Había unos 145.723 estudiantes de inglés (ELL) -que representan el 13,3 por ciento de todos los estudiantes, incluidos los de edad escolar y preescolar- en las escuelas públicas de la ciudad de Nueva York. Dos años después de que la pandemia afectara a la ciudad, hay varias áreas en las que los ELL no se han recuperado.
A call for Gov. Kathy Hochul to push the legislation through in budget negotiations comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announces a new warning about fossil fuels. But sources say the bill will be excluded from the week-late spending plan, forcing lawmakers to hammer it out in the remaining months of the legislative session.
“If we are truly invested in preventing and eventually ending this horrific blight of hatred and violence against people who are homeless, we must work to end homelessness itself. This can be accomplished in two phases: immediately offering stabilization beds to New Yorkers living on the street, and providing permanent affordable housing.”
“Es hora de reconocer que los residentes de NYCHA son una parte integral de la ciudad. Al igual que otros inquilinos, deberían tener derecho a un acceso completo al sistema de aplicación de los códigos de la ciudad”, dijo un analista de la política de vivienda que pide que los inquilinos de NYCHA tengan acceso a los inspectores de edificios de la ciudad.
The settlement comes as legislators and organizers in New York rally for proposed legislation called Fair Pay for Home Care, which would increase the minimum wage for home healthcare workers by 150 percent.
“We must reject policies that single out, scapegoat, and sweep away the rights of our neighbors with mental illness.”
The Adams administration has touted Safe Havens as an alternative for those who would rather sleep outside than in a traditional homeless shelter. But there are too few of the facilities to accommodate the majority of unsheltered New Yorkers.
“We must reject efforts to roll back Raise the Age and stop scapegoating children and youth for the decades-long failure of government to invest equitably in them and their communities in the first place.”
After nearly 40 years in operation, The Partnership for the Homeless on Monday became the Partnership to End Homelessness. “We very much believe that homelessness is solvable and should be solved, given that it especially hurts women and children of color in our city,” the group’s CEO said of the change.
A pesar ganancias, los latinos siguen teniendo las tasas más altas de personas sin seguro de cualquier grupo racial o étnico dentro de los Estados Unidos.
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