On the NY Ballot: Is a Healthy Environment a Constitutional Right? New Yorkers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to approve Proposal Number 2, with more than 82 percent of New York City ballots voting yes on the amendment, with 97 percent of poll site scanners reported, according to preliminary results from the New York City Board of Elections.
Pioneering Tenant Group Champions Rights of NYC’s 35K Supportive Housing Residents The city’s sprawling, patchwork supportive housing network is designed to provide homes and services for people who have experienced homelessness. But too often the model leads to unnecessary restrictions, inconsistencies and even glaring housing violations against vulnerable residents, according to the people who live there.
NYC’s New Housing Voucher Rules Will Drastically Expand Income Eligibility for Renewals A new rule for CityFHEPS rental assistance vouchers greatly increases the eligibility income for renewal—a response to criticism that the previous, stricter criteria would force participants to the edge of an “income cliff,” making families to choose between a living wage job or their housing voucher.
Nine years after Superstorm Sandy flooded homes and tore the neon lobster from the town’s iconic Lobster House, residents see lack of city intervention as an opportunity.
RxHome, the organization behind the project, said the spiral maze is intended to show those who have not experienced homelessness or housing instability the various hurdles to finding a home, while illustrating the real-life experiences of thousands of local families.
Absent a flood history database, prospective renters and homebuyers are often on their own to determine whether a property has had water damage, especially in homes outside flood zones which are now seeing more frequent issues from increased rainfall.
Cambios en los centros votación de Queens; accesibilidad en Harlem Varios votantes se mostraron sorprendidos al llegar al centro de votación en Greater Ridgewood Youth Council en Ridgewood, Queens, y recibir la noticia de que debían votar en otro lugar cuando anteriormente habían votado allí.
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Opinion: Asian Americans Matter in NYC Elections ‘Failing to pay serious attention to Asian American candidates and voters is a mistake. There are 1.3 million AAPI New Yorkers who make up 15 percent of the city’s population.’
Opinion: Future Mayor Adams, It’s Time for Transparency Around NYPD Discipline ‘By personally intervening in discipline decisions as the mood strikes him, Adams will not only undermine the purpose of these rules and standards, he will defeat them, making murky the clear line of accountability that is supposed to adhere between a citizen and a police officer.’
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