“Despite the mayor’s repeated statements that he wants to fund more ‘upstream’ services that address the city’s mental health crisis, his agenda, instead, focuses on post-crisis points and increased law enforcement. To effectively address the City’s mental health crisis, the mayor must invest in more preventive and evidenced-based supports.”
“Between chronic underfunding, a change in administration, and pandemic staff shortages, the process of filing and resolving complaints at the Commission has slowed to a standstill. Mayor Eric Adams’s current budget contains even more cuts to the commission which do nothing but create unnecessary harm to everyday New Yorkers.”
El pasado 13 de junio, la administración de Joe Biden anunció derogó la terminación del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS por sus siglas en inglés) del expresidente Donald Trump, prolongando el estatus legal por 18 meses para más de 300.000 titulares de TPS de El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal y Nicaragua.
Bills aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases sailed through the State Assembly, capping off an anticlimactic year for housing policy in Albany. One bill also amends rent regulation rules, limiting how much landlords can charge when they combine, or “frankenstein” apartments.
Según Human Rights Campaign, un grupo estadounidense de defensa civil del colectivo LGBTQI, se han presentado más de 520 proyectos de ley contra el colectivo LGBTQI en los cámaras estatales, marcando un récord.
La administración del alcalde Eric Adams se ha embarcado en una estrategia de descompresión para liberar espacio en los refugios locales de la ciudad enviando inmigrantes a otros condados y ciudades del estado de Nueva York. En Albany, donde más de 230 inmigrantes fueron reubicados en las últimas semanas, las organizaciones comunitarias dicen que ya están al límite.
The state legislature—which officially ended its session last week, though the Assembly is expected to return briefly before the end of the month—has so far failed to pass major legislation that advocates say would have a direct impact on the state’s growing immigrant communities.
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has embarked on a decompression strategy to free up space in the city’s local shelters by sending immigrants to other New York State localities. In Albany, where more than 230 migrants were relocated in recent weeks, community-based organizations say they are already stretched thin.
Según un reporte del Brennan Center for Justice de la facultad de derecho de la Universidad de Nueva York, la representación latina en todas las cortes supremas estatales del país es de menos del 6 por ciento, a pesar de constituir el 19 por ciento de su población, según el censo de 2020.
“No student deserves to be effectively expelled for bringing a bottle opener to school. There is no disciplinary reason to do so. In the very rare case that students do act out violently and pose a continuing risk to other students, school officials still have the possibility to expel students.”
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