Photo Credit: Marc A. Hermann / MTA By Manuel Holguin As the COVID-19 pandemic forced New York City into a lockdown, it became a risk, not only to people but to businesses and services, such as the MTA. Two years ago, during the pandemic, the MTA carried only about 10% of its regular riders. Now, […]
They’re volunteer positions with a history in patronage politics. Today, district leaders influence who can be judges, poll workers and members of each borough’s county committee.
New York, New York – November 3, 2020: A ‘Vote Here’ Sign is Posted Outside Lincoln Center During the 2020 Presidential Election Between President Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden. (Shutterstock) By Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY You’ve heard of City Council members, and you know you have state representatives, too. Maybe you even know […]
Washington, D.C. – A sobering new report from RAINN looks at the state of sexual violence and post-rape care in six African nations: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Based on limited data available from the United Nations, lifetime rates of sexual violence vary from 17% in Nigeria to more than […]