The lack of required documentation among the undocumented population seems to be the biggest barrier to applying to New York’s Excluded Workers Fund, a relief fund designed to include these workers.
August 26, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/08/26/nys-excluded-workers-fund-excludes-many-it-was-supposed-to-help-advocates-say/The 290,000 potential beneficiaries of the fund, intended to aid workers who were ineligible for other government COVID relief, are facing a new obstacle: gathering the documentation necessary to complete the application.
July 28, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/07/28/would-be-beneficiaries-of-new-yorks-excluded-workers-fund-face-obstacles/‘What low-income renters and homeless New Yorkers really need is Section 8 for all: housing assistance offered as an entitlement for everyone who qualifies.’
June 28, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/06/28/opinion-its-time-to-make-housing-vouchers-universal/‘Unless New York’s next mayor steps up to address the barrage of crises facing New York’s children, an already untenable situation is on track to become much, much worse.’
June 9, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/06/09/opinion-nycs-recovery-hinges-on-how-we-treat-our-children-our-next-mayor-must-focus-on-their-future/A state senator and a policy expert weigh in on how state aid and federal relief affect the policy picture facing New Yorkers and the candidates running for mayor.
April 8, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/04/08/what-the-state-budget-means-for-new-york-citys-people-in-need/New York’s 65+ population is expected to grow five times faster than the city overall during this decade, raising challenges for housing, healthcare, social services, workplace justice and more. So far, few candidates are saying much about it.
March 29, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/03/29/covid-19-raises-broader-questions-about-nycs-ability-to-age/As grocery workers and restaurant staff got the shot, nonprofit food providers wondered when their workers will get protected. The answer came on March 1: soon.
March 1, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/03/01/workers-at-pantries-soup-kitchen-press-cuomo-for-vaccine-access/Candidates for NYC mayor and other posts continued to publish big ideas for the city’s problems, including hunger, transit, gun violence and a pitch for universal childcare for kids as young as one.
February 17, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/02/17/the-policy-shop-subways-every-six-minutes-green-infrastructure-and-childcare-for-all/Half of the detainees refused to receive the vaccine, with some complaining that they were not given any information about the shot they were offered.
February 9, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/02/09/covid-19-vaccination-begins-in-hudson-county-jail-but-half-of-ice-detainees-refused/City Limits asked residents working across different sectors of New York City policy for their reactions to President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech Wednesday.
January 20, 2021 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2021/01/20/new-yorkers-react-to-bidens-inaugural-address-i-wept/
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