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Eight months after what federal prosecutors called the “largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Justice Department,” NYCHA is tightening requirements when awarding small contracts, among other reforms.
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams slated two days of public meetings, for Oct. 21 and 22, where lawmakers will probe the Adams administration’s zoning reform package. She also announced the Council’s intention to put forth its own “thorough housing action plan,” as part of the final negotiations.
“We can’t let billionaires disregard the labor standards that generations of New Yorkers have fought to establish.”
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
After roughly three years of planning and engagement, four NYCHA developments now have new managers through one of the public housing preservation initiatives, aimed at unlocking repair funds.
Si bien la alcaldía seguirá financiando una red de organizaciones comunitarias y proveedores de servicios jurídicos sin ánimo de lucro al servicio de los inmigrantes, ya no se les exigirá a dichas organizaciones que ofrezcan programas institucionales con presencia física de personal en lugares como hospitales, escuelas y bibliotecas, como lo hace ActionNYC.
The comptroller’s office says some inroads have been made but “far more is needed to be fully prepared for heavy storms.”
A state judge ruled that the city terminated the homeless center’s contract without rational basis, ensuring the Midtown East center can continue to operate until 2026.
The appeal announcement included the launch of a website tracking the number of days since the Council says its laws should have been implemented—447, as of Tuesday—and the number of evictions filed across the city during that time.
While the city will keep funding a network of immigrant-serving community-based organizations and nonprofit legal service providers, they will no longer be required to provide institutional programming with a physical staff presence in places like hospitals, schools, and libraries, as ActionNYC does.
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