Office of Congresswoman Grace Meng
Congresswoman Grace Meng, seen at a pro-immigrant rally in January, says she and other federal lawmakers are working to pass bills that would extend the Census until September, citing the risk of having Census-takers go door-to-door
Many immigrant workers in food service, childcare and the cleaning industries don’t have the luxury of working from home, making them especially vulnerable to the virus, advocates say. They want to ensure the government’s response to COVID-19 doesn’t overlook immigrant and undocumented residents.
Thousands of New York City students spend at least two hours in transit to and from school each day, raising questions about how school quality and school distance combine to affect learners.
The MTA plans to limit the number of trips Access-a-Ride users can take under a popular pilot program that allows them to book rides on-demand. Those changes will take effect by the end of the month, an MTA spokesman said.
Fear over implementation of the policy has led to many immigrants disenrolling in public benefit programs, sometimes needlessly.
In his State of the City speech, Mayor de Blasio announced a new NYPD Vision Zero Unit to crack down on dangerous driving behavior, like failure to yield. But data shows many drivers who get summonses for that offense face no penalties.
Entre los usuarios que todavía esperan ser incluidos en el programa de Fair Fares se encuentran los usuarios de Access-a-Ride, el servicio de automóviles operado por MTA para los neoyorquinos con discapacidades que les dificultan o imposibilitan el uso del metro o del autobús.
A spokeswoman for the mayor’s office says the city is looking into the possibility of extending Fair Fares to eligible Access-a-Ride customers.
The study will look at the potential of adding “subway, commuter rail, light rail or bus service” along the Bay Ridge Branch, a 16-mile existing freight line that runs from Astoria to Bay Ridge.
In the last three years, the governor—or the MTA, at the governor’s behest—has established expert groups to tackle issues like transit system homelessness, subway train speeds, repairing the L train tunnel and revamping Penn Station.
Some say the plan fails to provide meaningful service improvements that would draw riders back to the bus.
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