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How Will New York State’s Budget Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis? ([link removed])
Youth and advocates are optimistic, saying Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget takes important steps to expand resources, but that more needs to be done to make up for years of ‘chronic underfunding’ across the system.
Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant ([link removed])
New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among tenants and advocates in the borough.
Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany ([link removed])
A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute for the rapid change we could realize by dramatically expanding rental assistance,” said the bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Brian Kavanagh.
City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness ([link removed])
“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch this week.
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** "You’ll have people sitting out in the hallway waiting to see one of our counselors, forming lines, and then people will wander off because it’s not worth waiting."
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--Madyson Oneiya, a member of the youth advocacy group Students Break the Silence
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Opinions and Analysis on Policy and Politics
Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire ([link removed])
‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to acknowledge the dangers of substandard housing?’
Opinion: Help New York’s Students Learn From the Past to Build our Climate Future ([link removed])
“We are proposing a bill to fund a Timbuctoo Summer Climate and Careers Institute that will give NYC students a chance to experience life and make career choices inside the Adirondack Park—in a way that prepares them to cope with a changing climate and work for social equity.”
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** City Watch:
Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness
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¿Qué cambia con la nueva misión del Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS)? ([link removed])
El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos —USCIS por sus siglas en inglés, que es la entidad responsable de la gestión de los beneficios federales de inmigración, programas y otras aplicaciones— renovó su misión acortándola un poco, y añadiéndo las palabras: “bienvenida” y “respeto”.
Tres candidatos de ascendencia dominicana se disputan el escaño en la Asamblea por el Alto Manhattan ([link removed])
Nayma Silver-Matos, Manny De Los Santos y Edwin De La Cruz son los tres candidatos que compiten por sustituir a Carmen De La Rosa, quien renunció a su escaño cuando fue elegida como concejal del distrito 10 de la ciudad.
Análisis: décadas de desconexión de la ciudad de Nueva York en materia de vivienda y personas sin hogar ([link removed])
¿Por qué ha crecido tanto el número de neoyorquinos sin hogar, a pesar de que la ciudad gasta miles de millones en vivienda y servicios para las personas sin hogar? Una parte de la respuesta es que a lo largo de cuatro décadas se ha producido una desconexión fundamental entre las políticas de la ciudad sobre las personas sin hogar y la vivienda.
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York City (LISC NYC) and Public Works Partners are seeking qualified technical assistance providers to help residents of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to meaningfully plan for the future of their communities in connection with the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ ([link removed]) ) seeks experienced service providers including nonprofit and/or community-based organizations, architecture, and planning firms, legal aid providers, and other entities based in or outside of New York City. MBEs, SBEs and WBEs are encouraged to apply. Submissions are due by March 7, 2022 at 11:59 pm and must be submitted via this online application portal ([link removed]) . More details on the RFQ and application can be found on LISC NYC’s website here
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