By Adolfo Carrion, November 30, 2023
“The City Council is putting the different ways to keep people out of city jails in the spotlight.
This comes after the City Council held an oversight hearing on Thursday, saying that community-based alternatives to justice are better than just throwing criminals in jail – and it’s cheaper for the city, too.
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By Giulia McDonnell, November 29, 2023
“At a hearing on Wednesday, city council members pressed the Department of Education for answers on how migrant children will be affected by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration’s shelter policies. Elected officials focused in on the 60-day-notice shelter transfer policy and toll it has taken on the students.
“We just know that policies like the 60-day shelter stay limitation does create instability,” Councilmember Carlina Rivera, who represents the 2nd Council District which includes East Village, said.
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By Samantha Max, November 27, 2023
“While the window to file sexual assault lawsuits under the Adult Survivors Act closed on Thursday, there may be another option for some accusers looking to sue after the usual deadline for bringing a claim has expired.
The state Adult Survivors Act created a one-year window in which people could bring civil sexual assault lawsuits, even decades after the alleged conduct occurred and after the applicable deadline for filing a claim had expired.
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By Claire Greenburger, November 7, 2023
Along, narrow bridge spanning the East River in New York City is the sole link between two realities. To the south, the familiar city skyline stands tall. To the north, walls of barbed wire enclose the site of an ongoing human rights crisis: the Rikers Island jail complex. This bridge, known to justice-impacted New Yorkers as “the bridge of pain,” is a constant reminder of their isolation from loved ones.
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By The Village Sun, November 2, 2023
“Mayor Adams on Nov. 1 presided over the opening of Civic Hall at Union Square, a new tech and digital hub (a.k.a. the “Tech Hub”) training New Yorkers for jobs in the city’s tech sector.
The facility, located in Zero Irving — otherwise known as 124 E. 14th St.
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By Mariana Simoes, October 26, 2023
“Following flash floods that brought the city to a halt in late September, a new bill was introduced in the City Council last week to ensure that landlords distribute flood evacuation plans to their tenants.
The legislation would require building owners to deliver the evacuation protocols to residents when they sign a lease, and maintain instructions on what to do in the event of a flood “in a common area of the building” for everyone to see.
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By Sarah Leavitt, October 23, 2023
As more cities face a housing shortage, Montreal and New York City have enacted stricter short-term rental regulations. CBC’s Sarah Leavitt explores the new rules and what difference they’re making.
Stream here: https://youtu.be/sk89fzrbYis?si=sp1FPH-lF-ZWqlSA
By Ryan Schwach, October 21, 2023
In August, Mayor Eric Adams called for a new proposal to close Rikers Island while reiterating his opposition to the current plan. It seems less than two months later he has got his wish.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced on Friday that she would be bringing back the Independent Rikers Commission – which laid out the initial plan to close Rikers – to craft a new plan to close the infamous city jail as the administration lags behind its scheduled August 2027 deadline to shutter Rikers’ gates.
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By Vic Verbalaitis, October 20, 2023
“For David Yoo, what started as a joke turned out to become the cornerstone of his career. After graduating from the Parsons School of Art and Design, the 40-year-old Long Island native initially worked in streetwear at 10 Deep before going into fashion advertising. However, it wasn’t too long before Yoo wanted to make a change toward something new.
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By Jesse Edwards, October 18, 2023
A plan to move more than 360 detainees with serious mental and physical health conditions off Rikers Island and into state-of-the-art therapeutic beds in borough-based hospitals has been delayed by years with no clear date of completion in sight, city jails officials told the New York City Council on Wednesday.
In a joint oversight hearing held by the Council’s criminal justice and hospitals committees on Wednesday, members grilled officials from the Department of Correction and Correctional Health Services about what is holding up three new therapeutic facilities at Bellevue, Woodhull and North Central Bronx hospitals.
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