“Can I love and support a family member who was harmed by someone experiencing homelessness and also be against the unnecessary and unjust killing of an unhoused person?”
Bronx
In One Day, Four NYCHA Developments Convert to PACT Private Management
Tatyana Turner |
After roughly three years of planning and engagement, four NYCHA developments now have new managers through one of the public housing preservation initiatives, aimed at unlocking repair funds.
Government
City Must Keep Funding Mainchance Homeless Drop-In Center, Court Rules
Patrick Spauster |
A state judge ruled that the city terminated the homeless center’s contract without rational basis, ensuring the Midtown East center can continue to operate until 2026.
Government
How Much Could Donald Trump-Tied Buildings Owe Under NYC’s Local Law 97?
Mariana Simões |
Five New York City properties that Donald Trump has a stake in could collectively owe millions in penalties over the next decade if they fail to comply with the landmark building emissions law.
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”.
Housing and Homelessness
Who Can Get Appointments at NYC’s Asylum Application Help Center, And Who Can’t?
Daniel Parra |
While shelter staff are the primary schedulers of appointments at the city’s Asylum Application Help Center, a network of community-based organizations and legal providers can refer cases too. Yet city guidelines obtained by City Limits stipulate the groups can only refer migrants who are “within 4 weeks of their one-year filing deadline” for asylum.
Housing and Homelessness
Para los inmigrantes, solicitar asilo puede suponer la diferencia entre 30 o 60 días más en un refugio
Daniel Parra |
Según la alcaldía, desde la implementación de las normas más estrictas de realojamiento de inmigrantes en mayo, se han evaluado más de 2.600 casos en el Centro de remisión de pasajes para inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo, con más de 850 aprobaciones y más de 1.780 negaciones.
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 26-30
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
For Migrants in Shelter, An Asylum Application Can Mean the Difference Between 30 or 60 More Days
Daniel Parra |
According to City Hall, since rolling out new stricter re-sheltering rules for adult migrants without children in May, it’s assessed over 2,600 shelter extension cases at the Reticketing Center, issuing over 850 approvals and over 1,780 denials.
Bronx
City’s Public Hospitals Mark Milestone in Surprising Role: Housing Patients
Jeanmarie Evelly |
NYC Health + Hospitals says it’s found permanent homes for more than 1,200 of its patients and their families, both through supportive housing placements and in affordable apartments on its own land. The marker comes as the mayor directs all city agencies to examine their property holdings for places to build new housing.
Labor
City’s Plan to Address Uber & Lyft Driver ‘Lockouts’ Won’t Resolve Crisis, Union Claims
CLARIFY News |
New York City officials secured agreements from Uber and Lyft to “drastically reduce access restrictions” for drivers. But the New York Taxi Workers Alliance called the deal “a corporate give-away” that doesn’t do enough to improve workers’ conditions.
