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The City Council’s resolution implores the state legislature and HUD to “take strong action and increase NYCHA accountability by auditing the responsiveness of NYCHA managers to tenants,” citing complaints from residents about work orders languishing or getting closed without an actual fix.
En los últimos meses, cientos de familias de inmigrantes recién llegados con niños han estado sujetas a límites de estadía de 28 días en hoteles, ya que la ciudad insiste en que se ha quedado sin espacio para alojarlos. El programa es independiente del anunciado por el alcalde Eric Adams el 16 de octubre, ya que su administración planea nuevos plazos para esta población, señalada desde hace tiempo como una prioridad.
Environmentalists say an Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to protect the city from coastal storms using walls and gates fails to address other climate change-related threats, like heavy rainfall.
“New York City Council’s new bill banning biometric data collection in residential buildings is a strong step forward to give tenants and their guests more protections from the encroachment of their landlords and from modern surveillance technologies.”
El periodo de inscripción inicial para los venezolanos elegibles que no tienen TPS se abrió el 3 de octubre y se extenderá hasta el 2 de abril de 2025. La gobernadora y el alcalde anunciaron financiación para ayudar a estos y otros inmigrantes recién llegados: 30 millones de dólares para servicios legales y 8 millones de dólares para la asistencia en casos. Esto es lo que sabemos.
“The parties have agreed that for now there should not be a war of legal papers,” New York State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Lebovits said Thursday. “That for now, the solution is to try to settle the matter if possible and to solve any problem that may exist.”
Hundreds of recently-arrived immigrant families with children have been subject to 28-day limits on hotel shelter stays in recent months, as the city insists it’s run out of space to lodge them. The program is separate from a broader announcement Mayor Eric Adams made Monday, as his administration plans further shelter deadlines for a population long singled out as a priority for stable placements.
The initial registration period for eligible Venezuelans who do not have TPS opened on Oct. 3 and will run through April 2, 2025. The governor and mayor recently announced funding to assist these and other newly-arrived immigrants: $30 million for legal services, and $8 million for case management. Here’s what we know.
There are several key differences between PACT and Hope VI, the now-defunct federal program that facilitated demolition and displacement in Brooklyn decades ago. But, despite contemporary safeguards, advocates say they’ll be keeping a close eye as plans to raze and rebuild the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses move forward.
“Ending the ability to combine units will lead to less housing, not more. You cannot regulate your way out of a housing affordability crisis. You need to build your way out.”
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