How Does New York State Come Up With a Budget? We Asked the Experts In years past, the governor and leaders of the Senate and the Assembly—the proverbial “three men in a room”—worked the tangle of bills and resolutions into a budget, an often opaque process. While the optics are different this time, some budget experts say they don’t expect the process to change dramatically.
Aggressive Subway Policing Contrasts Mayor’s Pledge to Involve Outreach Workers Video of two NYPD officers dragging and handcuffing a man at the 8th Ave L train station Monday underscores concerns about Mayor Eric Adams’ new plan to send more cops into the subways, advocates say. And an accompanying initiative to have state-funded social service workers conduct outreach in lieu of police won’t roll out until spring.
COVID-19 Surge at Rikers Begins to Decline, But Chaotic Conditions Persist The 7-day positivity rate in New York City jails was just over 19 percent on Sunday—down from nearly 37 percent just a week prior, the most recent data shows. But the humanitarian crisis at Rikers Island continues unabated, attorneys representing those behind bars testified Tuesday.
What’s Ahead for Tenants Displaced by Deadly Bronx Fire? The Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 17 people Sunday has also left more than 100 families homeless, in some cases with no clear timeline for a return to their apartments.
Hochul, Housing and Homelessness: 5 Takeaways from the Governor’s 2022 Plan Kathy Hochul’s first State of the State proposal included sweeping plans for affordable housing, free legal assistance for low-income tenants and sending social workers into the subways to conduct homeless outreach. But the governor failed to address other high-profile issues, like the end of pandemic eviction protections and the “Good Cause” eviction bill.
Tracking the Number of People in NYC Homeless Shelters in 2022 How many people spend each night in a New York City homeless shelter? It seems like a simple question, but getting the answer is pretty complicated. So this year, City Limits will provide a daily total using the most complete information available.
Opinion: NYC Deserves Better Than a Mayor Who Supports Solitary Confinement ‘Our new mayor should know solitary confinement does not curtail violence in jails, decarceration does. The people of New York deserve so much better than a limited imagination of this former cop who knows people will die from this policy.’
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Moratoria de desalojos en Nueva York se acerca a su fin, ¿aprobará Albany el proyecto de ley de “desalojo por causa justificada”? Cientos de miles de hogares en todo el estado ya deben alquileres atrasados como resultado de la pandemia y se enfrentan al desalojo cuando las protecciones de la moratoria expiren el 15 de enero. El proyecto de ley de desalojo por causa justificada daría a los inquilinos el derecho a la renovación del contrato en la mayoría de los casos y evitaría que los propietarios pudieran desalojar a un inquilino sin una orden de un juez.
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