Nyc Recession

City To Charge Homeless People Rent For Shelters

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - New York City plans to charge the working homeless for living in shelters starting next fall. At the same time, it want...

NYC Unemployment Rate Jumps To 10.3%

New York Times | Patrick McGeehan | Posted 05.25.2011

New York City's unemployment rate jumped to 10.3 percent in August as the number of city residents unable to find work rose to a record high of 415,80...

A Woman at the Edge

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Turse

There is an increasing number of women caught between violence in the home and the violence of being moneyless, powerless, and alone in the world.

A Woman at the Edge

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Turse

There is an increasing number of women caught between violence in the home and the violence of being moneyless, powerless, and alone in the world.

A Tsunami of Hunger

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Turse

The new working poor, as well as more families with young children, are threatening to overwhelm New York City's last hunger safety net.