Boroughs
NYC Housing Calendar, March 2-8
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Economy
El largo camino hacia la justicia para las víctimas del robo de salarios en Nueva York
Daniel Parra |
Más de tres años después de que 15 trabajadoras de una lavandería presentaran su primera denuncia ante Letitia James, la fiscal general de Nueva York, las empleadas -todas ellas mujeres inmigrantes latinas- recibieron por fin los primeros cheques de los salarios que se les debían. El caso es emblemático de lo que puede ser un largo camino hacia la justicia para las víctimas del robo de salarios, que los legisladores estiman impacta a unos 2,1 millones de neoyorquinos cada año.
Economy
The Long Road to Justice for NYC Wage Theft Victims
Daniel Parra |
More than three years after 15 laundry workers first lodged their complaint with New York Attorney General Letitia James, the employees—all Latina immigrant women—finally received the first checks for their owed salaries. The case is emblematic of what can be a long road to justice for victims of wage theft, which lawmakers estimate impacts some 2.1 million New Yorkers each year.
Bronx
NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 23-March 1
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
Office Buildings Could Evade Energy Upgrades Via ‘Giant Loophole’ in NYC’s Climate Law, Environmentalists Warn
Mariana Simões |
Local Law 97 promises to reduce carbon emissions and create a more energy efficient city. But environmentalists warn that the current rules create a loophole for landlords, especially those that own office properties, to simply buy their way out of complying.
Health and Environment
Residents Living Near Queens Waste Facilities Hope Legal Settlement Finally Clears the Air
Nikol Mudrová, Maggie Geiler and Annie Jonas |
For two decades, residents in Jamaica’s Bricktown say they’ve had to contend with the stench and debris from unenclosed waste transfer facilities nearby. A settlement reached with the facilities’ operators last month could change that for the community, one of the three city neighborhoods most burdened by waste infrastructure.
Brooklyn
Opinion: NYC’s Housing Emergency Demands Good Cause Eviction, More Social Housing
Sandy Nurse |
“The city and state must stop relying on failed capitalist strategies when developing more housing, which is why I introduced a bill Thursday that would require the city to study the feasibility of creating a municipal social housing development agency.”
Government
¿Cómo desembolsó NY las ayudas a los indocumentados víctimas del huracán Ida?
Daniel Parra |
Hasta el mes pasado, el Estado de Nueva York había repartido algo más de $2 millones de los $27 millones de dólares reservados para el fondo de ayuda, según datos recientes compartidos con City Limits. En total, 405 de los 554 neoyorquinos que lo aplicaron han sido aprobados, y 352 han recibido la ayuda.
Government
‘More Than Just an Accident’: The 7-Year Fight to Pass Carlos’ Law
Amanda Harrington |
In April 2015, Diana Florence was a longtime prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office thinking about retirement. But a phone call—about the death of an immigrant laborer at a building site—changed her plans. And it went on to upend how New York State addresses construction fatalities.
Economy
Data Drop: How NY Disbursed Aid for Undocumented Hurricane Ida Victims
Daniel Parra |
As of last month, the state had doled out just over $2 million of the $27 million set aside for the relief fund, according to recent data shared with City Limits. In total, 405 of the 554 New Yorkers who applied have been approved, and 352 have actually received the aid.
