New York’s COVID Rent Relief Fund Is Almost Out of Money Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the state had applied for a $996 million reallotment from the Treasury Department and that officials will shut down the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) application portal Sunday.
New Campaign Aims to Reform NY’s ‘Racist, Draconian’ Sentencing Laws The new “Communities Not Cages” coalition is pushing for passage of three new bills that would eliminate mandatory minimum prison sentences in the state and offer incarcerated New Yorkers more opportunities to have their sentences revisited and shortened.
How Small-Dollar Public Financing Helped NYC Elect Its Most Diverse City Council Ever “Disparities that we normally see in campaign fundraising were not apparent this time around in New York City,” said an analyst at the Brennan Center, which compared self-identified gender and race information for each candidate in a competitive June primary with their campaign finance records.
In 2016, the mayor and city officials committed to doubling the manufacturing capacity of the East New York Industrial Business Zone, which they say would help create 3,900 local jobs there. But five years later, neighborhood leaders say the area has stagnated.
El programa de asistencia de emergencia para el alquiler se agota en Nueva York La gobernadora Kathy Hochul dijo el 12 de noviembre que el estado había solicitado una reasignación de $996 millones de dólares al Departamento del Tesoro y que los funcionarios cerrarán el domingo el portal de solicitudes para el programa de asistencia de emergencia con el alquiler (ERAP por sus siglas en inglés).
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Opinion: A City Council for Every New Yorker—What Representation Means to Me ‘Women of color like myself have historically been marginalized from politics and public discourse. When local politicians don’t share any aspect of my identity with me, it can feel like girls like me aren’t meant to be a part of public life.’
Opinion: It’s Time for Permanent, Equitable 24/7 Open Streets ‘The limited Open Streets we have are not distributed equitably. There are no active Open Streets in any of the six community boards that have the fewest residents living near parks. Of all the active Open Street miles in operation today, only 2.2 percent are in the Bronx.’
Opinion: Redesigning SoHo’s Streets for People and Community ‘SoHo is a picturesque, architectural gem of a place to live and work…But it is also an impossible mess of traffic, mini skyscrapers of garbage bags, and elbow wars of crowds in the street and on the sidewalk.’
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