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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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Feb 2024

Education Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor

1,600 Families With Children Have Seen Their Shelter Stays Expire; 7,200 More Face Coming Deadlines

The first evictions of migrant families with children under City Hall’s 60-day shelter policy began on Jan. 9. Since then, about 1,600 families have been forced to leave their shelters…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

“We have already witnessed the harm that 30-day limits have inflicted on adult migrants without children, who have either had to sleep on the streets indefinitely while reapplying for housing…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor News

Outside Randall’s Island Tent Shelters, Immigrants Cook to Sell or Share

Over the last several weeks, shelter residents and volunteers said they’ve seen increased enforcement around cooking and vending at the site, including an operation on Oct. 17 in which the…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Education Government Housing and Homelessness

With City Child Care Program to End in June, Asylum-Seeking Parents Worry Over Plans for Summer

Promise NYC was intended to help asylum-seeker families whose immigration status makes them ineligible for other, federally-funded child care assistance. But the program, which offered subsidized care for 600 children,…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

NYC Shelter System Awaits Some Immigrants Bused From Texas

After a two-month journey from South America to the U.S. Border and a two-day bus ride from Texas to New York City, immigrants who spoke with City Limits just wanted…

ByDavid Brand

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Jun 2022

Education Government Immigration

Budget Deal Maintains $4 Million to Boost Communication with Immigrant Families in NYC Schools

According to the DOE, 43 percent of NYC’s students spoke a language other than English during the current school year. The Immigrant Family Communication program, which had been budgeted for…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

New York Lawmakers Consider Tax Reforms to Aid ITIN-Filers

1,600 Families With Children Have Seen Their Shelter Stays Expire; 7,200 More Face Coming Deadlines

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

Outside Randall’s Island Tent Shelters, Immigrants Cook to Sell or Share

With City Child Care Program to End in June, Asylum-Seeking Parents Worry Over Plans for Summer

NYC Shelter System Awaits Some Immigrants Bused From Texas

Budget Deal Maintains $4 Million to Boost Communication with Immigrant Families in NYC Schools

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