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NYC’s New $98.7 Billion Budget Bolsters Rental Subsidy for Homeless Families
New York City lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a new $98.7 billion budget that bolsters a key rental subsidy for homeless residents and restores some funding to social service providers following last year’s cuts.

Mayor’s Race: Kathryn Garcia Gains on Eric Adams in Early Ranked Choice Recount

The Board of Elections released new preliminary numbers in the Democratic mayoral primary Wednesday, its second try at calculating ranked choice voting results for ballots that were cast in person last week. More than 124,000 absentee votes have yet to be tallied.

Mayor Urges New Yorkers to Turn Appliances Off As City Endures Record-Breaking Heat Wave
This is the city’s second heat wave this year, less than two weeks into summer—and it is breaking a more than 50-year record. Temperatures at LaGuardia Airport were at 100 degrees as of 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, surpassing a high of 97 degrees set in 1964, according to the National Weather Service. Central Park reached 98 degrees, the highest since 2013.

NYC Board of Elections Mistakenly Counted Test Ballots in Preliminary Ranked-Choice Vote Count
The latest unofficial count—which had yet to include more than 124,000 absentee ballots—showed former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia gaining on front runner Eric Adams, though the BOE later said there was a discrepancy in the tally. The final results in the mayoral race aren’t expected for another couple of weeks.

NYC is Expanding Resources for Students’ Mental Health. But Is It Enough?
The de Blasio administration has proposed an increase in spending for student mental health initiatives, but advocates and council members are pushing for more.

Thousands Being Sent Back to Homeless Shelters in Return to Pre-Pandemic Status Quo
New York City is moving homeless adults from hotel rooms—rented in the early days of the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus—back into congregate shelters, where residents sleep in barracks-style dorms.
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NYC Pride 2021:
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Una Ciudad sin Límites

  Un informe publicado el pasado 21 de junio describe condiciones de confinamiento en el centro de detención de Pine Prairie, problemas de higiene y limpieza básica, falta de protección contra la pandemia y aplicación abusiva del confinamiento solitario.
  Los inmigrantes indocumentados con VIH y/o sida en el estado de Nueva York tienen derecho a inscribirse en los programas de atención para personas sin seguro médico que proporciona acceso a atención médica gratuita para atender el VIH y/o el sida. Aquí explicamos el paso a paso

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Opinions on Policy and Politics

Opinion: NYC Needs a Proactive Plan to Protect Asian Americans From Hate
‘Without the help from city leaders in securing the $10 million in new initiative funding, we are stuck in this reality—a status quo where, every day, Asian New Yorkers are afraid to go to the park, to work, to the grocery store

Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal
‘What low-income renters and homeless New Yorkers really need is Section 8 for all: housing assistance offered as an entitlement for everyone who qualifies.’

Opinion: Justice-Involved New Yorkers Need Access to Higher Education
‘As New York City looks toward investing in opportunities for people with justice involvement, it is imperative that they fund higher education services as a part of reentry. We must break down the barriers to opportunity for justice-involved people now more than ever.'

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