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Jun 2024

Migrants Detained by ICE in New York Stage Brief Hunger Strike Over End of Free Phone Calls, Conditions

The “free minutes” program dates back to early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when detention centers across the country closed their doors to visitors. “The phone calls are a lifeline to…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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

15

Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Opinion

Opinion: Pass the Access to Representation Act So No One Has to Fight Deportation Alone

“My search for legal representation was exhausting. I visited 16 different attorneys before I was able to secure representation. Each denial delivered a wave of hopelessness as I felt the…

ByBruneth Flores 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Land Use and Development

Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules

As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices “to make alternate arrangement” to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

25

Mar 2024

Economy Government Health Immigration Labor

New York Lawmakers Consider Tax Reforms to Aid ITIN-Filers

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

20

Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Affordable Housing for ALL New Yorkers

“It is time Albany meets the urgency of this moment and comes together with a real plan that will meet and sustain the housing needs of all New Yorkers, across…

ByMurad Awawdeh

ByManny Pastreich 0Comments

19

Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Right to Shelter Settlement Enforces Unequal System, Critics Say

While defenders see the preservation of shelter rights in the long term, opponents are raising implementation concerns. They say the agreement enforces a recent trend of unequal treatment based on…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

15

Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice News

NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants

The Coalition for the Homeless reached a settlement with the City of New York Friday, adding new emergency terms to the 1981 decree that paved the way for the city’s…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

06

Mar 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City Spending on Out-of-Town Tickets for Migrants Reaches $7.6 Million

As of the end of January, the city had purchased 20,500 plane or bus tickets to relocate immigrants in its shelter system to destinations outside the five boroughs, totaling $7.6…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

01

Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Renewed Scrutiny for City’s Deadline Policy as Number of Immigrants in Shelter Declines

The number of newly arrived immigrants now in the city’s care is around 64,000, down from more than 69,000 in mid-January—what City Hall has attributed in part to shelter deadlines.…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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