As Relocated Asylum Seekers Adjust to Life in Albany, Advocates Call for More Resources
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has embarked on a decompression strategy to free up space in the city’s local shelters by sending immigrants to other New York State localities. In Albany, where more than 230 migrants were relocated in recent weeks, community-based organizations say they are already stretched thin.
City Limits Appoints Fran Reilly as Co-Executive Director Reilly’s extensive experience as a strategy and development consultant for City Limits this past year, along with her previous role as Executive Director from 2015-2020, makes her an invaluable partner. Read more.
NYC Makes it Mandatory for Residential Buildings to Recycle Food Waste The City Council on Thursday passed a “groundbreaking” legislative package that forces the city to divert food-based garbage away from landfills and reuse it instead for environmentally friendly purposes, like composting and generating cleaner energy. But there’s much more to do for the city to reach its Zero Waste goals. Read the story.
As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could strengthen protections for tenants across New York City’s stock of roughly 1 million rent stabilized apartments. Read the story.
Opinion: In Call for Parks Funding, Natural Areas Can’t Be Neglected “New York City’s forested natural areas receive just 0.0042 percent of the city’s funds, basically a rounding error in New York City’s over $100 billion budget.” Read the oped here.
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Senior Grant Manager at Anthos|Home The Senior Grant Manager (the Senior Grant Manager) will oversee grant writing and management for Anthos|Home and its operations. The Senior Grant Manager will also support our housing nonprofit organization to create compelling content to be used in developing our materials, and processes, and also support communication both within and outside of the organization.
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Solicitantes de asilo en “Respite Center” de Queens toman una decisión: ¿quedarse o irse? El 31 de mayo por la tarde, dos autobuses que transportaban a más de 60 solicitantes de asilo del refugio de la ciudad partieron hacia el Ramada Inn en Albany, donde las autoridades dicen que también se están acercando a su capacidad máxima. Leer el artículo.
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