“For far too long, New York’s leaders have focused on stemming the tide of homelessness, and then struggling to meet that low bar. Mayor Eric Adams can change this with a visionary housing and homelessness plan and a budget to match.”
Según un reporte del Brennan Center for Justice de la facultad de derecho de la Universidad de Nueva York, 27 estados han propuesto al menos 148 proyectos de ley para cambiar cómo se llevan a cabo las elecciones y cómo se determinan los resultados de estas. En seis legislaturas estatales (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky…
Corporations exist to make profit. In the housing context, corporate landlords extract as much profit from their investments as possible. The results are rent increases, cost-cutting on building maintenance, reductions in building-wide services, low-cost or inadequate repairs, and evictions.
Proposed legislation would allow NYCHA to transfer 25,000 apartments into a publicly owned trust with the power to issue bonds and borrow money for addressing desperately-needed capital repairs. Supporters say it’s the only real shot to drum up the funds in lieu of substantive federal aid. But many public housing tenants are opposed or skeptical…
