A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute for the rapid change we could realize by dramatically expanding rental assistance,” said the bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Brian Kavanagh.
“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch this week.
Youth and advocates are optimistic, saying Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget takes important steps to expand resources, but that more needs to be done to make up for years of ‘chronic underfunding’ across the system.
New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among tenants and advocates in the borough.
“We are proposing a bill to fund a Timbuctoo Summer Climate and Careers Institute that will give NYC students a chance to experience life and make career choices inside the Adirondack Park—in a way that prepares them to cope with a changing climate and work for social equity.”
El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos—USCIS por sus siglas en inglés, que es la entidad responsable de la gestión de los beneficios federales de inmigración, programas y otras aplicaciones—ha renovado su misión acortándola un poco, y añadiéndo las palabras: “bienvenida” y “respeto”.
Nayma Silver-Matos, Manny De Los Santos y Edwin De La Cruz son los tres candidatos que compiten por sustituir a Carmen De La Rosa, quien renunció a su escaño cuando fue elegida como concejal del distrito 10 de la ciudad.
‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to acknowledge the dangers of substandard housing?’
¿Por qué ha crecido tanto el número de neoyorquinos sin hogar, a pesar de que la ciudad gasta miles de millones en vivienda y servicios para las personas sin hogar? Una parte de la respuesta es que a lo largo de cuatro décadas se ha producido una desconexión fundamental entre las políticas de la ciudad sobre las personas sin hogar y la vivienda.
‘New York State allows millions of dollars to flow into private schools without any measures to ensure students actually receive a secular education. New legislation aims to fix this issue.’
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