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Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers ([link removed])
This week, the city and state will begin transferring around 230 detainees being held at the troubled New York City jail complex to state correctional facilities in Westchester, what they say will help ease the ongoing humanitarian crisis at Rikers. But advocates are worried about the impact of the move, some calling it rushed and misguided.
Heat Killed More Than 100 NYC Residents Since 2010, Report Finds ([link removed])
Black New Yorkers were two times more likely to die from heat conditions than other city residents over the last decade, a report by New York City’s Health Department shows.
Homeless Shelter Provider, Which Once Earned Millions in NYC Contracts, Declares Bankruptcy ([link removed])
Aguila Inc., which once ran more than 40 homeless shelter sites in Manhattan and the Bronx, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Manhattan federal court after the city cut ties with the troubled organization.
NYC Tenants Reignite Push for ‘Good Cause’ Eviction Protections, Despite Landlord Opposition ([link removed])
Supporters of the legislation say property owners, particularly large corporate landlords, should not have the power to abruptly deny leases to existing renters and kick them out of their homes. Property owners say it’ll saddle them with problem tenants.
NYC Council Considers Another Plastics Ban, As Straws Law Goes Into Effect ([link removed])
If passed, the ‘Skip the Stuff’ bill would prohibit restaurants from providing plastic utensils, napkins and condiments, unless the customer requests them.
More Low-Income Asian Americans Moving to NY’s Suburbs, But Services Haven’t Caught Up: Report ([link removed])
About 290,000 Asian Americans in the New York City Metropolitan Area experienced poverty in 2019, up from 252,000 in 2010, researchers from the Asian American Federation (AAF) found.
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** Flashback Friday:
The Vacant Lot Gardens of The South Bronx, 1979
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“The people of the South Bronx, armed with shovels and shrubs, are well on their way to converting a patchwork of barren lots into their own urban version of the National Park System.”
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¿Cuál es el plan C o parole y qué cambios en inmigración incluiría el paquete de reconciliación del presupuesto? ([link removed])
El plan ampliaría el uso de un parole (un permiso de libertad condicional y provisional) por parte del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS por sus siglas en inglés) para que las personas indocumentadas puedan solicitar permisos de trabajo de cinco años (con opción de renovación) y al obtener esos permisos, los inmigrantes no serían deportables.
Cheques de estímulo económico ayudaron a un millón de neoyorquinos a evitar la pobreza, según un informe ([link removed])
Los investigadores afirman que sus conclusiones contradicen la idea de que los pagos de estímulo y las prestaciones de desempleo son “demasiado generosos” y desincentivan el trabajo.
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-- Elvin Taveras, owner of Jacquez Automotive Center
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Opinion: NYC Needs Diverse Housing Solutions. Start By Legalizing SROs ([link removed])
‘Single room occupancy units are one of the earliest forms of affordable housing, allowing hundreds of thousands of working-class residents to live here. And yet, New York City has limited their construction for 65 years, supposedly in the name of progress.‘
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