‘Body Shops specialize in selling the labor of re-entry workers like me because they know how to take advantage of our unique vulnerabilities as Black workers who spent time behind bars.’
2021 election
14th City Council Race Has Attracted Big Bucks and Dueling Endorsements
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Six candidates are vying to replace the term-limited Fernando Cabrera in a Bronx district that faces unique housing challenges.
nyc budget
Mayor’s Proposed Budget Misses ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Opportunity to Tackle NYC Homelessness
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The chair of the council’s welfare committee says New York City is squandering a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to address its homelessness crisis, despite an executive budget that would boost Department of Social Services (DSS) funding by nearly $1.2 billion.
NYC Council
Opinion: NYC’s Homeless Shelters Workers Need Better Job Standards to Survive
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‘The bills that make up the SOS Act, introduced by Council Members Francisco Moya and Diana Ayala, would raise the standards for workers like me to ensure that privately-run shelters are providing decent wages, benefits and training opportunities to security workers.’
Family homelessness
Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Seek ‘Transformative’ Solutions to Address Family Homelessness Crisis
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‘The next mayor will inherit this crisis but has a tremendous opportunity with incoming federal funds and a wealth of experienced and committed providers, developers, and advocacy and philanthropic organizations to work with, to transform the city’s housing and homelessness policies and meet the needs of our struggling families.’
COVID-19
State Lawmakers Vote to Extend Eviction Moratorium Through August, as Tenants Await Rent Relief Funds
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The State Assembly and Senate passed a bill Monday that would extend the moratorium on most evictions—protections that lapsed May 1—through the end of August. A separate state initiative to distribute federal relief funds to property owners whose tenants owe back-rent is not expected to be up and running until the end of the month.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Budget Can Offer a Down Payment Towards a Caring and Compassionate New Deal for NYC
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‘We can address poverty and public health concerns by providing people the housing, social services and care they actually need—and by divesting from policing and incarceration.’
Election 2021
What Would NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Do About Homelessness? Let’s Go to the Video
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Homelessness survivors played a lead role in creating a video voters’ guide on family homelessness starring Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia, Ray McGuire, Dianne Morales and Scott Stringer.
NYC journalism
City Limits Announces Three Additions to its Newsroom Staff
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Ese Olumhense, David Brand and Liz Donovan will join the nonprofit’s editorial team this spring covering government, housing and climate change.
Family homelessness
Shafted in State Budget, Homeless Advocates Push City to Increase Value of Rental Vouchers
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After the state budget deal failed to include a proposal for an Albany-funded rental voucher system, advocates are setting their sights on getting the City Council to pass Intro 146, which would increase the value of rental vouchers under the CityFHEPS program to better reflect market-rate rents.
Government
Victoria para ayuda en alquileres, decepción en cuanto a NYCHA y las personas sin hogar en el presupuesto estatal de Nueva York
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Aunque los defensores de vivienda afirman que el acuerdo presupuestario incluye una importante victoria para los inquilinos —creando un programa multimillonario para la reducción de los alquileres—, hay menos fondos tanto para NYCHA como para la prevención de la falta de vivienda menor a lo que se esperaba.