Overdose Deaths in New York City Increased by 17% Last Year, CDC Estimates Preliminary data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 2,500 people in New York City died from overdoses in 2021, up from 2,143 overdose deaths in 2020. The uptick comes as advocates push for Albany to authorize the use of Overdose Prevention Centers statewide, something the city did in 2021.
State Delays Decision on National Grid Expansion of Greenpoint Gas Facility—Again This is the sixth time the state has put off a decision on the expansion, which has been criticized by environmentalists as at odds with New York’s climate goals. The DEC says it will wait until the Public Service Commission can evaluate the project.
Mayor Eric Adams is pushing state lawmakers to renew the policy, which gives City Hall the power to appoint the schools chancellor and most members of the decision-making Panel for Educational Policy. City Limits wants to hear from residents on what they think should be done.
Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents "ANHD’s 2022 Housing Risk Chart highlights the compounding pressures, and risks, to affordable housing in dozens of neighborhoods. Indicators of speculation, gentrification, and displacement pressure are distributed throughout the city and show the necessity of tenant and homeowner counseling and support programs that defend affordability in every neighborhood."
Opinion: Planned Borough-Based Jails are a Chance for a ‘Radically Different’ System "In August 2027, when the jails on Rikers Island are forever closed, people in custody must be entering new facilities that are supportive, rehabilitative, and in stark contrast to the carceral buildings that have plagued New York City for decades, if not centuries."
Opinion: We Must Invest in Mental Health Care for Older New Yorkers "The reality is that many older adults have already survived trauma—and those experiences carry so much wisdom, perspective, and resilience to share as a result. Investments to increase access to mental health support for seniors would go a long way."
Opinion: NYC Students Deserve Carbon-Free and Healthy Schools "It’s unacceptable that our city has failed to maintain its school buildings and that the climate crisis threatens to make things even worse. But we refuse to give in to despair or hopelessness."
Discriminación entre latinos y ¿cuántas personas se identifican como afrolatinas en EE.UU.? Aunque la mayoría de los afrolatinos se identifican como hispanos o latinos, no todos lo hacen, según las nuevas estimaciones del Pew Research Center. Los resultados del censo de 2020, muestran que 1.2 millones de personas de todas las edades se identificaron como latinos y negros, sustancialmente por debajo de los 6 millones de adultos afrolatinos estimados usando el método de Pew Research Center.
