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Trump's Drive to Undermine Our Progress on Clean Transportation Will Erode Our Health | Common Dreams

Air pollution significantly impacts children's health, especially in low-income areas like the South Bronx.

Existing policies are failing to protect vulnerable communities from severe air pollution.

Jobless men, bored teens linked to pandemic homicide jumpUnemployed men, bored teens may have sparked pandemic homicide jump

The homicide surge in 2020 was primarily driven by laid-off men and teen boys in low-income communities due to pandemic disruptions.

The Mystery of Food Deserts

Food deserts are a modern phenomenon, emerging in the late 1980s, driven by economic and cultural shifts rather than mere poverty or rural demographics.

New York becomes first state to offer Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates - Queens Post

Low-income New Yorkers eligible for rebates through the HEAR Program to lower energy costs, part of national initiative under the Investing in America agenda.

Op-Ed | Why expanding Fair Fares eligibility is a matter of racial equity | amNewYork

Expanding Fair Fares program for low-income New Yorkers can address the inequitable public transportation subsidy disparities in NYC.

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