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Una Ciudad sin Límites

La huelga de hambre continúa en la cárcel del condado de Hudson

By Daniel Parra | January 13, 2021

Tanto los grupos de defensores de detenidos en ICE como abogados de los inmigrantes en huelga de hambre detenidos en las cárceles de Nueva Jersey alegan que los detenidos están siendo castigados por negarse a comer.

child poverty

Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to ‘Well-Being’ Across New York’s Counties, Report Finds

By Nicole Javorsky | January 12, 2021

A new report by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, released Monday, analyzed pre-pandemic data to determine where the level of various risks to families’ well-being stood before the COVID-19 crisis.

The Coronavirus Crisis

Confusion Persists Around State’s Vaccine Plans for Incarcerated New Yorkers

By Nicole Javorsky | January 7, 2021

Criminal justice advocates slammed the mix messages for leaving thousands of families “wondering when their loved ones will gain access to vaccines.”

Coronavirus

City Pushes Feds to Deliver More Vaccines to NYC

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 5, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking the Trump administration for greater support for vaccine distribution, including extra doses to cover city commuters from other states.

COVID-19

By The Numbers: NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout So Far

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 4, 2021

New York City and state officials are looking to ramp up coronavirus vaccine distribution after a lackluster start that many have criticized as moving too slowly. So far, the city has administered just 110,241 of the 443,000 doses it has received.

nys prisons

Opinion: It’s Time for NYS to Act on Decarceration in Prisons to Curb COVID-19

By David Hoos, Susan M. Reverby, Barbara Zeller and Robert Fullilove | January 4, 2021

Cuomo has failed to implement widely accepted sound public health practices by refusing to release any meaningful number of the state’s COVID-vulnerable imprisoned human beings, and now by failing to put them in the first categories for access to the new vaccines.

Housing and Development

NY Lawmakers to Pass Bill to Halt Pandemic-Related Evictions Through May

By Sadef Ali Kully | December 28, 2020

The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act would create a hardship declaration form that tenants can fill out and submit to their landlords, or to housing court, if they’ve experienced economic difficulties due to the pandemic.

Economy

Sharp Drop in City Bankruptcies Could Foreshadow Big Jump Next Year

By Jarrett Murphy | December 21, 2020

Filings are down by nearly 50 percent this year thanks to debt forbearance, federal aid, slower courthouses and the persistent stigmas against declaring a personal financial crisis.

COVID-19

Checking in on Lines at NYC’s COVID Test Sites as Infection Numbers Rise

By City Limits | December 18, 2020

It’s not clear yet if the December holidays will draw same test-line crowds that Thanksgiving did: An average of 48,380 New Yorkers got molecular coronavirus tests on Dec. 14, the most recent date for which city data is available, well below the high of 58,243 people who were tested on Nov. 24.

COVID-19

Climbing Jail Population and Second COVID Wave Renews Push to Release NYers Behind Bars

By Nicole Javorsky | December 16, 2020

The number of people in New York City jails has increased in recent months, reversing progress made earlier in the pandemic to reduce the jail population—and heightening advocates’ concerns about how both the city and state are managing the threat in its correctional facilities.

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