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With Donald Trump expected to return to the White House in January, City Limits takes a closer look at the former and future president’s platform and promises around key policy…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDaniel Parra

ByMariana Simões

ByTatyana Turner 1Comment

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Aug 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth

NYC’s Adult Literacy Providers Weather New Funding Rules, Forcing Some to Cancel Classes

Changes to the city’s funding formula for adult education programs have left some community organizations with decades of experience without contracts to continue their classes—for the time being. Six organizations…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Labor Opinion Politics

Opinion: NYC’s Budget Must Include Immigrants for the Success of Our City

“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get…

ByMurad Awawdeh 1Comment

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Jun 2024

Economy Government Immigration

Advocates Seek 11th-Hour Reversal of Adult Literacy Cuts, As Providers See Increased Demand

Days before New York City’s final budget for the next fiscal year is due, both advocates and City Council members are urging that funding be maintained to reach a similar…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

25

May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City Starts Enforcing Stricter Re-Sheltering Rules for Adult Migrants, As Advocates Stand Guard

“For people who are receiving denials, but are accessing legal services, they’re going to be able to have some kind of advocacy,” said Deborah Berkman, supervising attorney at New York…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

16

Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Mayor Should Halt 60-Day Shelter Limits & Protect Vulnerable Families

“The 60-day shelter limit runs counter to the very purpose of shelters: to keep vulnerable homeless families and individuals safe and off the streets.”

ByPierina Ana Sanchez

ByRita Joseph 0Comments

01

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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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development News NYCHA Politics

Eric Adams’ State of the City: What’s in it for Housing?

In his annual address Wednesday, his third since taking office in 2022, Mayor Eric Adams touched on plans for a “Tenant Protection Cabinet,” developing affordable housing on two dozen city-owned…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

11

Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor

State Initiative Identifies Nearly 40K Jobs Open to Immigrants With Work Permits

Some 1,029 New York companies signed up to express interest in hiring immigrants and asylum seekers with work authorization. But how many jobs have been filled through the Department of…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

21

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

What Trump’s Win Could Mean for Housing, Climate and Immigrant Communities in NYC

NYC’s Adult Literacy Providers Weather New Funding Rules, Forcing Some to Cancel Classes

Opinion: NYC’s Budget Must Include Immigrants for the Success of Our City

Advocates Seek 11th-Hour Reversal of Adult Literacy Cuts, As Providers See Increased Demand

City Starts Enforcing Stricter Re-Sheltering Rules for Adult Migrants, As Advocates Stand Guard

Opinion: Mayor Should Halt 60-Day Shelter Limits & Protect Vulnerable Families

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

Eric Adams’ State of the City: What’s in it for Housing?

State Initiative Identifies Nearly 40K Jobs Open to Immigrants With Work Permits

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

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