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Flooding in Queens following Hurricane Ida.
Brad Lander’s Basement Resident Protection Law would create a “basement board” to oversee the conversions and ensure residents of these apartments—called accessory dwelling units or ADUs—have access to tenants’ rights and basic safety protections. It comes a year after rains from Hurricane Ida killed 11 New Yorkers in basement units.
La ciudad calcula que unos 6.300 solicitantes de asilo han llegado en autobuses desde la frontera en los últimos meses. Además de encontrar un lugar seguro para alojarse, deben acceder a atención médica, hacer un seguimiento de sus casos de inmigración en trámite y, en algunos casos, intentar reunirse con miembros de su familia de los que fueron separados durante el viaje. Algunos han abandonado el sistema de albergues por completo, alegando motivos de seguridad.
La financiación estatal para la seguridad fronteriza en Texas pasó de $110 millones de dólares en 2008-2009 a más de $3.000 millones para el ciclo presupuestario de este año 2022-2023.
At a virtual rally on Sunday, parents, young people and advocates in the city and across the state shared stories about the impact of the pandemic and renewed calls for elected officials to invest more in behavioral health programs and services for children and teens, which experts say have been underfunded for years and are now at a breaking point, with increased demand spurred by the coronavirus crisis.
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