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Both the Senate and the Assembly have included tax-related reforms in their “one-house” budget proposals that would impact those with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), often used by immigrant workers.…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Bloated Police Budgets Don’t Make Us Safe

“The City Council must have the courage to use the budget to hold the NYPD accountable.”

ByCheyenne Lee 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Mayor’s Budget Dance Leaves Nonprofits–and New Yorkers–in the Lurch

“Too many nonprofits are waiting on money owed by the same city that tells nonprofits to prepare to do more with less, again and again.”

ByShekar Krishnan

ByChai Jindasurat-Yasui 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Transportation

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Transportation and anti-poverty advocates are pushing the Adams administration to provide an extra $55 million in the next budget to expand the Fair Fares program—through which low-income New Yorkers can…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

After Criticism, City Staffs Up Local Law 97 Enforcement

At a City Council hearing this week, the Department of Buildings said it has nearly doubled the number of staff members dedicated to implementing the city’s landmark law to lower…

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Second Time’s the Charm? NY Legislature Angles For Broad Housing Deal

With the state’s annual spending plan due in less than three weeks, the Senate and Assembly are calling for a housing plan that both incentivizes development and protects tenants from…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

City Speeds Up Benefits Processing, But Cash Aid Denials Remain High

New data suggests that the Department of Social Services is bouncing back from historically low processing rates for public benefits, though cash aid applications are being denied more frequently than…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Public Housing Residents Demand $5 Billion in State Funding

Tenants and advocates say the funding would repair 40,000 apartments and help cover outstanding rent arrears accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Justice Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, March 4-11

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Economy Education Government Opinion

Opinion: Why New Yorkers Should Reject Austerity for CUNY

“Since CUNY is one of the city’s most traversed pathways out of poverty, any decision to block or compromise this escape route must be considered for its short and long-term…

ByNicholas Freudenberg

ByAlexa D’Angelo 0Comments

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