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Había aproximadamente 1.2 millones de personas viviendo en medio de la inseguridad alimentaria en la ciudad antes de la crisis de COVID-19. ‘Ahora ese número aumentará mucho más en los próximos meses.’
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said the four traffic-closed streets were not utilized by enough residents during the pilot period to justify the resources being used to keep the program going.
In 1945, near the end of the WWII, the city instituted commercial rent control as an emergency wartime measure, authorized by the state. Advocates are calling for a similar response to the COVID-19 crisis.
‘For the sake of advancing political agendas, ‘no rent’ sounds much better than rental relief or rental subsidies. However, at some point, simple logic must prevail.’
Advocates gathered in their cars or stood six feet apart beyond the fence of Sing Sing correctional facility Friday to hold a vigil for Juan Mosquero, 58.
‘This stimulus bills turns Julia and her U.S. citizen children, and other Americans, into second-class citizens for marrying undocumented immigrants.’
Several dozen programs have closed for lack of volunteers even as demand soars and social distancing rules demand more personpower.
Over the past few weeks, advocacy groups, veteran volunteers, and everyday residents across the five boroughs have stepped up to form groups and projects that assist vulnerable New Yorkers.
‘Right now, our primary responsibility should be keeping our families and communities safe. Since the governor has refused to step in and issue a rent moratorium, we have no choice but to stop paying.’
Student-residents at five CUNY campuses have been told to move out as soon as possible, as the state turns to college dorms for possible medical uses during the pandemic.
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