Demócratas en la Cámara de Representantes presentaron un nuevo proyecto de ley titulado “Renovación de las Disposiciones de Inmigración de la Ley de Inmigración de 1929” que proporcionaría una vía para la obtención de la ciudadanía a ocho millones de inmigrantes.
The 15-member NYC Districting Commission released a set of preliminary maps this month for the public to review, updating Council districts to reflect population changes based off the 2020 Census ahead of the City Council elections next year. See how would your current City Council district change under the proposal.
Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday doubled down on his claim that thousands of asylum-seekers have strained New York City’s homeless shelter system, causing his administration to break state law by keeping at least four families in an intake facility overnight.
The Council on July 14 green-lit the creation of an Office of the Utility Advocate tasked with providing a link between consumers and the companies that deliver gas, electricity, steam and water, as well as phone and cable service.
Por semanas City Limits ha hablado con varias familias latinoamericanas que entraron en el sistema de albergues de la ciudad después de entrar a los Estados Unidos por la frontera del sur. El alcalde Eric Adams ha acusado a Texas y Arizona de enviar a los inmigrantes recién llegados a la ciudad, algo que los gobernadores de ambos estados han negado. Las familias que hablaron con City Limits dijeron que llegaron aquí con ayuda de organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro.
The measures, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will force NYCHA to create a searchable online database of work tickets and task city agencies with making public housing code violations public.
“When I noticed very few places in my own neighborhood in Brooklyn where the community could come together to connect, despite the conventional image of an entrepreneur looking nothing like us, my husband and I decided to start our own business.”
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
For weeks, City Limits has been talking to several Latin American families who entered the city’s shelter system after arriving in the U.S. from southern border states. Mayor Eric Adams has accused Texas and Arizona of sending newly-arrived immigrants to the city, something governors of both states have denied, and the families who spoke with City Limits said they came here with help from nonprofits.
The Stable Families Act builds off the massive pot of money that Congress sent to states and local governments to cover rent arrears for tenants who could not make payments as a result of the pandemic
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