NYC Failing to Process Most Food Stamp, Cash Benefit Applications on Time
New York City’s timely processing of cash and food assistance applications plunged to new lows last fiscal year, continuing a spiral Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has attributed to a pandemic spike in demand, as well as agency staffing shortages.
Katie Kelleher, a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society, bemoaned the collapse of a system that once worked efficiently. “New York City knew how to manage this—knew how to deliver benefits [on time],” she told City Limits.
After Pressure, NYCHA Publishes Comprehensive List of Laws Governing Tenants After a more than year-long push from lawyers with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), the housing authority is publishing all of its regulations in one document, which will be publicly available for the first time—and tenants and stakeholders have until next month to weigh in on the rules. Read the story.
City Limits’ Housing Reporter Emma Whitford Promoted to Deputy Editor Whitford, who joined City Limits as Senior Housing Reporter in February, will continue to report for the news site’s core housing beat and will serve as editor for its series on NYCHA, launched earlier this year to provide in-depth coverage of the nation’s largest public housing system. Read the story.
Opinion: To Keep Schools Open, NYC Needs Climate-Resilient Buildings
“After Hurricane Sandy, my school closed for a week, while whole school student bodies had to be relocated across the city. More recently, my school’s basement and entire first floor flooded the week before school started due to heavy rains.”
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Adultos inmigrantes son trasladados de hoteles a albergues en carpas para liberar espacio
City Limits habló con varios de los inmigrantes que fueron trasladados desde el Holiday Inn del centro de Manhattan al nuevo refugio en Randall’s Island, un grupo que incluía a una mujer embarazada y solicitantes de asilo con muletas, entre otros. Leer el artículo.
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