NYC Mayor: Helping Food Insecure New Yorkers, 2-K Updates, Free Home Inspection Program, Good Paying Jobs, Upcoming Sports Events – UPDATED
Mayor Mamdani To Race For 2-K Himself, 2K For 2-K Run, 2-K Providers Available, 2-K…
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Salvation Army Staten Island Stapleton Provides Update On Programs, Needs Of Community Members
Staten Island Salvation Army’s Lt. Esther Provides Update On Community Needs, Program Successes …
Support Your Neighbors: Join Data Entry Event in Staten Island Tomorrow To Map Equity Data For St. George Park
Support Your Neighbors: Join our Data Entry Event in Staten Island! Editor’s note: The…
Staten Island Hearing Of New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) Focuses On Quantifying Economic Harms
Staten Island Hearing Of New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) Focuses On…
New Yorkers Can Comment Through May 6th: Citywide Preliminary Racial Equity Plan, True Cost Of Living Measure Released By NYC Mayor’s Office Of Equity & Racial Justice
Mayor Mamdani Releases Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan and True Cost of Living Measure Editor’s…
Staten Island’s Salvation Army Stapleton Corps Opens Renovated Food Pantry With Expanded Choices For Low Income Residents: UPDATED
Below is a slideshow of photos taken at the opening of this new food pantry. …
Pope Leo XIV Reminds Faithful To Pray For Children To Live In Peace Everywhere, Offers Hope For Those In Poverty On 9th World Day of the Poor
Below is Pope Leo’s first Christmas message to the world as pope, and he…
Staten Island Community Comes Together for the Holidays at Straight Razor Barbershop: Donate Toys For Local Families, Pediatric Hospital Ward
Community Comes Together for the Holidays at Straight Razor Barbershop Editor’s note: Regarding previous events…
Uncle Chase Foundation, CMB Group Host Turkey Giveaway On Castleton In Staten Island For Local Community
Uncle Chase Foundation, CMB Group Host Turkey Giveaway On Castleton In Staten Island For Local…
For Staten Islanders Looking To Give Or Receive For Local Children: Toy Drives, Food Drives, Toy & Clothing Giveaways Benefiting Local Families Happening Tomorrow, Continuing This Week – Many Holiday Activities For Kids: UPDATED
For Staten Islanders Looking To Give Or Receive For Local Children: Toy Drives, Food Drives,…
New Jersey Joins New York, 3 Other States Without Public Defender Fees For Indigent Defendants
Lawmakers seek end to public defender fees, liens by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor June…
Gov Hochul, Gov Murphy, Gov. Newsom Issue Statements, Directives Ending SNAP Uncertainty For 3 Million New Yorkers, 800K New Jerseyans, 5.5M Californians: Full Benefits Become Available
Gov Hochul, Gov Murphy, Gov. Newsom Issue Statements, Directives Ending SNAP Uncertainty For 3 Million…
Staten Island Children Would Like Toys For Holiday – Neighbors Can Help!: Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program Now Open Amid Increasing Food Insecurity Across Boroughs During SNAP Pause
Staten Island Children Would Like Toys For Holiday – Neighbors Can Help!: Salvation Army’s Angel…
In-Kind Donations For Staten Islanders Needed: Central Family Life Center Providing Critical Aid This Year For Local Families
In-Kind Donations For Staten Islanders Needed: Central Family Life Center Providing Critical Aid This Year…
North Shore Waterfront Revitalization Plan By NYCEDC – Replacing Wheel, Empire Outlets: Latest Public Input Session
North Shore Waterfront Revitalization Plan By NYCEDC – Replacing Wheel, Empire Outlets: Latest Public Input…
Clotheslyne On-Demand Laundry Wash, Dry, Fold Service Facilitates Donations To Local Salvation Army Organizations
Editor’s note: There are a very small number of local charities, mainly churches (including Faith…
Angel Tree Salvation Army Program Providing Gifts, Toys For Kids In Need This Holiday: Family Registration Open Until October 31st: UPDATED
Angel Tree Salvation Army Program Providing Gifts, Toys For Kids In Need This Holiday: Family…
Poverty and Welfare: Treat Low Income People Like Responsible Adults Capable Of Money Management, They’ll Rise To Occasion- CATO Institute
Poverty and Welfare 2022 • Cato Handbook for Policymakers By Michael D. Tanner Editor’s note: Readers…
Exploring Poverty, Wealth Inequality, Earned Nature Of Public Welfare Benefits: Inequality.org
What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty Editor’s note: Readers can learn how…
Legislative Updates Including Fire Extinguishers In Subways, Stapleton Waterfront, Port Richmond Library Reopens, Battery Site: CM Hanks
Legislative Updates Including Fire Extinguishers In Subways, Stapleton Waterfront, Port Richmond Library Reopens, Battery Site:…
NJ, VT Senators: Repealing Corporate Welfare For Fossil Fuels Provided For In President Trump’s Budget Bill – End Planet-Destroying Giveaways
Sanders, Omar Introduce Legislation to Repeal Corporate Welfare for Fossil Fuels in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful…
Movie Review: Former US Secretary Of Labor, Robert Reich, Teaches His Final Semester At UC Berkeley In “The Last Class” Documentary
Movie Review: Former US Secretary Of Labor, Robert Reich, Teaches His Final Semester At UC…
In New York As Nationwide: Work Requirements For SNAP, Medicaid Keep Benefits From People While Not Helping Them Find Work
Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping…
Staten Island, NYC Politicians Weigh In On Selection Of Pope Leo XIV By Catholic College Of Cardinals
Staten Island, NYC Politicians Weigh In On Selection Of Pope Leo XIV By Catholic College…
Staten Island, NYC Politicians Express Their Condolences For Pope Francis After His Passing This Morning
Pope Francis’ Death Announced By Vatican This Morning – Catholics Around The World Mourn We…
Marriage Penalties In Welfare System, Impact On Society
Understanding Marriage Penalties in Welfare and Their Impact on Society Editor’s note: With regard to…
SCOTUS Made It Easier For Government To Violate Civil Rights Without Paying Court Costs When It Does – Making Bringing Cases Financially Infeasible
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for the Government to Violate Your Rights—Without Paying…
All-Cause Mortality Occurs Seven To Ten Years Earlier For Working-Class vs. High Net Worth Individuals
NEW REPORT: Working-Class Americans Can Expect to Die at Least 7 Years Earlier than the…
More Americans Support Benefits For Low-Income Individuals – Including SNAP, WIC, Section 8
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black…
Staten Island To Be Included In ‘Safe Options Support’ Program – NY State Prg Assists Those Facing Homelessness With Outreach, Services
Governor Hochul Announces Expansion of ‘Safe Options Support’ Program to Staten Island Successful Statewide Program…
Pope Francis Attends Interreligious Dialogue, Speaks With Faith Leaders From Judaism, Islam, Christian Denominations
Editor’s note: We previously reported on the Pope’s view of the climate crisis…
Remembering Debrina Kawam: Woman Set On Fire On F Train By Migrant Was Homeless, Burned Alive With No One To Help
Debrina Kawam is a woman from Little Falls and Tom’s River in New Jersey. She…
Staten Island’s Project Hospitality, Other New York Orgs Receive Toy, School Supplies, Clothing Donations For Local Families In Need
Spreading Holiday Cheer to Families In Need Editor’s note: This year we covered the Bayonne…
Bayonne Toy Drive To Benefit Local Kids Happens Tomorrow! Bring Toys, Gift Cards
Editor’s note: Staten Islander covered this toy drive event which also occurred last year. Giant…
Holiday Shoppers Receive Four Hours Of Free Parking In Bayonne Parking Utility Lots Through January 1st, Help For Local Fire Victims
Free Four-Hour Parking for Non-Commercial Vehicles in Bayonne Parking Utility Lots, December 2 Through January 1…
Pending SNAP Eligibility Changes, Slightly Increased Benefit
October Eligibility and Budgeting Changes Editor’s note: Readers may remember our coverage of the benefits…
NYCHA South Beach Houses Secured Grant To Upgrade Fire Alarm Systems In Need Of Repairs
Malliotakis Announces $1.5 Million Secured to Upgrade NYCHA South Beach Houses Funding will be used…
NYCHA’s Section 8 Housing Voucher Waitlist Opened For 1st Time In 15 Years: Applicants Will Be Added To Waitlist Starting August 1st
ICYMI: NYCHA’s Section 8 Housing Voucher Waitlist Applications Reopened For The First Time In Over…
Religious Congregations Join YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard), Repurposing Their Own Spaces As Critical Housing
Affordable housing in God’s backyard: Some religious congregations find a new use for their space The…
YES In My Backyard! Case For Housing Deregulation As A Panacea For Many Social Ills Including Wealth Inequality, Social Mobility
Editor’s note: Staten Islander News has previously covered Mayor Adams’ City of Yes proposals, some…
SCOTUS Needs Accountability, Transparency: Sen. Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Reform Supreme Court, Mandate Robust Ethics, Term Limits
GILLIBRAND, A CHAMPION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO REFORM THE SUPREME COURT …
$250 First Time Fine Is “Limited” For Homeless, Jobless Individuals: Criminalization Of Homelessness Now Sanctioned By US Supreme Court – Even For Cities With No Shelters, Sleeping On Streets Is Criminal Activity
For context, the first time fine in the Oregon city at the center of the…
SCOTUS To Weigh In On Criminalization Of Involuntary Homelessness In Oregon With Excessive Fines, Criminal Trespass Charges
Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to…
Stop Creating More Hotel Shelters For Homeless – NYC Should Instead Focus On Permanent, Supportive, Affordable Housing To Solve These Issues, Not Lucrative Contracts
Malliotakis, Brooklyn Community Call for Repeal of City Zoning Laws to Stop Creation of Hotel…
SNAP, Cash Assistance Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated In NYC, Bolstering Access To Benefits For Low-Income New Yorkers – Over 90% Of Recipients Applied Online
Mayor Adams Announces Cash Assistance and SNAP Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated, Bolstering Access to Benefits…
Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof Edelman Discusses Criminalization of Homelessness, Devastation Of Eviction Laws To Low-Income People Across Our Nation
This is the fifth part of the interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…
Donate Toys, Gift Cards For Local Kids In Need: Toy Drive Event This Sunday In Bayonne At K of C On Avenue C
Giant Toy Drive Event on Sunday, December 17: Mayor, Fire Department, Non-Profits, Clubs, and Businesses…
Toy Donations Needed For 1,800 New York Children: Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Gifts Must Be Received By This Friday
Staten Islander Exclusive The Salvation Army Says Friday, 12.15 is last day to make a holiday toy…
New Documentary Explores How Newport News, VA Universities Uprooted Flourishing, Expanding Black Communities Via Eminent Domain
“Uprooted” Explores How University Expansion and Eminent Domain Led to Black Land Loss by Brandi…
Spending Welfare Money On Scholarships For Affluent Students, States Taking Credit For Donations By Churches: Failures Of TANF – Biden Admin Rolls Out Overhaul Of Welfare System To Close Loopholes
Biden Administration to Overhaul Welfare Following ProPublica Reporting by Eli Hager ProPublica is a Pulitzer…
NYPIRG Urges Gov. Hochul To Include “Stop Climate Polluters’ Handouts” Act In State Budget
Climate costs are rising, and New Yorkers will have to pay tens of billions of dollars to…
Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum Addendum: To All People Of Goodwill On Climate Crisis
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON…
Money Bail, Fines, Fees, & Court Costs Ruin Lives: Never Based On Ability To Pay, Causing Hardship For Low-Income People
This is Part 4 of a multi-part interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…
Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof. Edelman Discusses Affects On Low-Income People Of No Attorney For Criminal, Civil Cases
In this part of the interview series with Professor Edelman, our discussion focuses on…
Pope Francis Reminds Us All Life Is Interconnected, Stresses Importance Of Wonder To Prevent Self Perception As Ruthless Exploiters, Masters
The pope’s new letter isn’t just an ‘exhortation’ on the environment – for Francis, everything…
Prof. Edelman Part II: Traffic Court, High Fines, Exorbitant Rising Fees, Contribute To Poverty, Inequality Around America
Professor Edelman sat down with the Staten Islander News Organization to discuss the overuse of…
Professor Edelman Interview Part 1 – Working In Politics w Robert F Kennedy, President Clinton, Causes, Perpetuation Of Poverty In America
Professor Edelman is currently the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown…
Is It A Crime To Be Poor In America? Prof. Edelman Proves Quite Definitively That It Is
Review Of Not A Crime To Be Poor: The Criminalization Of Poverty In America Can…
Spending On Healthcare Costs More But Does Not Improve Health Outcomes, While Clean Drinking Water, Sanitary Living Conditions, Employment, Other Basics, Do Improve Them
Spending More Government Money on Healthcare Does Not Improve Health Outcomes This article originally appeared…
TomorrowPoor People’s Campaign Representing All Low Income Americans March On Main Streets Nationwide To Encourage Everyone To Vote On Election Day
‘Our votes are demands, not support’ Poor People’s Campaign to March on Main Streets Across…
Voices From The Deep South – Persistent Inequities For Poor Blacks
by April Simpson, Center for Public Integrity The legacy of slavery continues to shape life…
Rural Poverty In Deep South Driven By Lack Of Medicaid Expansion, Income-Based Inequity In Health Insurance
by The Center for Public Integrity Jabriel Muhammad pays up to $40 when he sees…
While Need For Welfare Grows, States Hoard $5.2 Billion In Unawarded Welfare Funds Meant For Their Poor
This story originally appeared on ProPublica Bonnie Bridgforth supported five children with an $8.50-an-hour job…
Salvation Army Of Greater NY Seeks To Make Sure All NYCHA Children Receive At Least One Toy This Holiday, Starting With Marcy Houses In Bedstuy
Some 3,000 New York children are facing a dismal Christmas with literally no toys to…
Join The Salvation Army To Kick Off The “Giving Season” With The World’s Largest Red Kettle In Times Square This Giving Tuesday
16-Piece World-Class Salvation Army Brass Band in Uniform Launches This Year’s Much Needed Holiday Fundraiser WHAT: …
The ALICE Project: An Interview With Keith Barsuhn of the United Way
ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. These are the people in our towns and…