More than 500 new households can access city-funded rental vouchers after the elimination last month of the so-called “90-day rule” for applicants, Mayor Adams said Tuesday. The update came weeks after he vetoed a package of legislation, passed by the City Council in May, which would have expanded CityFHEPS eligibility to even more households.
During New York’s Pride Month, several asylum seekers who arrived in New York City after crossing the border finally paraded in a Pride march for the first time in their lives. City Limits spoke with six of them.
NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt said the Preservation Trust is essential to helping NYCHA get “tremendous capital needs” and aiding residents to getting quality repairs. The first development to vote on whether to join the Trust is expected to be chosen this summer.
“This was not a consensus choice. The mayor deliberately stacked the deck in favor of landlords and at the peril of tenants.”
“The time is now. We cannot ignore the gun violence epidemic that disproportionately affects Black and Brown children. It is our moral obligation to fight for their safety, well-being, and equal opportunity.”
El programa piloto de la ciudad llamado Promise NYC, que cubre hasta $700 por semana en cuidado infantil para niños indocumentados con padres de bajos ingresos durante la segunda mitad de 2023, continuará y se ampliará en el presupuesto de la ciudad para el próximo año fiscal.
“We must not be complacent. People of trans experience in many parts of the country are being targeted for simply being who we are. New York has an opportunity to be a safe haven for the trans community.”
Housing and land use-related events taking place in the week ahead, as well as affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
La nueva ley pide comprobar la situación migratoria de su personal a las empresas con más de 25 empleados usando el sistema E-Verify. Es importante reiterar que esta disposición se aplicará solo a las nuevas contrataciones realizadas a partir del 1 de julio de 2023, cuando la ley entra en vigor, y no se aplicará de manera retroactiva.
A bill introduced in the City Council would establish “minimum standards” for HERRCs and respite centers that the city would have to meet, including that beds be at least three feet apart and that facilities have a certain number of bathrooms and showers per person.
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