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While advocates who specialize in public benefits have called for these backlogs to be cut, they say New Yorkers who rely on cash and food support are not yet out…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness

Adams Admin Confirms Inaction on Council’s Rental Voucher Expansion

Despite a veto override, a December letter from Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Park says certain CityFHEPs voucher legislation passed by the City Council “cannot be implemented at this…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Government

City Officials Grilled on Staffing Needs Amid Public Benefit Processing ‘Crisis’

The interrogation from councilmembers came on the heels of new data showing processing delays the likes of which New Yorkers haven’t seen in at least a decade.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census

An inaugural city report groups together shelter headcounts from five municipal systems, revealing a truer—and larger—picture of the homelessness crisis than the often-cited Department of Homeless Services count.

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

The Human Resources Administration (HRA) is promptly processing just 46.3 percent of applications for SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, the agency told councilmembers at a committee hearing on…

ByDavid Brand

ByMariam Hydara 5Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually

Since Jan. 1, City Limits has been publishing more accurate homeless shelter census figures after a Council bill to force the city to publish a true number failed last year. The…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Too Soon to Grade Subway Policing Plan, Council’s Homeless Services Chair Says

“Using police to remove the homeless off the subways, we have to be very careful about that,” Councilmember Diana Ayala said in an interview on WBAI’s City Watch. “Most of…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Apr 2021

Comunidades de habla hispana Government

Cuatro candidatos compiten por el escaño del distrito 8 del Concejo de la ciudad, una candidata busca la reelección

Grandes diferencias en dinero recaudado para la campaña separan a los candidatos en el distrito 8 que incluye barrios de Manhattan y el sur del Bronx.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2021

Government

Four Candidates Vie For City’s 8th District, One Seeks Re-election

Big differences in money raised for the campaign separate the candidates in the 8th district, which includes neighborhoods in Manhattan and the South Bronx.

ByDaniel Parra 6Comments

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Sep 2017

Government News

A Neck-and-Neck Council Race to Replace Mark-Viverito

A winner hasn’t been officially declared, but Diana Ayala has a two point lead over Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

BySharif Paget 1Comment

City Hall Announces Near-Elimination of Benefits Case Backlog As Challenges Persist

Adams Admin Confirms Inaction on Council’s Rental Voucher Expansion

As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually

City Watch: Too Soon to Grade Subway Policing Plan, Council’s Homeless Services Chair Says

Cuatro candidatos compiten por el escaño del distrito 8 del Concejo de la ciudad, una candidata busca la reelección

Four Candidates Vie For City’s 8th District, One Seeks Re-election

A Neck-and-Neck Council Race to Replace Mark-Viverito

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