Nikia D. Garland

Jan 26, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Julian Shen-Berro |Michelle Noris |Nikia D. Garland |Jessie Gomez

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. Leer en español. Families of more than 90,000 eligible children in New York City have not redeemed recent allotments of pandemic food benefits, according to data obtained by Chalkbeat. That means at least $35 million dollars in potential benefits remain unused and could expire early next year, with New Yorkers losing out on the federal funds.

Jan 26, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Nikia D. Garland

When I was in sixth grade, I read Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl.” This was my introduction to the Holocaust. I was so moved by her life — and subsequent death at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp — that I vowed to never forget Anne and the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. My 12-year-old mind could not fathom the senselessness of her murder.