“A Down Payment”: Budget Boost For Tenant Lawyers Falls Short Of Demands
Lawyers who represent tenants facing eviction in housing court are poised to see millions of dollars in new funding in the coming year, yet far less than the roughly $350 million boost they’ve said is needed for the Right to Counsel program to live up to its name.
Bill Looks to Set Standards for Emergency Shelters as City Opens 12th Migrant Relief Center A bill introduced in the City Council would establish “minimum standards” for HERRCs and respite centers that the city would have to meet, including that beds be at least three feet apart and that facilities have a certain number of bathrooms and showers per person. Read more.
Subsidized Child Care Pilot for Undocumented Families Renewed in City Budget Deal The city pilot program called Promise NYC, which covered up to $700 a week in child care to undocumented children with low-income parents during the second half of 2023, will be continued and expanded in the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, City Limits has learned. Read the story.
New York Earns Stripes for Electric Vehicle Adoption, But There’s Still Work to Do Of the 1.9 million registered vehicles in the city, 2 percent are electric. While that may seem nominal, electric vehicle registrations are growing: there was a 44 percent increase between 2021 and 2022, according to the city’s Department of Transportation. Read the story.
Opinion: State Waste Management Plan Must Include Closing Seneca Meadows Landfill “It’s an issue with statewide implications. Not only does Seneca Meadows accept trash from all around New York—30 percent of it comes from New York City—the landfill exports toxic leachate to Buffalo, Chittenango, Steuben County, Watertown, and Newark.” Read the oped here.
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Lead Organizer at Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
The Lead Organizer will directly support the grassroots Coalition for Community Advancement (CCA): Progress for East New York/Cypress Hills to engage neighborhood residents, houses of worship, small businesses, manufacturers and community groups in campaigns to influence land use actions, win public investments and influence housing and economic projects and policies in and impacting East New York.
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Program Director, Cortelyou Supportive Housing at Brooklyn Community Services
The Program Director is responsible for cultivating a safe and affirming living environment for formerly homeless, young adults, many living with a significant mental illness, and many identifying as part of the LQBTQIA+ community.
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Assistant Director, Cortelyou Supportive Housing at Brooklyn Community Services
Cortelyou is a 46-unit supportive housing program located in Flatbush Brooklyn. The Program specially services young adults 18-25 years old with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness and have a chronic history of being unhoused. Most of the young adults living at Cortelyou are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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PÓDCAST: ¿Qué cambia con Estatus de Protección Temporal para El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal y Nicaragua? El pasado 13 de junio, la administración de Joe Biden derogó la terminación del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS por sus siglas en inglés) del expresidente Donald Trump, prolongando el estatus legal por 18 meses para más de 300.000 titulares de TPS de El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal y Nicaragua. Leer el artículo.
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