Grant support from the Scripps Howard Fund will allow City Limits to host interns for three semesters beginning in the summer of 2025, who will produce stories and investigations for the Spanish/English news initiative, Una Ciudad sin Límites.
El anuncio se produce después de meses de quejas de inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo por la falta de correo en los refugios de la ciudad, lo que complica sus casos de inmigración y otros esfuerzos para establecer sus vidas aquí, como City Limits informó en julio.
“Its free market approach is an inefficient way to alleviate the affordability crisis. Really doing so would require that the government subsidize or invest more in permanently affordable housing.”
En cuanto se supo el resultado de las elecciones presidenciales, tanto los representantes, senadores como distintos defensores de derechos se pusieron a trabajar para crear listas de tareas pendientes que podrían lograrse antes del fin del mandato de Biden, que van desde fondos para la guerra de Ucrania, medidas en medio ambiente, hasta la nominación y confirmación de jueces federales.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Drilling for more oil and gas may not have legs in progressive New York, where local laws bar these efforts. But larger climate goals could suffer a blow.
“Lawmakers up in Albany have already proposed legislation to protect ground lease co-op residents around the state. We need standard rights and protections and New York has the chance to grant them.”
The announcement follows months of complaints by immigrants and asylum seekers about missing mail in city shelters, complicating their immigration cases and other efforts to establish their lives here, as City Limits was the first to report in July.
Since the pandemic, one in every three New York City residents has used a food pantry, according to a recent study from Robin Hood and Columbia University. Here, City Limits rounds up a list of where people can find food assistance and other anti-hunger resources.
“An app which allows residents to give real-time feedback on the repair vendors in their apartments that adds up to a vendor’s scorecard so we will have real accountability for NYCHA contractors, which the audit shows is so badly needed,” said Comptroller Brad Lander.
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