The plan includes new tenant protections, repurposing government-owned land and isolated manufacturing parcels for housing, and a rezoning to generate both market-rate and income-targeted apartments.
A public hearing on the controversial Queens development proposal took place this week. Fans see a potential to connect isolated areas. Foes fear gentrification.
But Carl Heastie says the next move in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the federal government’s to make.
So far, the city has approved six of the 15 rezonings Mayor de Blasio thought he’d accomplish, with one remaining on the docket. Here’s a quick video tour through the communities that have been rezoned.
Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.
Since its founding two years ago, Efforts in Youth Development in Bangladesh (EYDB) has raised approximately $20,000 to fight poverty and child labor.
A nivel nacional los latinos representan el 18 por ciento de la fuerza laboral de todo el país, pero fueron sobrerrepresentados en varias industrias que perdieron miles de empleos a raíz de la crisis económica que ha ocasionado la pandemia.
A recent report finds that aid from Washington has dropped by nearly $2 billion since 2010.
Growth in the voter list is running at half the 2016 pace.
Si hay un buen momento para hablar sobre las ventajas de pertenecer a un sindicato, ese momento es ahora, en medio de una pandemia donde muchos trabajos se han perdido.
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