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NYC Housing Calendar, April 16-22
Jeanmarie Evelly |
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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City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
El Programa para menores no acompañados de la Oficina de Reasentamiento de Refugiados (ORR por sus siglas en inglés) ha brindado atención y encontrado patrocinadores a más de 700.000 niños no acompañados, según cifras del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS por sus siglas en inglés).
“My search for legal representation was exhausting. I visited 16 different attorneys before I was able to secure representation. Each denial delivered a wave of hopelessness as I felt the looming 12-month deadline to apply for asylum inch closer and closer.”
For the second time since December, the Preservation Trust model has a strong lead among NYCHA voters.
Legislation introduced in the City Council Thursday would stop government agencies from buying water in plastic bottles smaller than one gallon. The ultimate goal is to use water coolers or water packaged with paper cartons and aluminum instead.
Introduced in September as the third column in Adams’ City of Yes initiative—following separate proposals related to climate and commercial businesses—the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is a broad plan that seeks to tackle the housing crisis with various zoning changes.
As state budget negotiations drag nearly two weeks late, a housing deal seems likely to coalesce—but it’s not there yet, as consequential details remain fluid.
“My concerns are that if these storms keep getting worse, ancestral remains might come to the top,” said Shantell Jones, secretary of the Flatbush African Burial Ground (FABG) Coalition, a Black-led, multiracial team that has spearheaded efforts to track down remains previously buried here that were removed due to city development.
“Will the Signature buildings be viewed as a one-off, or the tip of an iceberg of a more endemic problem?”
City Hall says it has not yet begun implementing assessments of the “extenuating circumstances” that could earn newly arrived immigrants an extended shelter stay—while some seeking another placement continue to sleep on the floor of a church now being used as an “overnight hospitality center.”