Puerto Rico fue incluido en 1974 en el programa de cupones de alimentos o el programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (o SNAP por sus siglas en inglés, como también se le conoce), pero en 1982 fue sacado del programa. En su lugar, en Puerto Rico hay un programa limitado llamado Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN), o NAP por sus siglas en inglés, con fondos limitados.
“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.”
Recent clarifications and updates to city funding terms have alleviated some fears among legal service nonprofits while sparking others, as the organizations demand Mayor Eric Adams’ administration stop the contracting process and start over.
De las seis personas con las que City Limits habló sobre sus recientes búsquedas, solo una ha podido encontrar y alquilar una habitación; otra le paga a una compañera de trabajo para dormir en un sofá, y el resto se aloja en espacios atiborrados con amigos o conocidos.
The saga of The Windermere, though unique in many respects, is emblematic of why the city’s need for deeply affordable housing and the interests of many for-profit owners and developers will never fully align.
“Philanthropy can be a linchpin, capable of bringing together the public sector’s authority and agenda-setting power and the private sector’s financial resources and dynamism. This was the clear lesson learned during the launch of the NYC Boss Up program to help entrepreneurs living in NYCHA housing expand their businesses.”
Securing housing in a city known for sky-high rents is proving difficult for newly arrived immigrants. Of the six people City Limits spoke to about their recent searches, only one was able to find and rent a room; another is paying a coworker to sleep on a sofa, and the rest are staying in overcrowded spaces with friends of friends or acquaintances.
“I haven’t slept at all, I panic every time it pours hard rain,” one basement tenant in Brooklyn told City Limits after water began to breach her apartment early Friday morning.
“Without Hochul’s swift action, New York State honeybee colonies will continue to log record losses, and 40-60 percent of the state’s native bees and other pollinators will remain at risk of disappearing.”
The interrogation from councilmembers came on the heels of new data showing processing delays the likes of which New Yorkers haven’t seen in at least a decade.
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