Government
City Limits Announces Two Additions to its Reporting Staff
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The nonprofit newsroom expands staff to support its in-depth reporting on New York City housing issues, and launches a new beat focused exclusively on NYCHA.
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.
Government
Tensión por condiciones en albergues de emergencia mientras Nueva York lucha por alojar a inmigrantes
Daniel Parra |
Durante semanas, City Limits ha hablado con personas en dos de los centros humanitarios de emergencias humanitarias y socorro (HERRC por sus siglas en inglés) de la ciudad: uno en el Hotel ROW y otro en el Hotel Watson de Manhattan, donde recientemente se trasladó a hombres adultos a un centro de acogida en la Terminal de Cruceros de Brooklyn, en Red Hook.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: If NYC Hosts the Democratic Convention, It Must Do Better Than ’04—At Protecting Free Speech
Jarrett Murphy |
“In 2004, the Republican National Convention came to New York City. Outside, the NYPD perpetrated some of the worst offenses against civil liberties in the city’s history. Cops rounded up 1,800 protesters in a single day, most of whom were demonstrating peacefully.”
Government
Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants
Daniel Parra |
For weeks, City Limits has been speaking to people sheltered at two of the city’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs: one at The ROW Hotel and another at The Watson Hotel in Manhattan, where adult men were recently transferred out and relocated to a congregate facility at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook.
Government
Mayor Adams Promised 20,000 Trees a Year. But Budget Cuts Threaten Progress
Mariana Simões |
A staff of just 302 people tend to a crop of over 865,000 trees across the city. Adams’ preliminary budget aims to slash $46 million from the Parks Department, which environmentalists fear signals a step back in the mayor’s promise to keep New York City’s canopy alive and growing.
Government
¿Cómo se están organizando los defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes para frenar demandas al Título 42?
Daniel Parra |
Una expansión del Título 42 por un lado permitirá a los inmigrantes procedentes de Nicaragua, Cuba y Haití con patrocinadores financieros con sede en Estados Unidos entrar legalmente en el país a través de un “parole” y con ello, podrán vivir y trabajar legalmente en Estados Unidos de forma temporal.
Bronx
Buried Beneath: The Fight to Clean Up Toxic Brownfields in The Bronx
CUNY Lehman Journalism Team |
During the Fall 2022 semester, Lehman College journalism students conducted an investigation on the prevalence of toxic brownfield sites in The Bronx. Using public information, research into federal lobbying records and interviews with experts and residents, the student journalists set out to understand how this contamination happened and why progress towards remediation was so slow.
Economy
Con SWEAT, defensores de trabajadores renuevan presión en favor de una legislación contra el robo de salarios
Daniel Parra |
Siete organizaciones de trabajadores han compilado una base de datos sobre el robo de salarios durante la pandemia por un total de 130.5 millones de dólares adeudados a los trabajadores. Los datos preliminares de sólo siete grupos empequeñecen los casi 3 millones de dólares que la gobernadora Kathy Hochul se jactó de que el estado había recuperado para los trabajadores el año pasado. Una versión preliminar de estos datos ha sido compartida con City Limits.
Economy
With SWEAT, Labor Advocates Renew Push For Anti-Wage Theft Legislation
Daniel Parra |
Seven workers’ organizations have compiled a database on wage theft during the pandemic totaling $130.5 million owed to workers. The preliminary data from just seven groups dwarfs the nearly $3 million Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted of the state having recovered for workers last year. A preliminary version of this data has been shared with City Limits.
