New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation

New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation


The Inequities of COVID-19: A Focus on Public Housing

April 17, 2020

In cities across the United States, the effects of the coronavirus are not being experienced equally. Whether it’s infection rates, deaths, or job losses, people of low income and people of color are being hit hardest. In New York City, many of those effects are concentrated in communities where public housing is located. The Center for Court Innovation’s Neighborhood Safety Initiatives program works with public housing residents. On New Thinking, the program’s Alicia Arrington explains the challenge, and the response.


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Episode recorded on April 14