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Mayor’s Budget Plan Cuts $615M from Homeless Services, as Subway Crackdown Intensifies ([link removed])
Service providers have urged the city to hire more workers to help move people more quickly out of shelter or public spaces and into permanent housing.
Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Lift 84K New Yorkers Out of Poverty, Report Finds ([link removed])
The findings, released by anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty & Social Policy, examined the impact of the Early Learning Child Care Act, which would institute a payroll tax to fund child care subsidies for families with children under 3 years old.
Opinion: NY Can Address Immigration Court Backlog by Funding Legal Services ([link removed])
‘There is currently no right to public defense in immigration proceedings, but having a lawyer to navigate this notoriously complicated system advances the cause of justice.‘
Opinion: Reining in the NYPD’s Use of Surveillance Technologies ([link removed])
‘Contrary to Mayor Eric Adams’ recent rhetoric, there is no technology that will de-bias and constitutionalize stop and frisk. Tech-washing harmful political strategies will not transform those strategies beyond their racist underpinnings.’
Opinion: New York Must Build Up Its Green Workforce as Offshore Wind Expands ([link removed])
‘The offshore wind industry is poised to create more than 10,000 jobs in New York. That number is only growing as federal, state and local investments fuel the expansion of the sector in the tri-state region and across the country. At this major inflection point, it is critical that New York lays the foundation for an equitable economic transition.’
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** “Forcing people off the trains into the freezing cold does not help the homeless. Policing does not get people safely housed.”
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--Peter Malvan, an organizer with the group Safety Net Project
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** “[I]nvesting in child care would jumpstart our economic recovery and lift tens of thousands of our neighbors out of poverty—in other words, it’s an investment in our future.”
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--Robin Hood CEO Richard R. Buery, Jr. said in a statement.
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Dos años después del Título 42, ¿llegó para quedarse? ([link removed])
Han pasado 2 años desde que se creó el título 42, ahora es la administración Biden quien lo defiende.
Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo familias de estatus migratorio mixto pueden acceder a SNAP? ([link removed])
En abril, la OTDA emitirá pagos adicionales para comida de $730 dólares a los hogares que tienen tanto un adulto de 55 años o más como un niño de 17 años o menos que estén inscritos en el programa SNAP. La gobernación calcula que aproximadamente 26.300 hogares recibirán estos pagos únicos.
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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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