Advocates, Attorneys Push Back Against Plan to Transfer Women and Transgender People Off Rikers 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.
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.
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.
If passed, the ‘Skip the Stuff’ bill would prohibit restaurants from providing plastic utensils, napkins and condiments, unless the customer requests them.
Flashback Friday:
The Vacant Lot Gardens of The South Bronx, 1979
“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.”
¿Cuál es el plan C o parole y qué cambios en inmigración incluiría el paquete de reconciliación del presupuesto? 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.
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Opinion: NYC Needs Diverse Housing Solutions. Start By Legalizing SROs ‘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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