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“Ballot measures are an opportunity for voters to directly weigh in on policies that affect their day-to-day lives and the future of our state. When incomprehensible ballot language forces voters to cede this opportunity, their voices are effectively silenced.”
Mayor Eric Adams’ ambitious citywide zoning reform is facing its greatest trial yet: the opinions of all 59 community boards, five borough presidents, and the general public.
New York City firefighters responded to more gas leaks than any other city in the nation, a new study found.
The report reveal disparities by gender and race, with women and people of color having higher levels of debt and facing more challenges in repaying it.
“Unlike an unsound, speculative plan by Empire State Development to squeeze an outsize mini-city in the same space to be completed sometime after 2040, our Community Plan delivers new units with immediacy serving core needs for the community and society at large.”
Only after a local councilmember’s push did landlord Avanath meet with the tenant group at 38 Sixth Ave., but progress has come slowly, and tenants scorned a proposed partial rent abatement as insufficient.
Si bien los inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo pueden recibir correo en los refugios de la ciudad, muchos han tenido dificultades para localizar correspondencia importante, según proveedores de servicios jurídicos y defensores de inmigrantes, especialmente después de que la ciudad restringiera la duración de las estancias tanto para adultos como para familias con niños.
“For years, Citi has refused to confront the issue of its fossil fuel business. And so, we are there, outside the bank’s headquarters, blocking the doors, being led away in handcuffs in the desperate hope that our acts may trigger Citi’s leadership to finally start treating global heating like the existential threat it is.”
While migrants can receive mail at the city’s shelters, many have struggled to track down important correspondence, according to legal service providers and advocates—especially after the city restricted the length of stays for both adults and families with children.
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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