The legislation would amend existing public health law to empower children under age 18 who are classified as “runaway or homeless youth,” or RHY, to give consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services, and comes amid a wave of legislation targeting trans kids elsewhere in the nation.
Non-profit developers and tenants rights advocates have also been sounding the alarm on the need to create more income-restricted apartments across the five boroughs and to keep existing renters stably housed, especially in communities of color.
Although some are still only high school or college age, Generation Z—generally about 25 and younger—has established itself as the most engaged generation in climate action.
Proposed legislation would allow NYCHA to transfer 25,000 apartments into a publicly owned trust with the power to issue bonds and borrow money for addressing desperately-needed capital repairs. Supporters say it’s the only real shot to drum up the funds in lieu of substantive federal aid. But many public housing tenants are opposed or skeptical of the plan.
“We must ensure that New York City’s growing population of 1.25 million adults ages 65 and older can access high-quality services, resources, and opportunities that accommodate their needs and preferences, celebrate their strengths and resilience, and empower them to live in the communities they helped build and continue to make meaningful contributions to.”
Es la sexta vez que el Estado aplaza la decisión sobre la ampliación, dicha ampliación ha sido criticada por ecologistas ya que es contraria a los objetivos climáticos de Nueva York. El DEC dice que esperará hasta que la Comisión de Servicios Públicos pueda evaluar el proyecto.
En Nueva York, hay más de un millón de personas sin seguro médico, dice un informe del Community Service Society (CSS por sus siglas en inglés y que es un financiador de City Limits) y el Citizens Budget Commission (CBC por sus siglas en inglés).
As temperatures and sea levels rise, the world turns to young people to solve the greatest challenge in human history—a burden felt by youth activists from New York City to New Delhi, said panelists and audience members at the Waterfront Alliance Annual Conference in Lower Manhattan Tuesday.
“Two years into the pandemic, the city is moving ahead with a return to ‘normal,’ but the pre-pandemic real estate market’s ‘normal’ is not something to which we should aspire to.”
Uno de los detenidos dijo a City Limits que ha estado detenido por ICE durante más de seis meses, pero que sólo le han dado dos tapabocas de tela durante ese tiempo, a pesar de que el personal de la cárcel dijo a los concejales que tienen tapabocas en abundancia.
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