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Posted inCampaign 2021
Meet Your Mayor: Our Quiz Tells You Which Candidates Best Match Your Positions on the Issues
THE CITY asked City Hall contenders where they stand on tough decisions affecting the future of New York City — and invites you to see which candidates align with your own responses to the same questions
Posted inAffordable Housing
How an Edge for Neighborhood Residents Skews the Odds in NYC’s Housing Lotteries
The “community preference” that allots half of affordable apartments to locals is under fire in a federal civil rights lawsuit — and makes getting a place harder for many.
Posted inAffordable Housing
Affordable Housing Lottery Odds Worst for Those Who Can Afford the Least
THE CITY analyzed 18 million applications for apartments and confirmed low-income applicants’ deeply felt sense that the system is stacked against them.
Posted inHow to New York
Does Your Community Board Reflect You and Your Neighbors? Find Out.
Additional reporting by Clifford Michel Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Six out of 10 community board members in The Bronx’s Morris Park are white in a neighborhood where only 22% of people are. At Midtown Manhattan’s community board, men […]
Posted inSpecial Report
Despite Diversity Gains, Top NYPD Ranks Fall Short of Reflecting Communities
Additional reporting by Graphics By Audrey Carlsen and Kazi Awal Nearly 70% of New York City’s residents are Hispanic, black, Asian or mixed race — a non-white majority that’s steadily solidified since the 1980s. But over at One Police Plaza, the top ranks of the New York City Police Department appear to be frozen in […]