Bruce Cory, Author at Public Seminar

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‘It Can’t Come Soon Enough’: Creating Retirement Security For New York Workers

A Q&A with New School economist and retirement expert Teresa Ghilarducci.

February 24, 2019 • by Bruce Cory and Teresa Ghilarducci

Urban Matters: You’re one of the leading authorities on retirement in America, so let’s get your opinion of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recently proposed “retirement security plan” for New Yorkers. But first give us a snapshot of how many New Yorkers are approaching retirement, and how financially prepared they are. Ghilarducci:In ...

Public Housing and Asthma

Another winter of discontent, or relief at last?

February 2, 2019 • by Kristen Lewis, Sarah Burd-Sharps and Bruce Cory

For the many thousands of New Yorkers who live with asthma -- including an estimated 174,000 children under the age of 12 -- the winter months can often be particularly painful and debilitating. Cold, dry air outdoors, and in poorly heated spaces indoors, constricts nasal passages and the body’s other ...

Can a Right to Counsel Slow Down the ‘Eviction Machine?’

New York City’s push to help working class families from eviction in Housing Court

September 16, 2018 • by Bruce Cory

Earlier this year, The New York Times gave readers a revealing look at the workings of what it labeled “the eviction machine”: The city’s Housing Court. A series of articles detailed how a court system designed to protect tenants has been hijacked by landlords using eviction, or threatened eviction, often based on ...