In this city there are 297,611 people crammed into apartments with too many others.* Policy researchers call this “severe overcrowding.” It is also known as “doubling up”—sharing an apartment meant for one family with other families who need their own [...]

Michael Goodwin wrote a small piece in the New York Post today where he told readers that "population is a growing concern." He says that "explosive population growth." is more dangerous than terrorism or swine flu. The research he cited [...]

A month ago, James Farrior died in a Queens day care. The day care in Mexico that burned to the ground in June had only a handful of adults minding 142 kids. On July 2, 2009, Daniel Slutsky, age 2, [...]

This is the story of what happened when I tried to help a New York City mother with no money to get a crib. On the afternoon of July 17th, this mother came to my office in a city hospital [...]