From local pols to community leaders, volunteers to residents, no one believes things are getting much better in the neighborhood now, months into the pandemic.
Desde los senadores estatales, pasando por los políticos locales, líderes comunitarios, voluntarios y residentes de Bushwick, ninguno de ellos ve que las cosas estén mejorando en Bushwick.
It’s been more than seven months since New York started coronavirus lockdown measures, and just as the crisis itself has shifted and evolved over time, so too have the informal networks of volunteers and neighbors working to help one another endure it.
The City Council allowed the charge to help struggling businesses cover costs. But owners fear steeper charges might drive away customers.
The restored funding could lead to the creation of estimated 11,000 units of affordable housing, according to Rachel Fee, Executive Director of the New York Housing Conference, and comes at “a time when those homes are sorely needed.”
The president’s tax cut and tougher trade policies led to a brief rise in national manufacturing jobs numbers. New York didn’t benefit from the bump.
‘The narrative that New York is anti-business, triggered by the recent defeat of the Industry City proposal, is not only misleading, but simplistic.’
Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.
There’s little doubt either Trump or Biden will push through some relief package after Election Day. What do we know about what either candidate’s strategy will mean for New York City?
‘For so long, some of us have been told – in a million big and small ways – that we don’t have a place at the table. We’ve witnessed decades of voter suppression that continues to plague our nation today, but we cannot let the census follow suit by robbing entire communities of our fair shake.’