La demanda se centra en los nuevos criterios para acceder a los refugios “Safe Haven” (seguros), alegando que dificultan el acceso a esas camas a las personas sin hogar que viven en la calle y discriminan a los inmigrantes recién llegados.
“We need to be crystal clear: if you’re managing our money, you better be taking climate risk seriously and cutting off financing for new fossil fuel projects. If not, we’re taking our business elsewhere.”
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En Nueva York, acumular riqueza es mucho más difícil para los neoyorquinos latinos y negros, según un reciente informe de la Fundación Robin Hood.
“To pass on the immediate carbon reduction benefits of biofuels while continuing to spin our wheels in endless debate would be a setback that will only make future efforts to reduce our carbon emissions more challenging.”
In New York City, accumulating wealth is many times more difficult for Latino and Black New Yorkers, according to a recent report by the Robin Hood Foundation.
“In New York, prosecutors often require a person accused of a crime to waive their right to later appeal their case as part of a plea offer, even if new evidence is later revealed. These waivers prevent appellate courts from reviewing police misconduct and overseeing police accountability.”
In the three years since the grant launched, recipients have planned programs like community gardens and tree planting at their campuses. Applications will close March 23.
CityFHEPS vouchers are supposed to give low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live, but data shows that voucher holders are predominately renting in certain Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn neighborhoods.
“We must build upon the newfound flexibility provided by City of Yes by making direct, meaningful investments in supportive housing.”
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