The measure says employees at hair salons should go through a similar license process as those working at clinics and nursing homes in order to protect consumer rights.
Economy
Most Bronx Businesses Hanging On— For Now
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The boroughs BIDs says COVID-19 hasn’t swamped most business. The question is how long they can tread water.
biking
Reporting Citi Bike Theft Can be a Tough Ride
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After a man stole one New Yorker’s CitiBike, the company told her to work with the cops, the cops told her to work with the company, and a $1,200 charge hung over her head.
COVID-19
Phase 3 Employees Demand Better Workplace Protections As COVID-Reopening Progresses
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As more and more workers returned to their jobs last week, activists and advocates are asking the city and state to create stricter protections for employees, including access to PPE and enforcement of social distancing in workplaces.
COVID-19
Visibility Was an Issue for City’s Immigrant Relief Fund
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New York City’s relief program for undocumented immigrants affected by COVID-19 has refused to disclose its community-based partners, citing fears that applicants would overwhelm them.
Economy
¿Cómo ha funcionado el fondo de ayuda para inmigrantes en otros estados?
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Aquí comparamos y analizamos algunas diferencias de los programas de ayuda para las personas indocumentadas de California, Chicago y Oregón.
COVID-19
After Costly ‘Reinvention,’ Nail Salons Brace For Uncertain Reopening
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Salon workers and owners, many of them immigrants, head back to work this week as part of New York’s Phase 3 reopening. But many are worried about how new social distancing restrictions will impact their livelihood.
Citywide
Pro-immigrant Groups Join BLM Protests at City Hall
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Activists representing immigrant rights groups joined Black Lives Matters protestors at City Hall, calling for the city to protect funding for immigration nonprofits.
Coronavirus
NYC Faces ‘Deep and Enduring Unemployment,’ Says Report
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As the third phase of reopening starts next week, an analysis of unemployment data points to a long road ahead for the city’s economic recovery.
Economy
Los inmigrantes y las latinas inmigrantes siguen siendo los más impactados por la crisis económica
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En el mes de junio se han publicado cuatro informes en distintos lugares de los Estados Unidos acerca del impacto económico de la crisis ocasionada por el COVID-19 y las conclusiones llevan al mismo punto: los hispanos y los inmigrantes fueron desproporcionadamente impactados.
banking
Will New York Launch a Public Bank?
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The state legislature is considering a bill, introduced in January, which would authorize local municipalities to lend money to public banks and authorize public ownership of stock in them.