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NYC Street Vendor Enforcement Back at Pre-Pandemic Levels, Despite Shift Away From NYPD ([link removed])
It has been more than a year since the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) took over the street vendor inspection and enforcement functions previously performed by the NYPD—answering the calls of advocates and vendors themselves, who complained for years about police harassment of workers in the largely immigrant-run industry.

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network ([link removed])
There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents mean the organizations—and the state and city agencies that fund them—are propping up some of the city’s worst housing.

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York ([link removed])
A possible COVID outbreak and a hunger strike at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF) were two of the main topics Monday during the first meeting of the City Council’s immigration committee in 2022.

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam ([link removed])
The city’s controversial tax lien sale expires Monday. Absent legislation to create a new program or renew the existing one, a group of activists and elected officials have proposed abolishing the private sales and turning properties over to community land trusts (CLTs) instead.
District Leader, Husband of Brooklyn Dems Boss Lands New Job in Adams Administration ([link removed])
Edu Hermelyn, a Democratic district leader married to party leader and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has been named “Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives” in the city’s Department of Social Services (DSS)—a position tasked with smoothing relations with local elected officials, according to job listings.
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** "Although HPD and DOB are responding quickly to 311 complaints and sending out inspectors, there is a very troubling lag time and delay in terms of closure of these complaints."
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Opinions and Analysis on Policy and Politics

Opinion: To Bring Down Energy Bills, NY Must Invest in Clean Energy Production ([link removed])
‘Maintaining this expensive and dirty power grid is by no means a necessity—it is an ongoing policy choice.’

Opinion: Epidemic of Deadly Automobile Violence on NYC Streets Dwarfs Rising Subway Crime ([link removed])
“Automobile crashes killed 273 people in 2021, a whopping 33 percent increase over 2018, the safest year in New York City’s recent traffic history…It’s a mystery as to why so many city residents, as well as city and state politicians, seemingly accept such a heartbreaking level of carnage as just another unfortunate trade-off of city life.”

Opinion: The Kingsbridge Armory Plan Fell Apart—Again. The Bronx Deserves Better Next Time ([link removed])
“In the city’s hands for almost three decades, the vacant, landmarked Kingsbridge Armory—the world’s largest, built in 1917 for the National Guard—is still empty, despite a deal seemingly sealed in 2012.”

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¿Qué piden 26 organizaciones en inmigración previo al discurso sobre el estado de la unión de la nación? ([link removed])
La administración Biden ha revocado o eliminado 235 políticas sobre inmigración de las 1.059 políticas puestas en marcha por el expresidente Donald Trump.

Número de multas a vendedores ambulantes de Nueva York vuelve a estar en los niveles anteriores a la pandemia ([link removed])
De junio a diciembre de 2021, el Departamento de Protección del Consumidor y del Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés), que asumió las funciones de inspección y aplicación de la ley a los vendedores ambulantes en 2021, emitió 762 multas y en lo corrido del año ya van 171 multas. Los cinco códigos postales en los que más se aplicó la ley fueron aquellos con una gran población inmigrante.

Concejo municipal examina las condiciones de los detenidos por ICE en Nueva York ([link removed])
El posible brote de COVID-19 y la huelga de hambre en el centro penitenciario del condado de Orange (OCCF por sus siglas en inglés) fueron dos de los temas principales durante la primera reunión del comité de inmigración del Concejo de la ciudad en 2022.
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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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