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“The enforcement mechanism has truly always been the courts,” said Good Cause sponsor State Sen. Julia Salazar, as anticipation mounts for litigation that will hash out the reach of the new tenant protection law.
While shelter staff are the primary schedulers of appointments at the city’s Asylum Application Help Center, a network of community-based organizations and legal providers can refer cases too. Yet city guidelines obtained by City Limits stipulate the groups can only refer migrants who are “within 4 weeks of their one-year filing deadline” for asylum.
“By making both aesthetic and programmatic contributions like commercial or community services to their neighborhood, these buildings were viewed as assets and gained them acceptance not always afforded to new developments.”
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
As of Aug. 18, the city had issued 60-day deadlines to 12,689 families with children, including 18,348 children under 18, officials said. Critics say frequent shelter moves are disruptive to kids’ ability to learn.
Although the new monitor credits NYCHA for being a “very different organization” since the start of the oversight arrangement in 2019, there are still setbacks, particularly with addressing mold, leaks and lead.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
As the mayor’s citywide zoning reform plan undergoes public review, City Limits is keeping tabs on responses. So far, more than half of the city’s community boards have voted unfavorably, though four out of five borough presidents have come out (largely) in favor.
Según la alcaldía, desde la implementación de las normas más estrictas de realojamiento de inmigrantes en mayo, se han evaluado más de 2.600 casos en el Centro de remisión de pasajes para inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo, con más de 850 aprobaciones y más de 1.780 negaciones.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
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