Desde junio de este año el Departamento de Protección al Consumidor y al Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés) ha realizado 1.508 inspecciones de venta en las calles y ha emitido 424 infracciones en la ciudad, una cifra cercana al promedio de citaciones civiles que emitió la policía de la ciudad antes de la pandemia.
A construction worker died building a $10,000 per square foot development. His death went unacknowledged and the developer was only charged a $12,500 fine, a Documented investigation found.
A finales de junio se estimaba que más de 13.000 solicitudes para renovación para el programa de la acción diferida para los niños llegados en la infancia (o DACA por sus siglas en inglés) estaban pendientes entre los miles de casos retrasados en USCIS.
The NYPD has made 1,483 arrests for syringe possession since 2006, with 17 people arrested so far this year for the offense, police department data shows. Advocates say the law is demonstrative of the “massive inconsistencies between the penal code and the health code.”
Según los datos recopilados por la organización Polaris, durante la pandemia hubo más trabajadores agrícolas que llamaron a la Línea Nacional de Tráfico de Personas de Estados Unidos.
The ruling comes less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ended New York state’s ban on most evictions. But NYC tenants still have several other potential avenues of protection.
Andrew Cuomo resigned in the wake of harassment allegations, and new Gov. Kathy Hochul has vowed to overhaul Albany’s policies. What protections exist for New York City workers?
Health advocates point to a spike in overdose and opioid deaths during the pandemic, saying the pilot program to launch five Overdose Prevention Centers—four of them in the city, where people can use drugs under supervision would save lives—would save lives.
El 18 de agosto el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional y el Departamento de Justicia publicaron un aviso de propuesta normativa que modificaría la normativa actual en la tramitación de las solicitudes de asilo. Aquí explicamos los pros y los contras de los cambios propuestos.
The governor’s personal attorney spoke via video stream on Friday, fixated on perceived “fairness issues” in the report from Attorney General Letitia James’ office that outlined the harassment claims lodged against Cuomo, who is slated to leave office Tuesday. James’ office responded to the attacks from Cuomo’s team by calling them “lies and conspiracy theories.”
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