En Nueva York, acumular riqueza es mucho más difícil para los neoyorquinos latinos y negros, según un reciente informe de la Fundación Robin Hood.
Government
The Immigrant Sex Workers Caught Up in ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt’
Daniel Parra |
Advocates and defense attorneys said the majority of people facing a prostitution charge under the city’s crackdown in Queens are immigrants, whose immigration proceedings and ability to find better jobs could be affected by their arrests.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Bringing Solar Energy to NYC Schools and Public Buildings
Sandy Nurse and Gary LaBarbera |
“This solar program is a game changer: it will reduce harmful air pollution, fight climate change, and create high-quality jobs installing and maintaining solar panels.”
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 28-Nov. 4
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Employment Matters to the Disabled Community
Harvey Epstein and Sharon McLennon Wier |
“Vocational salience allows all human beings to find purpose, social involvement, aspiration, life achievement, monetary reward, and the opportunity to offer themselves to the world as a change agent.”
Government
Homeless Shelter Execs Make Huge Salaries and Hire Family Members, DOI Report Finds
Gwynne Hogan for THE CITY |
The Department of Homeless Services says it’s cut ties with three nonprofits cited in the report and were seeking corrective measures from at least two others.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Diversifying New York City’s Mental Health Workforce
Linda Lausell Bryant and Eric Brettschneider |
“This field is underpaid, understaffed, and entering and progressing within it is only available to those who have the means for conventional schooling, and not those with the lived experience which might serve them better.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab
Darío Maestro |
“In the midst of a five-count federal indictment, Mayor Adams is rushing to ask New Yorkers at the ballot for more power and less oversight.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Defending NYC’s Blue Collar COVID-19 Recovery
John Santos |
“We can’t let billionaires disregard the labor standards that generations of New Yorkers have fought to establish.”
Government
Cash Assistance Recipients Navigate Revived Work Requirements, As City Processing Times Tick Up
Jeanmarie Evelly and Anastasia Tomkin |
Advocates worry that the reinstated rules will inevitably lead to some New Yorkers losing the aid they rely on to make ends meet, especially in the face of a steep rise in the number of people getting the assistance—alongside increased bureaucratic hurdles for recipients since the pandemic began.
Housing and Homelessness
¿Quién puede programar citas en el Centro de navegación de recursos para solicitantes de asilo y quién no?
Daniel Parra |
“La imposibilidad de conseguir una cita para el asilo tiene profundas consecuencias en la vida de los migrantes”, afirma Sophie Bah Kouyate, gestora de servicios de African Communities Together. “Sin acceso a estas citas, los migrantes quedan a menudo en un estado de limbo, incapaces de obtener un estatuto legal o acceder a servicios esenciales”.
