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A bevy of youth organizations are pressing lawmakers to pass the “Livable Futures” package—five bills focused on immigration, climate change, housing and transgender rights, crafted in part to push back…

ByAriana Khaliram 1Comment

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Jan 2025

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Is Your City Councilmember Passing Green Legislation? Look Them Up Here

The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You…

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Jun 2024

Economy Health Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor

City Council Passes Bills to Survey Migrants’ Health Needs and Work Obstacles

“We must accumulate data to understand how the city has supported work permit applications, entrepreneurship, workforce development initiatives, and access to health care in order to identify the gaps in…

ByDaniel Parra 4Comments

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May 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time We Acknowledge the Violence Endured by People Experiencing Homelessness

“Living without a home—a reality we’ve both faced—has shown us that the unhoused are often viewed not as people but as easy targets for acts of cruelty. The rampant criminalization…

ByM.A. Dennis

ByWill Woods 1Comment

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May 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

Late-Session Bill Would Add More NYC Neighborhoods to Basement Legalization Plan

“If it were up to me, all of New York City would be included,” said State Sen. Julia Salazar, who is looking to expand the state’s recently passed basement legalization…

ByChris Janaro 4Comments

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May 2024

Economy Government Land Use and Development Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Proposed Vending Bill Would Hamper City’s Sidewalks

“Vending is a commercial enterprise that creates private income. Sidewalks are for all of us, and until now the city has sought to ensure that all those items that encroach…

ByErin Piscopink

ByRobert J. Benfatto 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Economy Government Justice Transportation

How NYC Can Overhaul ‘Discriminatory’ Government Fines and Fees: Report

New York should take page from cities like San Francisco, the report says, which launched the Financial Justice Project to eliminate or overhaul government-imposed monetary fees that disproportionately burden low-income…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Housing Chair Proposes Steeper Fees for Building Owners With Repeat Heat Outages

Bronx Councilmember Pierina Sanchez introduced a bill Thursday that would more than double reinspection fees for landlords who accrue multiple hazard violations within a 12-month period.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Education Government

Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Lift 84K New Yorkers Out of Poverty, Report Finds

The findings, released by anti-poverty nonprofit Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Center on Poverty & Social Policy, examined the impact of the Early Learning Child Care Act, which would institute…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

5 Bills NYC Youth Want the City Council to Pass Before the Year Ends

Is Your City Councilmember Passing Green Legislation? Look Them Up Here

City Council Passes Bills to Survey Migrants’ Health Needs and Work Obstacles

Opinion: It’s Time We Acknowledge the Violence Endured by People Experiencing Homelessness

Late-Session Bill Would Add More NYC Neighborhoods to Basement Legalization Plan

Opinion: Proposed Vending Bill Would Hamper City’s Sidewalks

How NYC Can Overhaul ‘Discriminatory’ Government Fines and Fees: Report

Council Housing Chair Proposes Steeper Fees for Building Owners With Repeat Heat Outages

Expanding Child Care Subsidies Would Lift 84K New Yorkers Out of Poverty, Report Finds

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