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Government

Alcaldía eliminará y reemplazará ActionNYC, programa de ayuda legal gratuita a inmigrantes inaugurado por administración de Blasio.

Daniel Parra | October 3, 2024

Si bien la alcaldía seguirá financiando una red de organizaciones comunitarias y proveedores de servicios jurídicos sin ánimo de lucro al servicio de los inmigrantes, ya no se les exigirá a dichas organizaciones que ofrezcan programas institucionales con presencia física de personal en lugares como hospitales, escuelas y bibliotecas, como lo hace ActionNYC.

Citywide

In First Months of Street Vendor Enforcement, Sanitation Seized—Then Donated—32,220 Pounds of Food

Daniel Parra | August 30, 2023

Since Sanitation took the street vending enforcement reins, the department has confiscated abandoned or non-compliant material from street vendors in 228 cases, and has donated 32,220 pounds of food and composted another 3,880 pounds.

Economy

City’s Affordable Housing Production Saw a Boost Last Year After Prior Plunge

Jeanmarie Evelly and Emma Whitford | August 4, 2023

After dropping the year before, affordable housing production was up again during the 12-month span that ended June 30, officials said Thursday—what advocates say is a welcomed boost but still a far cry from what’s needed as the city struggles to address record-high levels of homelessness.

Brooklyn

As Gowanus Rezoning Moves Ahead, Are the Sewers Ready?

Mary Cunningham | August 1, 2023

Nearly two years after the Gowanus rezoning’s passage, signs of change are all around: demolition projects and new builds are transforming the neighborhood. According to the Department of City Planning, roughly half of the expected 8,500 apartments along the canal are in planning or construction stages.

Education

The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need.

Liz Donovan and Fazil Khan | January 26, 2023

Schools are uniquely positioned to identify and support grieving children, but families and school staff say the system isn’t equipped to serve them.

Homelessness

With Homeless Population at All-Time High, Public Advocate Calls for Citywide Shelter Plan

David Brand, Jenna Zaza, Ifeoma Okwuka, Genesis Castro, Rebecca Sampson and Julia Kaylakov | October 14, 2022

A bill introduced in the City Council this week would create a 15-member commission that includes people who have experienced homelessness to study current shelter locations, identify new sites and figure out how to pay for them. “Homeless New Yorkers come from every neighborhood in New York City and accordingly we need to equitably site shelters,” the bill’s sponsor said.

Housing and Homelessness

The NYPD Now Decides What Homeless Encampments Get Swept

David Brand | September 21, 2022

The new, formalized procedure essentially codifies what has become a de facto sweeps policy under Mayor Eric Adams, and replaces a 2020 directive that removed the NYPD from most street homeless outreach and clean-ups in the wake of an uprising for police accountability and reform spurred by the murder of George Floyd.

Politics & Government

City Watch: Planning Chief Dan Garodnick Talks Local Resistance to New Housing

David Brand | August 22, 2022

“If everything…is just a question of ‘Does the local community support or not support it,’ the answer will almost, inevitably, always be ‘no,’ so it can’t just be that, it has to be a broader consideration,” the former councilmember said during an interview on the WBAI radio program City Watch.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

Liz Donovan and David Brand | July 14, 2022

The land use plan, part of a broader initiative known as Resilient Edgemere, encompasses the area bound by Beach 35th Street and Beach 50th Street and will change zoning rules to increase density in some areas, limit development in others and raise the shoreline along Jamaica Bay.

Government

Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

David Brand | July 7, 2022

Eric Adams’ “Housing Our Neighbors” blueprint is missing key details about how to track and accomplish its broad goals, according to critics. City officials pledged to include the updated benchmarks in a revised Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), an annual assessment of municipal agency performance over the previous fiscal year.