“If you get cash assistance, you are caught up in really significant delays, in a way that you would not be if you were only receiving SNAP,” said Katie Kelleher of the Legal Aid Society, a lead attorney on a federal lawsuit compelling the city to improve its processing times.
Desesperados por encontrar trabajo, muchos inmigrantes pagan por adelantado a las agencias de empleo, sin saber que está prohibido exigir un pago antes de obtener un empleo.
Desperate to find work, many immigrants pay upfront fees to employment agencies, unaware that requiring payment before a job placement is prohibited.
After dropping the year before, affordable housing production was up again during the 12-month span that ended June 30, officials said Thursday—what advocates say is a welcomed boost but still a far cry from what’s needed as the city struggles to address record-high levels of homelessness.
The 400 income-restricted units at 5WTC, the only residential project planned for the World Trade Center site, mark an increase from prior proposals but fall short of the 100 percent affordability some advocates had sought.
Organizaciones de defensa de los derechos civiles y de los inmigrantes, presentaron una demanda federal en nombre de varios particulares y de la Farmworker Association de Florida contra la nueva ley estatal centrada en inmigración de Florida SB 1718.
Miles de estudiantes indocumentados se gradúan al año en California y desde que un juez federal en 2021 impidió que la administración de Joe Biden incluyera a nuevos beneficiarios del programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA por sus siglas en inglés), estos se quedan sin opción de ser protegidos contra la deportación y recibir una autorización para trabajar en el país.
Amid a record-breaking homelessness crisis, there are some bright spots. Mayor Adams has dedicated roughly $4 billion in capital funding to construct affordable housing—a campaign promise that he fell short on last year. Yet staffing cuts and shortages still plague the city agencies tasked with assisting homeless New Yorkers.
“This was not a consensus choice. The mayor deliberately stacked the deck in favor of landlords and at the peril of tenants.”
With three large-scale waterfront industrial properties—Arthur Kill Terminal, Staten Island Marine Terminal, and Rossville Municipal Site—under consideration for offshore wind development, thousands of jobs could soon be washing up on Staten Island’s shores.
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