In Other News ...

There are few resources rarer than attention span. Even the most energetic and dedicated consumer of news can only absorb so much in a given news cycle, or week, or year.

With the U.S. and Iran trading missile shots, impeachment and a presidential race dominating the national ticker, and the governor's State of the State speech leading the New York news, it is easy to miss other stories that, while quieter, are really important, too—especially to the people directly affected by them. 

City Limits often does those kinds of quieter stories. But this week our news haul is particularly focused on people whom we might not otherwise think about: Bronx bus riders trying to figure out if they are winners or losers in the route redesign. Young parents raising kids while couch-surfing or in the homeless shelter system. Blind and deaf passengers hoping, like the rest of us, to use the subway to get somewhere safely and on time.

The thing is, even in a metropolis as large as New York, chances are you are either part of one of those affected populations or close to someone who is—a neighbor, relative, co-worker or friend. That's who I thought about as I edited these stories. That's who might come to mind as you read them.

- Jarrett Murphy, executive editor

‘If we consider only the most salacious and sensationalized facets of sex trafficking, we neglect its most common victims,’

Read: Sex Trafficking Happens Here, and to All Kinds of Kids

City Limits en Español

Lo que se sabe del terremoto en Puerto Rico y cómo puede ayudar 
Hay más de mil personas viviendo en albergues, más de 250.000 personas en la isla no tienen agua y otro medio millón no tiene electricidad. Lee mas.

Puerto Rico's Earthquakes: How You Can Help 
There are more than 1,000 people living in shelters, more than 250,000 people do not have water and another half million do not have electricity. Read more.

Holiday Season Offers Respite for City’s Embattled Livery Car Drivers
‘People tip well during this time. Many customers behave. Others, not so much, but it all depends on how you treat them.’ Read more.

Chinatown Gift Shops Report Declining Business in 2019
Community leaders attribute the decline to the trade war between the U.S. and China. Read more.

WIN (Women in Need)
Housing Coordinator - Transitional Housing

The Housing Services Coordinator is responsible for supporting the permanent housing search of the families living in the shelter by coordinating all housing services activities which will lead to the successful placement of families in accordance to WIN’s and other agency contractual requirements.

WIN (Women in Need)
Program Director - Transitional Housing

The Program Director is responsible for the day-to-day management of a transitional family residence serving families with children. The Program Director will ensure that the residence operates in accordance with the guidelines identified by the NYS Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (OTDA), the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS), and Win.

The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative
Strategic Partnerships Manager

The Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI) is a community-led effort to build an equitable, sustainable, and democratic local economy that creates wealth and ownership for low-income people of color—what we call economic democracy. One of our core strategies is building a network of Bronx institutions and leaders that share our vision and values.

We are looking for a Strategic Partnerships Manager to lead our effort to cultivate and maintain a network of institutional leaders committed to build shared wealth and opportunity for Bronx residents. Reporting to the Executive Director, and working closely with BCDI’s board of directors, the Strategic Partnerships Manager will utilize exceptional relationship building and project management skills to build and support the network of labor, community-based organizations, anchor institutions, and others that BCDI is building including the development of the Bronx Anchor Council.

Brooklyn Movement Center
Housing and Sustainability Organizer

"We’re looking for a dynamic organizer who can lead campaigns to resist displacement and build resilience among vulnerable, long-term Central Brooklynites residents. A competitive candidate is someone who is a fearless recruiter and has strong people and communication skills, including using digital organizing tools."

Brooklyn Movement Center/Central Brooklyn Food Coop
Food Sovereignty Organizer

We are the Central Brooklyn Food Coop (CBFC) an emerging consumer-owned, Black-led, grocery store set to open in 2020. CBFC envisions a future where Black residents take control of their local food system to provide healthy, affordable and sustainable food for Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights and the surrounding communities. CBFC is incubated by the Brooklyn Movement Center, a multi-issue, social justice, community organizing group.

We’re looking for a dynamic community organizer who will take the CBFC from its current organizing phase to the opening of its retail storefront by inspiring public excitement in CBFC and dramatically expanding the CBFC membership. A competitive candidate is someone who is a fearless recruiter and has strong people and communication skills, including the effective use of digital organizing tools.

Community Service Society of New York
Community Organizer

CSS seeks a Community Organizer to help advance CSS’s statewide, coalition-based Clean Slate New York campaign for criminal records expungement. Our goal for the campaign, led by CSS and partner organization Legal Action Center and involving anchor groups statewide, is to get automatic criminal records expungement legislation passed in New York State this legislative session. The Community Organizer will work directly with CSS Legal Department’s Senior Community Organizer and other key staff to move this campaign forward, engaging in coalition-based organizing and advocacy efforts both in New York City and across the state.