Government
Housing Events in NYC This Week: NYCHA Preservation Trust’s First Board Meeting
Mariam Hydara |
Housing and land use-related events taking place in the week ahead, as well as affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Economy
¿Cuál ha sido el impacto de la nueva ley de inmigración en Florida?
Daniel Parra |
La nueva ley pide comprobar la situación migratoria de su personal a las empresas con más de 25 empleados usando el sistema E-Verify. Es importante reiterar que esta disposición se aplicará solo a las nuevas contrataciones realizadas a partir del 1 de julio de 2023, cuando la ley entra en vigor, y no se aplicará de manera retroactiva.
Economy
City’s Construction Workers Navigate New Risks Posed by Wildfire Smog
Mary Cunningham |
“There are employers who are going to take away outside work when there’s risk, and they’re going to provide you with the appropriate mask,” said Hildalyn Colon Hernández of the New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), a nonprofit that trains immigrants for jobs in construction. “But there’s also employers that are going to disregard all of these notices and keep people working outside.”
Government
Bill Looks to Set Standards for Emergency Shelters as City Opens 12th Migrant Relief Center
Daniel Parra and Jeanmarie Evelly |
A bill introduced in the City Council would establish “minimum standards” for HERRCs and respite centers that the city would have to meet, including that beds be at least three feet apart and that facilities have a certain number of bathrooms and showers per person.
Government
‘A Down Payment’: Budget Boost For Tenant Lawyers Falls Short Of Demands
Emma Whitford |
Lawyers who represent tenants facing eviction in housing court are poised to see millions of dollars in new funding in the coming year, yet far less than the roughly $350 million boost they’ve said is needed for the Right to Counsel program to live up to its name.
Economy
Subsidized Child Care Pilot for Undocumented Families Renewed in City Budget Deal
Daniel Parra |
The city pilot program called Promise NYC, which covered up to $700 a week in child care to undocumented children with low-income parents during the second half of 2023, will be continued and expanded in the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, City Limits has learned.
Government
New York Earns Stripes for Electric Vehicle Adoption, But There’s Still Work to Do
Mary Cunningham |
Of the 1.9 million registered vehicles in the city, 2 percent are electric. While that may seem nominal, electric vehicle registrations are growing: there was a 44 percent increase between 2021 and 2022, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Will NYC’s Budget Promote Mental Health or Preserve Mass Incarceration?
Jennifer J. Parish and Marco Barrios |
“Despite the mayor’s repeated statements that he wants to fund more ‘upstream’ services that address the city’s mental health crisis, his agenda, instead, focuses on post-crisis points and increased law enforcement. To effectively address the City’s mental health crisis, the mayor must invest in more preventive and evidenced-based supports.”
Government
‘Policy Failure’: Audit Finds 3 Housing Placements From Months of Street Homeless Sweeps
Emma Whitford |
Of the 2,308 homeless New Yorkers present during the city’s encampment sweeps over more than eight months in 2022, only three people—about 0.1 percent—had landed in permanent housing placements as of January, according to an audit from Comptroller Brad Lander.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: State Waste Management Plan Must Include Closing Seneca Meadows Landfill
Anne Rabe and Yvonne Taylor |
“It’s an issue with statewide implications. Not only does Seneca Meadows accept trash from all around New York—30 percent of it comes from New York City—the landfill exports toxic leachate to Buffalo, Chittenango, Steuben County, Watertown, and Newark.”
