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The governor’s proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How New York’s Utilities Are Spreading Disinformation About Electric Heating

“The answer is clear. We need to stop burning fossil fuels in buildings. It’s not too late for New York’s gas utilities to help us do that.”

ByJuan-Pablo Velez 1Comment

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Feb 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Education Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Politics

¿Qué incluyen y qué no los presupuestos de Hochul y Adams para las comunidades inmigrantes en NY?

Defensores de inmigrantes están haciendo sonar la alarma por los presupuestos preliminares tanto de la gobernadora Hochul como del alcalde Adams ya que no solo dejan por fuera varios programas…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: NIMBYs Are Wrong—New Housing is Good for NY’s Climate Goals

“Invoking environmental concerns to block construction is a classic page in the NIMBY playbook, but when suburbanites push back against dense, transit-oriented housing, they are not just hurting the people who…

ByBen Hitchcock 1Comment

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Feb 2023

Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Justice Politics

What Hochul & Adams’ Budgets Include for Immigrant Communities—& What’s Left Out

Advocates are sounding the alarm over both Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams’ spending proposals, which failed to include several flagship programs they’ve fought for in recent years as well as…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

‘More Than Just an Accident’: The 7-Year Fight to Pass Carlos’ Law

In April 2015, Diana Florence was a longtime prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office thinking about retirement. But a phone call—about the death of an immigrant laborer at a…

ByAmanda Harrington 2Comments

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Jan 2023

Economy Government Justice

With SWEAT, Labor Advocates Renew Push For Anti-Wage Theft Legislation

Seven workers’ organizations have compiled a database on wage theft during the pandemic totaling $130.5 million owed to workers. The preliminary data from just seven groups dwarfs the nearly $3…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Breaking Down Unnecessary Barriers to Electrification in New York

“The Building Code Council can and should take action now. They have the legal tools to change the code to include electrification in new constructions as a mechanism to achieve…

ByMichael Hernandez 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Climate and Environment Government Politics

Hochul’s ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Climate Plan Stirs Skepticism From Environmentalists & Polluters Alike

The program will charge companies for carbon pollution and introduce a novel rebate initiative that promises to distribute $1 billion to New Yorkers. But environmentalists say its success will rest…

ByMariana Simões 5Comments

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Jan 2023

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: LaSalle’s Defenders Are Wrong—The Court of Appeals is Political

“The notion of the law as something outside of politics has surely been put to rest by the recent Supreme Court confirmation processes and the right-wing decisions of that Court.…

ByJanos Marton 0Comments

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

Opinion: How New York’s Utilities Are Spreading Disinformation About Electric Heating

¿Qué incluyen y qué no los presupuestos de Hochul y Adams para las comunidades inmigrantes en NY?

Opinion: NIMBYs Are Wrong—New Housing is Good for NY’s Climate Goals

What Hochul & Adams’ Budgets Include for Immigrant Communities—& What’s Left Out

‘More Than Just an Accident’: The 7-Year Fight to Pass Carlos’ Law

With SWEAT, Labor Advocates Renew Push For Anti-Wage Theft Legislation

Opinion: Breaking Down Unnecessary Barriers to Electrification in New York

Hochul’s ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Climate Plan Stirs Skepticism From Environmentalists & Polluters Alike

Opinion: LaSalle’s Defenders Are Wrong—The Court of Appeals is Political

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