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What You Need To Know: Resources for Recently Arrived Asylum Seekers in NYC

The city estimates that around 7,600 asylum seekers have arrived via buses from the border in recent months. Many don’t know where to find food, clothing, and other services that are available, so City Limits has prepared this resource guide to help them navigate the city after talking to dozens of them.

August 31, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/08/31/what-you-need-to-know-resources-for-recently-arrived-asylum-seekers-in-nyc/

Concejales manifiestan su preocupación por la seguridad de los detenidos después de su visita a centro de detención de ICE en NY

Uno de los detenidos dijo a City Limits que ha estado detenido por ICE durante más de seis meses, pero que sólo le han dado dos tapabocas de tela durante ese tiempo, a pesar de que el personal de la cárcel dijo a los concejales que tienen tapabocas en abundancia.

May 24, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/05/24/concejales-manifiestan-su-preocupacion-por-la-seguridad-de-los-detenidos-despues-de-su-visita-a-centro-de-detencion-de-ice-en-ny/

Councilmembers Cite Concerns Over COVID Safety in Visit to ICE Detainees in NY

One person at the facility told City Limits he has been detained by ICE for more than six months but has only been given two cloth masks during that time, despite jail staff telling councilmembers they have masks in abundance.

May 20, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/05/20/councilmembers-cite-concerns-over-covid-safety-in-visit-to-ice-detainees-in-ny/

Opinion: Congress Should Act Now to Extend School Food Waivers

“Many food management companies and producers of color are small to mid-sized, and we have benefited from the added flexibility in the way schools negotiate. The waivers have allowed us to retain staff and pay an honest living wage and continue buying fresh produce while serving scratch-made meals to a larger student body.”

April 22, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/04/22/opinion-congress-should-act-now-to-extend-school-food-waivers/

Opinion: To Increase Public Safety, New York Must Invest in Families

“We must reject efforts to roll back Raise the Age and stop scapegoating children and youth for the decades-long failure of government to invest equitably in them and their communities in the first place.”

March 29, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/03/29/opinion-to-increase-public-safety-new-york-must-invest-in-families/

Looking Back: COVID-19 in New York City, Two Years Later

Two years ago on Monday, New York City saw its first coronavirus death. As the city and the world enters its third year of life with COVID-19, here’s a look back at some pivotal moments, as told through City Limits’ coverage of the crisis since March 2020.

March 14, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/03/14/looking-back-covid-19-in-new-york-city-two-years-later/

Concejo municipal examina las condiciones de los detenidos por ICE en Nueva York

El posible brote de COVID-19 y la huelga de hambre en el centro penitenciario del condado de Orange (OCCF por sus siglas en inglés) fueron dos de los temas principales durante la primera reunión del comité de inmigración del Concejo de la ciudad en 2022.

March 2, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/03/02/concejo-municipal-examina-las-condiciones-de-los-detenidos-por-ice-en-nueva-york/

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York

A possible COVID outbreak and a hunger strike at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF) were two of the main topics Monday during the first meeting of the City Council’s immigration committee in 2022.

February 28, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/02/28/city-council-hearing-probes-conditions-for-ice-detainees-in-new-york/

NY’s ‘Excluded Workers’ Push State for Protections Beyond Pandemic Aid

A coalition of groups representing undocumented immigrant workers, cash earners and others excluded from traditional worker benefits are campaigning for a stronger social safety net for these employees, who they say were essential to keeping New York running throughout the pandemic.

January 20, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/01/20/nys-excluded-workers-push-state-for-protections-beyond-pandemic-aid/

Opinion: The New Administration Must Invest in Older New Yorkers—& The Nonprofits Serving Them

‘We implore the new administration to seriously consider the Human Services Council #JustPay campaign, and ensure that all New York City contracted employees, who on a daily basis perform critical lifesaving work, make a living wage.’

Adi TalwarA late October afternoon bingo game in progress at the PSS King Towers Senior Center in Harlem.

January 14, 2022 https://citylimits.flywheelstaging.com/2022/01/14/opinion-the-new-administration-must-invest-in-older-new-yorkers-the-nonprofits-serving-them/