Adi Talwar
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Friday marked the final day of operations at 1365 Jerome Ave. in Mount Eden, where Human Resources Administration staff helped New Yorkers apply for food, Medicaid and cash assistance.
El porcentaje de viviendas vacías de la ciudad se desplomó hasta el 1.41 por ciento en 2023, el más bajo desde 1968, según anunciaron el jueves las autoridades. Las opciones eran particularmente escasas para los neoyorquinos de bajos ingresos: sólo el 0.39 por ciento de las unidades de alquiler por menos de $1.100 dólares estaban disponibles el año pasado.
A lawsuit on behalf of tenants at risk of eviction highlights a population in the crosshairs of a policy fight between the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams.
The legislation, introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz and State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, would prohibit policies that restrict the length of homeless shelter stays—aimed at halting the Adams administration’s 30 and 60-day shelter notices for newly arrived immigrants.
The city’s housing vacancy rate plunged to 1.41 percent in 2023, the lowest it has been since 1968, officials announced Thursday. Options were particularly scarce for low-income New Yorkers: just 0.39 percent of units renting for under $1,100 were available last year.
“When we force people to rely on public handouts, we not only harm their perception of what makes America great, but undermine the important truth that when people come here, they want to work.”
Los primeros desalojos de familias inmigrantes con niños bajo la política de estadía de 60 días de la alcaldía comenzó el 9 de enero. Desde entonces, unas 1.600 familias se han visto obligadas a abandonar sus refugios tras expirar su plazo, mientras que otras 7.200 han recibido avisos de 60 días que expirarán en las próximas semanas.
The first evictions of migrant families with children under City Hall’s 60-day shelter policy began on Jan. 9. Since then, about 1,600 families have been forced to leave their shelters after their time expired, while another 7,200 have been given 60-day notices that will expire in the weeks to come.
The first four months of Fiscal Year 2024 saw timely processing of just 14.3 percent of cash assistance applications—a new low—and 41.6 percent of SNAP applications. Delays can have serious consequences for applicants, from hunger to missed rent payments that can put families at risk of eviction.
“Black New Yorkers are disproportionately affected by homelessness, making up 58 percent of shelter residents; 80 percent of the workers caring for these individuals are women of color, yet the top ranks of the organizations that employ them and set organizational policies are overwhelmingly white.”
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