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New data suggests that the Department of Social Services is bouncing back from historically low processing rates for public benefits, though cash aid applications are being denied more frequently than…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government News

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

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…

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Jan 2024

Uncategorized

Council Pledges to Sue if City Hall Doesn’t Act on Voucher Bills

In a Tuesday letter, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said the Department of Social Services has until Feb. 7 to begin implementing CityFHEPS voucher bills or her body will have “no…

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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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

At a Council hearing, officials said the city has recorded 318,000 “engagements” since February 2022 between street homeless residents and police or outreach workers, including instances where the same individual…

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Sep 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

NYC Homeless Agency Scrambles for Capacity After Latest ‘Right to Shelter’ Violation

For at least the third time in three months Monday, New York City’s homeless services agency violated its legal obligation to provide temporary shelter to anyone who requests it—this time…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

City Speeds Up Benefits Processing, But Cash Aid Denials Remain High

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

Council Pledges to Sue if City Hall Doesn’t Act on Voucher Bills

Adams Admin Confirms Inaction on Council’s Rental Voucher Expansion

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

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City Speeds Up Benefits Processing, But Cash Aid Denials Remain High

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

Council Pledges to Sue if City Hall Doesn’t Act on Voucher Bills

Adams Admin Confirms Inaction on Council’s Rental Voucher Expansion

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

NYC Homeless Agency Scrambles for Capacity After Latest ‘Right to Shelter’ Violation

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