City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
New York’s Hydropower Plan Stirs Concerns Over Impact on Waterways
Danielle Cruz |
But NYC needs power to replace Indian Point’s nuclear energy without resorting to new fossil-fuel usage.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Se avecinan aumentos importantes en las tarifas de USCIS: qué está aumentando y quién se ve afectado.
Daniel Parra |
El precio de algunos formularios de inmigración está aumentando más del 500 por ciento.
Economy
Assembly Bill Requiring License for Shampoo Assistants Adds Woe to Hair Salons
Huiyu Lai for World Journal |
The measure says employees at hair salons should go through a similar license process as those working at clinics and nursing homes in order to protect consumer rights.
Economy
Video Shows NYC Pantry’s Work: Should Billionaires Get the Bill?
Jarrett Murphy |
A group of lawmakers and their advocacy allies are hoping to change that, with a law that creates a fund for excluded workers and pays for it with a tax on billionaires.
Housing and Homelessness
Understanding NYCHA’s New Rescue Plan
Sadef Ali Kully |
With 62,000 units already effectively moving off the authority’s books under NYCHA 2.0, this new ‘Blueprint for Change’ addresses NYCHA’s other 110,000 apartments—which together need a $25 billion repair job.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Administración Trump obsesionada por transformar el sistema migratorio: Reporte señala 63 cambios durante la pandemia y más de 400 en total
Daniel Parra |
El nivel de obsesión y de adicción al trabajo en temas de inmigración hacen única a la administración Trump.
2020 election
Working Families Party Believes Primary Wins Will Help It Maintain Ballot Spot
Jarrett Murphy |
‘What we see as we’re still in this historic crisis is voters are looking to vote their values, which is what our party and our line has always been about.’
2021 election
Donovan, Eyeing ’21 Race, Says Obama Years Were Prep for Managing NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
The former city and federal housing commissioner says he’s a progressive who can get things done. And he believes NYCHA is a city, not a federal, problem.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Organizaciones de Dreamers e inmigrantes piden retomar Dream Act y el HEROES Act
Daniel Parra |
Una coalición de más de un a centena de organizaciones en el país están pidiendo retomar el camino para legitimar lo que en 2012 fue aprobado mediante acción ejecutiva del entonces presidente, Barack Obama.
News
Hiroshima +75: Where the NYC Council’s No-Nukes Legislation Stands
Jarrett Murphy |
One measure would demand that the city’s pension funds begin divesting from nuclear weapons stocks.
