Karen Yi

The Mamdani administration is seeking volunteers to help count how many New Yorkers are living on the street. The federal government requires cities receiving federal funding to conduct an annual point-in-time tally of homeless people sleeping outdoors. T... See more

Family advocates are hoping a new law will help alleviate the disproportionate number of child welfare investigations opened into low-income Black and Latino families. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation in late December barring the state from accepting ... See more

More than 4,500 New York residents were hospitalized with the flu last week — marking the highest number ever recorded in a single week, health officials said. The state Department of Health said there were 4,546 flu hospitalizations last week, a 24% incr... See more

The New York City Council has finished an investigation into how the city processes cash assistance and food stamps after record wait times left thousands of New Yorkers waiting months for help in recent years — though city officials say the long delays s... See more

One of the major issues awaiting Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani when he takes office on Jan. 1 will be how to approach New York City's growing street homelessness crisis. Mamdani has pledged to end homeless encampment sweeps that city data shows largely fail ... See more