Dance to Personal Freedom
The National Dance Institute of New York offers inner city kids a chance of being creative and free while developing the full mind. You don’t want to miss it!
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New York Sees Rise in Discrimination Cases
An almost 60% increase in discrimination cases alarms the city. In an exclusive interview, Carmelyn P. Malalis the Commissioner and Chair of the NYC Commission on Human Rights is here with details on what’s being done to stem this tide…
Home for the Holidays
Get paid to house your homeless friends and relatives for the holidays! We’ve got the details of New York’s “Home for the Holidays” program in an exclusive interview with Steven Banks, NYC Commissioner of Social Services.
From Poverty to Stardom
Find out how one boy sung his way from poverty to center stage at the Metropolitan Opera.
Cold, Homeless, and Chasing a Dream
Women and children make up the majority of NYC’s homeless. Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn offers solutions.
Barren Food Pantries
Food pantries in Brooklyn and Staten Island are going bare, leaving those in need hungry for the holidays. How bad is the situation, and what can you do to help?
Breakthrough for New York City’s Low-Income Students
When it comes to applying to some of the top high schools here in New York City, students from low-income families face an uphill battle. That’s where Breakthrough New York steps in. As part of our ongoing initiative” Chasing The…
New Faces of Hunger in NYC
About 1.4 million New Yorkers - many of them women, children, elderly and disabled - rely on food pantries and soup kitchens. Tonight's latest installment of our ongoing reporting initiative, Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America, takes a…
Sex Offenders Living Inside City Shelters
A few weeks ago, we reported on the city homeless shelters you may have stayed in before: hotels. PIX 11 reporters Jay Dow and Mario Diaz joined us to show these "homeless hotels" in New York City that started housing…
MetroFocus Special: Homelessness in NYC
A simple walk down 8th Avenue would be more than enough proof that New York City deals with homelessness on a broad scale. Shelters overflow with men, women, and children on a daily basis, and it's to the point where…
How Changes To SNAP Eligibility Will Impact New York’s Hungry
Beginning April 1, fewer people in New York will be eligible for food stamps. The state is updating its requirements to be more selective, and food banks across the region are bracing for the change, expecting to see more hungry…
Former Council Speaker Quinn Wants To Fix NYC’s Shelters
On any given night in New York City, nearly 23,00 children will lay their heads down in a homeless shelter. That’s more than a full-house at Madison Square Garden and more than two-thirds of the city’s total shelter population. (According…