“There are no tourists. We are living through a period worse than 9/11. Two or three hours can pass before anyone gets into the cab. People would rather walk because they feel that being locked inside a taxi is a risk,” one driver told El Diario.
Youth advocates and SYEP participants say cancelling the program this summer will be a financial hit to low-income youth who rely on those jobs.
Existen otros factores además de la aparente obvia explicación de la pobreza que se han discutido menos como condiciones subyacentes y las desigualdades de larga data que se tradujeron realmente en muertes.
De Blasio’s executive budget proposes large shifts in capital funding for his 300,000-unit housing plan—essentially backloading hundreds of millions in capital expenditures to future years, most of which fall beyond his term.
Worried homeowners endure long wait times when trying to access federal and state resources to avoid foreclosure. Then they learn the limits of those programs.
‘Mayor de Blasio’s new budget, which prioritizes our city’s paramilitary police and corrections department over much-needed public services, indicates the city believes otherwise.’
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