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City Hall says it has not yet begun implementing assessments of the “extenuating circumstances” that could earn newly arrived immigrants an extended shelter stay—while some seeking another placement continue to…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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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

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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

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Feb 2023

In Depth Justice Transportation

Residents Living Near Queens Waste Facilities Hope Legal Settlement Finally Clears the Air

For two decades, residents in Jamaica’s Bricktown say they’ve had to contend with the stench and debris from unenclosed waste transfer facilities nearby. A settlement reached with the facilities’ operators…

ByNikol Mudrová

ByMaggie Geiler

ByAnnie Jonas 1Comment

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Oct 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: NYCHA Must Fix Our Homes Before Developing New Ones

‘There needs to be a moratorium on any new development schemes until NYCHA housing complies with all New York City building codes.’

ByMonica Underwood

ByMichael Higgins

ByKaren Blondel

ByBeverly Corbin 2Comments

Migrants Reapplying for Shelter Still Face Waits, Lack of Beds Despite New Settlement Rules

Right to Shelter Settlement Enforces Unequal System, Critics Say

NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants

Residents Living Near Queens Waste Facilities Hope Legal Settlement Finally Clears the Air

CityViews: NYCHA Must Fix Our Homes Before Developing New Ones

Newsletter

Migrants Reapplying for Shelter Still Face Waits, Lack of Beds Despite New Settlement Rules

Right to Shelter Settlement Enforces Unequal System, Critics Say

NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants

Residents Living Near Queens Waste Facilities Hope Legal Settlement Finally Clears the Air

CityViews: NYCHA Must Fix Our Homes Before Developing New Ones

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