The governor is in the third year of a $20 billion, five-year housing plan and is facing a state budget crunch—but critics say the homelessness crisis demands more action.
‘New York City’s school-based health clinics are under siege, as funding from New York State was cut significantly in this budget year.’
‘New York will bear the brunt of President Trump’s attack on federal housing funding because so many neighborhoods across the city rely on HUD programs for their survival.’
Since they are unlikely to tweet back to the president, City Limits asked some of New York’s seniors what 140 character message they have about Trump’s proposed cuts.
The mayor’s decision to omit people convicted of a list of 170 crimes from a program providing legal counsel to detained people facing deportation will affect the very cases where good advice is critical to a just outcome, providers say.
School leadership, budget and parental engagement are among the areas where the system needs work or help, three experts say.
New York City’s values have perhaps never been further from the national agenda being pushed by President Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress.
‘We do not want to see small and large organizations fighting each other over crumbs, creating more divisiveness in our already divided society.’
Gains made in recent years are threatened under the budget cuts, but they are not the only potential casualty. Rule changes at HUD may increase rents for one-in-20 New Yorkers.
The story of parks workers is similar to the story of workers in most sectors of our economy. So the debate over whether to make a batch of parks jobs permanent is a test for the progressive city that so many pols promote.
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