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— Carl Heastie, Speaker of the State Assembly and Bronx Assemblymember
News of the Week
Outgoing Sanitation Chief and de Blasio Fixer Discusses Possible Mayoral Run ([link removed][UNIQID])
Kathryn Garcia, the city’s sanitation commissioner, food czar and former interim NYCHA chief, has resigned from working for the current mayor with an eye on becoming the next one.
Drop in Undocumented Immigrants Could Get Steeper Amid COVID-19 ([link removed][UNIQID])
The number of undocumented New Yorkers has dropped for three straight years. It’s a development with consequences for the local economy, some experts say.
Amid Unemployment and Restrictions, Latino Businesses Struggle ([link removed][UNIQID])
Nationally, Latinos represent 18 percent of the nation’s workforce, but they are overrepresented in industries that lost thousands of jobs as a result of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.
A Call for Action to Ease Sunset Park’s Housing Crunch ([link removed][UNIQID])
The plan includes new tenant protections, repurposing government-owned land and isolated manufacturing parcels for housing, and a rezoning to generate both market-rate and income-targeted apartments.
Sights & Sounds: Marchers Push Assembly Speaker to Cancel Rent ([link removed][UNIQID])
But Carl Heastie says the next move in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the federal government’s to make.
Video: The de Blasio Rezonings, Revisited ([link removed][UNIQID])
In 2015, the de Blasio administration announced its plan to rezone 15 neighborhoods as part of its affordable housing initiative. So far, the city has approved six.
Tough Questions for Industry City in First Council Hearing on Rezoning Bid ([link removed][UNIQID])
Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.
City’s COVID-19 Testing Efforts for School Staffers Fall Short, Teachers Say ([link removed][UNIQID])
The city offer prioritized COVID-19 testing for DOE staff and students at 34 sites across the city. But only for seven days.
NYC’s Hunger Crisis is ‘Getting Even Worse,’ Advocates Say ([link removed][UNIQID])
One food pantry says it’s seen the number families seeking help at its doors jump from 200 a week to nearly 6,500.
Youth Activists From Queens Fight Child Poverty in Bangladesh ([link removed][UNIQID])
Since its founding two years ago, Efforts in Youth Development in Bangladesh (EYDB) has raised approximately $5,000 to fight poverty and child labor.
Early Moves in Bronx Council Race Preview What ’21 Could Look Like All Over ([link removed][UNIQID])
In the race to replace Councilmember Fernando Cabrera, money won’t matter as much as grassroots support, and one candidate is pitching a new way to share power in the Bronx.
COVID Saps Efforts to Increase Voter Registration ([link removed][UNIQID])
New voter registration across New York City has dropped by nearly half in 2020 compared to the last presidential election year in 2016.
Feds’ Stimulus Stall Comes After Years of Cutting Help to NYC ([link removed][UNIQID])
A recent report finds that aid from Washington has dropped by nearly $2 billion since 2010.
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En medio del desempleo y las restricciones, las empresas latinas luchan ([link removed][UNIQID])
A nivel nacional los latinos representan el 18 por ciento de la fuerza laboral de todo el país, pero fueron sobrerrepresentados en varias industrias que perdieron miles de empleos a raíz de la crisis económica que ha ocasionado la pandemia.
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Opinion: When Families Protest, Kids Learn ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘Protests are collectives of practitioners, connected by common cause and interest. As such, they are fertile grounds for learning.’
Opinion: Hotels Save Homeless Lives ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘I’m enormously grateful that my patients are safer now with private rooms and bathrooms in what would be an otherwise empty hotel.’
Opinion: SoHo Zoning Debate is Over Builders' Windfall, Not Housing ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘When business groups engineered the recent SoHo/NoHo ‘re-envisioning’ process, many neighbors pushed back, aware of this administration’s miserable track record on developer-driven, community-unfriendly rezonings.’
Opinion: NYC's Surcharge Law Must Protect Restaurant Workers ([link removed][UNIQID])
We need the Council to courageously provide relief for all stakeholders—workers, employers and consumers—together.
Opinion: Lessons Must be Learned from Experiment in Mental Health Funding ([link removed][UNIQID])
Barriers and cliffs have surfaced in a five-year pilot program for managed care of Medicaid mental-health spending.
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