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NYC Council Considers Another Plastics Ban, As Straws Law Goes Into Effect

If passed, the ‘Skip the Stuff’ bill would prohibit restaurants from providing plastic utensils, napkins and condiments, unless the customer requests them.

Far Fewer Homeless Families Using Rent Subsidies to Move Out of NYC

During the 2021 fiscal year, just 297 households using Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) grants found apartments in another state. It was the first time that the majority of SOTA…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Is New York City Really Anti-Business?

‘When Brooklyn Borough President and likely next New York mayor Eric Adams declared that under his watch, “New York will no longer be anti-business” one could wonder what city he’s…

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Organizaciones e inmigrantes exigen a demócratas cumplir su promesa de ciudadanía para indocumentados

Desde el 11 de octubre hasta el 31 de octubre—fecha límite que estableció la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi para la votación de los proyectos de ley…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Expanding Section 8 Rental Assistance Would Be Transformative for NY

‘Universalizing Section 8 would address poverty, boost the economy, and even stimulate affordable housing production–ultimately benefiting everyone, not just the recipients.’

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

More Than 1,600 NY Landlords Apply for COVID Rent Relief on New Fund’s First Day

Applications for the new $125 million Landlord Rental Assistance Program (LRAP) opened Thursday, as state officials seek to reimburse property owners who were unable to apply for compensation through the…

Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: New York City’s Food Waste is a Solvable Issue

‘We know how to reduce food waste, we just need to find the will to do it.’

Government Justice

NY Decriminalizes Syringe Possession as Part of Overdose Prevention Efforts

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills that aim to combat substance-use disorders, including one that will bring medication assisted treatment to prisons and jails across the state and…

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Leaders List Priorities for Next HUD Regional Chief, as Biden Considers Brooklyn Councilmember

Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel—who represents the 41st District of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Crown Heights—is President Joe Biden’s likely pick as next New York-New Jersey regional administrator for the…

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

As NY’s Excluded Workers Fund Runs Out of Cash, Advocates Press for Expansion

The state’s Department of Labor, which is administering the program, is warning on its website that the fund is “nearing exhaustion” and cannot guarantee that future applicants will be approved…

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