Over half of New York City food stamp applicants are forced to wait for their benefits to arrive as staff at the understaffed Human Resources Administration fail to keep pace with demand. The state’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance has declined to issue a waiver that would relieve the backlog.
December 23, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/12/23/as-nycs-food-stamp-crisis-worsens-state-agency-withholds-relief/“While record youth turnout across the country enabled Democrats to hold the U.S. Senate and make gains in swing districts barely won by President Joe Biden, the New York vote looked more like the pre-Trump era of apathy and disengagement.”
November 30, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/11/30/opinion-how-ny-democrats-and-gov-hochul-can-win-back-young-voters/The city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) failed to promptly process four of every 10 applications for the benefits during fiscal year 2022, when the rate of timely processing plummeted from about 92 percent in fiscal year 2021 to just over 60 percent.
November 10, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/11/10/40-of-nyc-food-stamp-applicants-left-waiting-for-benefits-data-shows/Superstorm Sandy spared the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, New York City’s most important food source. But a decade later, little has changed when it comes to storm resiliency at the low-lying markets, and a disaster could have a major impact for the city’s restaurants, shops and food pantries.
October 27, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/10/27/spared-by-sandy-hunts-point-food-market-slow-to-address-flood-risk/Advocates and progressive lawmakers have slammed the moves for a lack of transparency and for further separating detainees from their communities, families, and attorneys. Meanwhile, about 20 detainees who remained at the New York jail were moved to another unit within the facility, which uses a different communications system that has made it harder for them to stay in touch with their attorneys, detainees and their lawyers told City Limits.
October 6, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/10/06/communication-issues-at-ny-jail-after-transfer-of-ice-detainees/The city estimates that around 7,600 asylum seekers have arrived via buses from the border in recent months. Many don’t know where to find food, clothing, and other services that are available, so City Limits has prepared this resource guide to help them navigate the city after talking to dozens of them.
August 31, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/08/31/what-you-need-to-know-resources-for-recently-arrived-asylum-seekers-in-nyc/Uno de los detenidos dijo a City Limits que ha estado detenido por ICE durante más de seis meses, pero que sólo le han dado dos tapabocas de tela durante ese tiempo, a pesar de que el personal de la cárcel dijo a los concejales que tienen tapabocas en abundancia.
May 24, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/05/24/concejales-manifiestan-su-preocupacion-por-la-seguridad-de-los-detenidos-despues-de-su-visita-a-centro-de-detencion-de-ice-en-ny/One person at the facility told City Limits he has been detained by ICE for more than six months but has only been given two cloth masks during that time, despite jail staff telling councilmembers they have masks in abundance.
May 20, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/05/20/councilmembers-cite-concerns-over-covid-safety-in-visit-to-ice-detainees-in-ny/“Many food management companies and producers of color are small to mid-sized, and we have benefited from the added flexibility in the way schools negotiate. The waivers have allowed us to retain staff and pay an honest living wage and continue buying fresh produce while serving scratch-made meals to a larger student body.”
April 22, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/04/22/opinion-congress-should-act-now-to-extend-school-food-waivers/“We must reject efforts to roll back Raise the Age and stop scapegoating children and youth for the decades-long failure of government to invest equitably in them and their communities in the first place.”
March 29, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/03/29/opinion-to-increase-public-safety-new-york-must-invest-in-families/
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