How a Bronx Election Swerved the Course for Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated
Political calculus around a City Council race in the East Bronx has slowed the approval process for a plan to house seriously ill people leaving jail, and could cue up a test—whether the Council is willing to override opposition to development from one of their own.
The city’s Health + Hospitals Corporation (HHC) postponed a hearing for the Just Home project, initially set for Monday Nov. 13, hoping to avoid a public showdown with Council Member Marjorie Velázquez in the leadup to the Nov. 7 election and negotiate with her when “cooler heads prevail,” according to a source familiar with City Hall’s thinking.
Velázquez, who lost to Republican Kristy Marmorato, has opposed the plan to turn a Jacobi Medical Center building into several dozen apartments for Correctional Health Services patients who might otherwise stay in city jail infirmaries.
Could Thermal Energy Be New York’s Best Shot at Reaching its Climate Goals?
As wind and solar renewable projects across the state hit hurdles, environmental advocates say investing in an underground network of heat pumps is the Big Apple’s best bet at reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.
This City Limits video delves into the complexities of a vote that will impact Nostrand Houses tenants in the near term, and explores the choices thousands of additional public housing tenants will have to make in the coming years.
Opinion: New Yorkers Lose When District Attorneys Go Unchallenged
“The district attorney decides who to charge with crimes, what crimes to charge, what length of sentence to seek, and what, if any, alternatives to incarceration they will offer. Despite their influence and the ever-expanding role ‘public safety’ occupies in the public discourse, these incumbents rarely face a serious challenger on Election Day.”
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Esperar o pasaje de ida: inmigrantes se enfrentan a una nueva realidad al expirar estancias en refugios
La reciente apertura de un centro dedicado a dar pasajes gratuitos de un sólo trayecto (Reticketing Center) ha sembrado la confusión, ya que se perfila como una de las únicas opciones —junto con las nuevas “zonas de espera”— para los inmigrantes recién llegados que se ven obligados a abandonar sus centros de acogida cuando llega el frío. Leer el artículo.
