“Not only are such increases necessary to secure investments in badly needed and widely desired public goods like education, health care, and housing, the costs of which are likely the driving factor behind the worrisome out-migration of working and middle class New Yorkers.”
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“The rent stabilized building bubble will persist as long as there are greater fools to cash out bad bets. If Albany bails out this market now, with bad data and before the market has started to price buildings properly, they risk turning taxpayers into the greatest fools of all.”
Tanto el Senado como la Asamblea estatal han incluido en sus propuestas presupuestarias reformas fiscales que beneficiarían a las personas con un número de identificación personal del contribuyente (ITIN por sus siglas en inglés), a menudo utilizadas por los trabajadores inmigrantes. Sus defensores afirman que ampliar los beneficios tributarios a esta población ayudaría a reducir la pobreza infantil.
Both the Senate and the Assembly have included tax-related reforms in their “one-house” budget proposals that would impact those with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), often used by immigrant workers. Advocates say extending credits to this population would help reduce child poverty.
“Too many nonprofits are waiting on money owed by the same city that tells nonprofits to prepare to do more with less, again and again.”
New data suggests that the Department of Social Services is bouncing back from historically low processing rates for public benefits, though cash aid applications are being denied more frequently than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Installing residential solar panels requires a hefty upfront investment. In 2023, it cost on average over $36,000 per property before incentives, according to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
Hasta finales de enero, la ciudad había comprado 20.500 billetes de avión o autobús para reubicar a los inmigrantes fuera de la ciudad, por un total de $7.6 millones de dólares, según informaron las autoridades el martes. Esto es tres veces el presupuesto anual de las dos oficinas principales que gestionan los servicios para las comunidades de inmigrantes de la ciudad.
As of the end of January, the city had purchased 20,500 plane or bus tickets to relocate immigrants in its shelter system to destinations outside the five boroughs, totaling $7.6 million, officials said Tuesday—three times the annual budget of the two main offices that handle services for the city’s immigrant communities.
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