime

Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines

Dec. 21, 2020, 7:35 p.m.Dec. 22, 2020, 3:28 p.m.

A mother who lost a son, a cop, a violence interrupter and an academic weigh in on the murder spike that’s accompanied the pandemic — and talk about how to drive the violence back down.

Families

Family Visits for Inmates at City Jails Gearing Up for Return After a Lost Year

New York’s Homeless, Foster and Jailed Teens Now Eligible for COVID Vaccine

New Rep. Ritchie Torres Bets on ‘Game-Changer’ to Bust Child Poverty in The Bronx and Beyond

Students in Juvenile Detention Finally Being Heard, But Not Seen

Proposed Reforms to School Policing Would Limit Arrests, Use of Handcuffs and Hospital Transfers

NYC Child Welfare Officials Helped Get Her Fired Over Social Media Posts. Activism Got Her Back on the Job

Video Game-Themed Writing Workshops Draw Homeless Teens Together in a Time of Isolation

Youth Find Silver Lining in Child Welfare Shift to Telehealth During Pandemic

Evolving in COVID Crisis, NYC Mutual Aid Groups Head Into 2021 With Tablets, Toys — and Diapers

Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines

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