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Compiled by Phenix Kim
Monday, February 09, 2026 |
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Opinion: The real crisis in youth justice is underfunding By Gladys Carrión
For more than a decade, New York has been a national leader in youth justice reform. The Close to Home program and Raise the Age law transformed the state’s approach by keeping young people connected to their families and communities, expanding access to age-appropriate programming, and reducing unnecessary incarceration.
As former commissioner of both the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, I helped design and implement these reforms and saw firsthand how investment when it existed translated into better outcomes for young people and stronger public safety.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has stated that she is not proposing changes to Raise the Age, despite calls for reform from allies such as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. That clarity from the governor is welcome. It affirms that New York is not retreating from a law grounded in decades of research and experience. But preserving the statute alone will not sustain reform. The real crisis in youth justice is not the law itself – it is the state’s persistent failure to fund and implement it equitably.
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Gladys Carrión was commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services under New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio | Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office |
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A message from City & State | Register now for City & State’s inaugural NY Higher Education Summit!
This one-of-a-kind forum will convene the leading decision-makers and influencers in NY higher ed for the first time ever! Join us on 2/17 for a day of impactful dialogue, feat. a fireside chat between John B. King Jr., Chancellor of SUNY, and Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, Chancellor of CUNY. Register now!
Sponsored by: University at Albany, SUNY; Brown & Weinraub; CSA; Hinman Straub; Hofstra University; IBM; Trane Technologies; Association of Private Colleges; Municipal Credit Union; NYSTEC; US Army |
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The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families opened applications for the 2026-2027 NYS AAPI Community Development Fund. The fund is made possible through New York state, and the AAPI Equity Budget Coalition, conceived and co-founded by CACF. Through this fund, CACF will sub-grant awards up to $30,000 to community organizations across New York state who serve diverse AAPI communities. From addressing the mental health needs and increasing community safety for AAPI New Yorkers, hate, bias, and racism, to providing critical social and health programs and services. Organizations can apply online through 11:59 pm on Monday, March 9, 2026.
The Chinese-American Planning Council, the nation’s largest Asian American social services organization, convened over 200 staff, community members, and advocates for its 8th annual Albany Day of Action, the organization’s largest advocacy event of the year. This year, CPC will advance three key policy priorities: from securing New York state funding for universal childcare, establishing SNAP and cash assistance to reduce food insecurity across New York City, and investing $175 million in immigration legal services through the Office for New Americans.
The Sharing Shelf, a nonprofit clothing bank serving children and teens in need in Westchester County, unveiled its “Clothing Insecurity Update” which provides insight from 145 nonprofits, schools, and government agencies fielding clothing requests for 9,134 children and teens. This “Clothing Insecurity Update for 2025” provides the following measures and insights: requests for clothing grew 25% from 2024 to 2025, having grown 88% in three years; need was greatest for children under one-year-old with next being among teens, of whom 13.4% lived in a shelter or unstable housing.
This Saturday, Teatown Lake Reservation hosted its 22nd Annual Teatown Hudson River EagleFest at Croton Point Park. Visitors caught a glimpse of live birds of prey as they flocked to the Lower Hudson Valley during their annual winter migration, along with crafts and games, food trucks, live music, educational exhibits in heated tents and much more. Teatown Lake Reservation and Metro-North Railroad teamed up to bring New Yorkers to the 22nd Annual Hudson River EagleFest aboard the Eagle Train.
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A message from City & State |
Exclusive Manhattan Reception Celebrating CSNY’s 50 Over 50
Join us on 2/19 to honor our Fifty Over 50 list! We’re thrilled to announce that Rick Cotton, of the Port Authority of NY & NJ, will receive our Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s event! Our ICONS this year are Majority Whip Rodneyse Bichotte, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Mitchell Katz of NYC Health + Hospitals, and John B. King, Jr. of SUNY. Help us celebrate this group and their fellow honorees by placing a congratulatory ad in City & State Magazine and contacting us about event sponsorship.
Sponsored by: AARP; IUOE Local 15; Grand Street Settlement; BronxWorks; Episcopal Health Services Inc.; Hatch; Hudson Yard's Hell's Kitchen Alliance (HYHK); Lincoln Center; Student Sponsor Partners |
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Health and Mental Hygiene: The department awarded $10 million to Sherry Matthews Inc., $10 million to Mind4, Inc. and $10 million and Starfish LLC. for creative development of public education.
Design and Construction: The department awarded $8.8 million to Litehouse Builders, Inc. for shelter building upgrades.
Social Services: The department awarded $3.2 million to Violence Intervention Program Inc. for non-residential program support services in the Bronx, $1.3 million to The Neighborhood Self-Help by Older Persons Project for senior affordable housing tenant services.
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A message from City & State |
Explore What’s Next for NY’s infrastructure on 2/26!
Join us for The Most Significant Infrastructure Projects Summit — an exploration of how completed, current, and future infrastructure projects will drive economic growth, job creation, and measurable benefits for all New Yorkers. Our keynote speakers are Janno Lieber, CEO of the MTA, and Jamie Torres-Springer, President of MTA Construction & Development! Register now, and contact us about sponsorship.
Sponsored by: Boldyn Networks; AECOM; Alstom Americas; Brown & Weinraub; Hornblower Group; Iovino Enterprises; Jacobs; KPMG; NUAIR; Skanska; T-Mobile; VHB; ELEC LOCAL 825; Forte Construction Corp; TAP Electric |
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* The death toll from a bitter cold spell in New York City climbed to 18 on Sunday, as many New Yorkers hunkered down at home while others braved the outdoors, The New York Times reports.
* As Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration races to get people living on city streets indoors amid a deadly cold snap, the Department of Social Services is moving ahead with a new rule that advocates warn will make it even harder for people to find shelter, The CITY reports. * New Yorkers have died outdoors in New York City over the last two weeks amid a stretch of unusually cold weather – and with frigid temperatures on the way again, homeless advocates are urging the city to deploy more outreach teams, City Limits reports. * At least nine companies hold active contracts with both ICE and New York City agencies, according to a Documented analysis of U.S. Department of Homeland Security and city procurement records, DocumentedNY reports.
* State lawmakers want gas companies to give New Yorkers more notice when they’re planning to dig up a gas line – and a chance to consider cheaper or cleaner alternatives, New York Focus reports.
* The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has joined a World Health Organization network that works on disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies around the world, Healthbeat reports.
* When New Yorkers finally emerge from the freakish cold of recent weeks, they’ll face another outsize side effect of the wild weather: their utility bills, Gothamist reports.
* Starbucks workers at 10 unionized New York City stores quietly returned to work on Thursday, ending their nearly three-month strike after failing to force management, The City reports.
* Before Kamar Samuels took the helm of the nation’s largest school system, he set in motion plans to shutter three small middle school programs and relocate another coveted school in Manhattan, Chalkbeat reports. |
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A message from City & State |
March Political Madness is BACK! Cheer on Your Favorite Political Leaders on the Basketball Court.
It’s time to get your game face on. On 3/6, New York’s political leaders will face each other & other NY leaders in advocacy, business and beyond in a March-Madness-style basketball tournament on The John Thompson, Jr. Court @ Nike. The afternoon will feature games, contests, giveaways and more! Whether you’re looking for access to NY’s political leaders or are looking to show off your basketball skills, you need to be part of this event. Sponsorship packages include game tickets, team membership for one player of your choice, event branding, and exclusive sponsorship of anything from basketballs to noisemakers! Contact us before spaces fill up.
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* The NYPD says the recent shooting of 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty was justified because he lunged at the cops with a large kitchen knife within seconds of them approaching his home in response to a call during a mental health crisis. But an analysis indicates that even with more mental health workers, police may continue to be called on as first responders in the vast majority of cases, The City reports.
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* We’re told New York is in crisis, an energy utility debt crisis. In truth, we’ve been in one since the pandemic, only instead of getting better now that we’re supposedly back to normal it is getting worse. In growing numbers, ordinary New Yorkers can’t afford their utility bills, writes Fred LeBrun of Times Union.
* The killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Macklin Good, among others, are not isolated tragedies. They are part of a larger pattern—one in which protest, documentation, and dissent are increasingly treated as threats to the current administration’s racist agenda, rather than constitutionally protected rights, writes Vina Kay and Melissa Rudnick of the Piper Fund at Proteus Fund, a national philanthropic intermediary that connects funders to the frontlines of social justice. |
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NYN Media Jobs
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Grant Writer - New Alternatives for Children, New York, NY
New Alternatives for Children is an award-winning not-for-profit child welfare agency in Midtown Manhattan dedicated to serving children and families with medical complexity, chronic health conditions, significant disabilities and behavioral challenges. NAC is currently seeking a dynamic Grant Writer to join its Development Department. Learn more here!
Bilingual Licensed Psychologist - New Alternatives for Children, New York, NY
New Alternatives for Children, Inc. (NAC) is an award-winning not-for-profit agency dedicated to serving children and families with medical complexities, chronic illnesses, and disabilities throughout the five boroughs. To assist in achieving this mission, NAC is currently seeking a Bilingual Licensed Psychologist to join it’s Mental Health department. Learn more here!
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To Nick Encalada-Malinowski, civil rights campaign director at VOCAL-NY, Gregory Brender, director of public policy at Day Care Council of New York and to Jack Kliger, president and CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust; tomorrow to Suzy Ballantyne, deputy executive director of Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act and to Bill Samuels, founder of EffectiveNY; on Wednesday to Arthur Schwartz, principal attorney of Advocates for Justice Chartered Attorneys and partner at Salles and Schwartz; on Thursday to Brianna McKinney, director of development and marketing at Change Machine and to Caroline Gallagher, chief development officer at Children's Aid; on Friday to Emma Pfohman, CEO of the Association for a Better New York; on Saturday to Richard Gruber, director of quality improvement at Independent Living Association; and on Sunday to Lauren Browdy, former media associate at NewYork-Presbyterian and to Grace Bonilla, president and CEO of United Way of New York City.
MOVING ON: Asian American Arts Alliance welcomes George Hirose to the organization’s Board of Directors, Michelle Pham and Serina Yamada as Board co-presidents, Bindu George as vice president, and Josh Cipkala-Gaffin as treasurer. Bideawee, welcomes Lauren Grushkin to its Board of Directors. Have a birthday, career change, birth or death to announce? Email pkim@govexec.com. |
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