Youth

Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID, In Their Own Words

Sam Rabiyah Jan. 26, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 4:57 p.m.

More than 8,700 children in New York City are grieving a caregiver or parent who died of COVID. Here’s what they wish others knew.

Youth

The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need.

Jan. 26, 2023, 5:00 a.m.May 23, 2024, 2:13 p.m.

Schools are uniquely positioned to identify and grieving children, but families and school staff say the system isn’t equipped to serve them.

Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives Sheena Wright speaks about her promotion to first deputy mayor during a City Hall promotions announcement, Dec. 6, 2022.

Criminal Justice

City Hall Shake-Up: Mayor Adams Shifting ‘Violence Interrupter’ Oversight Agencies

Dec. 15, 2022, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Scheduled to begin next month, the switch takes power away from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, an agency that greatly expanded under the de Blasio istration.

Mental Health

The Balancing Act of Reporting on Vulnerable Kids While Protecting Their Privacy

Dec. 11, 2022, 10:57 p.m.May 22, 2023, 10:27 a.m.

Journalists are often expected to identify their sources, but reporting on children presents a number of dilemmas, particularly when issues of mental health are involved.

Yusef Salaam, one of the five men wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case, speaks at City Hall in of a bill to provide counsel to young people being interrogated by police, Oct. 29, 2019.

Juvenile Justice

Lawyers, Advocates Prod Albany for More Legal Protections for Kids Under Arrest

Dec. 7, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 7, 2022, 11:10 a.m.

A broad coalition of groups plan to rally Dec. 15 for a proposed bill that would prevent cops from interrogating minors without counsel or taking them to a precinct without consulting parents first.

Mental Health

Public Schools Are NYC’s Main Youth Mental Health System. Where Kids Land Often Depends on What Their Parents Can Pay.

Nov. 17, 2022, 5:00 a.m.May 22, 2023, 10:28 a.m.

Most kids labeled as having an “emotional disability” and shunted into public special education schools are Black or Latino, and low income — while wealthier families more often access a taxpayer-funded free private education.

Buses

Battle-Scarred Bus Drivers Keep Cautious Eye on MTA Stroller Program

Oct. 4, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 3, 2022, 7:52 p.m.

Several bus lines are trying out reserving space for open strollers, but drivers fear conflicts among riders to come.

Employment

Just 30% of Young Men Get a Regular Paycheck. Eric Adams Wants to Raise That Number.

Aug. 23, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Aug. 24, 2022, 3:05 p.m.

A planned overhaul of city workforce training programs aims to help young adults especially hard-hit by pandemic job losses.

Transit

‘Subway Surfing’ Numbers Through Roof As MTA Warns Kids to Learn From Tragedies

June 27, 2022, 10:58 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:02 a.m.

In the first five months of this year, there have been 449 reported incidents of people riding on top of or outside trains, data shows — which is already almost as many as all of 2019.

Mental Health

‘We’re at a Crisis Point’: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures

June 23, 2022, 12:30 p.m.April 3, 2025, 2:19 p.m.

After THE CITY and ProPublica exposed a dramatic drop in beds at state psychiatric hospitals, New York’s top law enforcer takes agonized testimony from patients and providers — and the parent who’d told us of her son’s monthslong wait for care.

Youth

Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID, In Their Own Words

The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need.

City Hall Shake-Up: Mayor Adams Shifting ‘Violence Interrupter’ Oversight Agencies

The Balancing Act of Reporting on Vulnerable Kids While Protecting Their Privacy

Lawyers, Advocates Prod Albany for More Legal Protections for Kids Under Arrest

Public Schools Are NYC’s Main Youth Mental Health System. Where Kids Land Often Depends on What Their Parents Can Pay.

Battle-Scarred Bus Drivers Keep Cautious Eye on MTA Stroller Program

Just 30% of Young Men Get a Regular Paycheck. Eric Adams Wants to Raise That Number.

‘Subway Surfing’ Numbers Through Roof As MTA Warns Kids to Learn From Tragedies

‘We’re at a Crisis Point’: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures

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