Amid New York City’s ongoing homelessness crisis, the length of time it takes NYCHA to rent out available apartments has more than doubled over the last five years. At the same time, the number of people moving from Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelters into public housing has plummeted.
‘Let’s be clear: taking away resources from the Parks Department at a moment when the agency is still working hard to recover from another Covid-era budget cut in 2020 would be a severe mistake that leaves parks under-staffed, unkempt and unsafe.’
Twelve of the gas stations in the consent judgment are in environmental justice areas — areas of low-income individuals or communities of color, who are disproportionately exposed to environmental burdens.
Las agencias de la ciudad de Nueva York encargadas de investigar la discriminación basada en la fuente de ingresos (SOI por sus siglas en inglés) contra los inquilinos se están viendo obligadas a hacer más cosas con menos presupuesto después de que la congelación de las contrataciones, las dimisiones y los recortes presupuestarios redujeran sus ya sobrecargadas unidades de control.
A housing complex in Melrose has emerged as a new home for dozens of tenants displaced by January’s deadly Bronx fire. At least 29 households have so far signed leases at the building, and another 44 are expected to soon. Among the new residents: Mark Smith, who says he lost all his possessions in the Twin Parks blaze.
“The recovery of New York City as a whole is only possible when it is inclusive of all neighborhoods, including ones like mine in The Bronx that suffered some of the worst effects of the pandemic.”
‘Immigrants are forced to live in a system with arbitrary restrictions that discourage us from advancing our education, obtaining a stable career, and providing for our families. All the while, our community is continuously relied upon as key drivers of the state’s economy.’
Ten months after the Biden Administration supplied New York City with a trove of new Section 8 vouchers to house homeless residents, just over 5 percent have actually been used to lease an apartment, federal data shows.
El mismo día que se celebraba el día de San Valentín, el pasado 14 de febrero, también se llevó a cabo “el día sin inmigrantes” en el cual inmigrantes y organizaciones que los defienden exigieron al presidente Joe Biden y al Congreso la aprobación de una reforma migratoria, luego de que el plan de incluir cambios en inmigración en el paquete de reconciliación del presupuesto se cayera.
‘The Public Trust would at long last empower NYCHA to leverage debt, allowing it to deploy capital funds quickly, cut through antiquated procurement rules, and make measurable improvements in the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.’
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