(Governor Kathy Hochul's Flicker) Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, pictured here at a 2021 event, cosponsors one of the bills focused on rent setting. Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal
“Lawmakers up in Albany have already proposed legislation to protect ground lease co-op residents around the state. We need standard rights and protections and New York has the chance to grant them.”
The announcement follows months of complaints by immigrants and asylum seekers about missing mail in city shelters, complicating their immigration cases and other efforts to establish their lives here, as City Limits was the first to report in July.
Since the pandemic, one in every three New York City residents has used a food pantry, according to a recent study from Robin Hood and Columbia University. Here, City Limits rounds up a list of where people can find food assistance and other anti-hunger resources.
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