By Ethan Stark-Miller, published February 21, 2024
The City Council is moving to join the Legal Aid Society’s recently filed class action lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams’ administration over its refusal to enact a series of laws expanding access to housing vouchers.
The council filed a motion to intervene in the Legal Aid suit —
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By Chris Sommerfeldt, published February 21, 2024
The City Council moved Wednesday to join a lawsuit that seeks to force Mayor Adams to implement a set of laws designed to make it easier for low-income New Yorkers to access the city’s rental assistance program.
The Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit was first filed last week by four New Yorkers at risk of homelessness who’d become eligible for the voucher program,
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By Emma Whitford, published February 21, 2024
The New York City Council is jumping into the ring.
In a motion set to be filed Wednesday in state court, the legislative body requests to join a recently-filed lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, seeking to compel implementation of several laws aimed at expanding city rental voucher eligibility.
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By Jacqueline Neber, published February 9, 2024
“City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera introduced two resolutions Thursday that call on the Mount Sinai health system to keep the Beth Israel hospital open and urge the state health department to prevent Sinai from shuttering the 16th street campus.
Rivera, who introduced the resolutions at a full Council meeting, told Crain’s the legislation is an effort to “slow down” and hopefully halt the process of the closure.
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By Kelly Mena, published February 7, 2024
“Trying to improve the city’s approach to the ongoing migrant crisis, local lawmakers on Thursday will consider launching an economic and health care survey of asylum seekers.
City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, who is introducing the legislation, said the two bills are meant to better understand the roughly 175,000 migrants who have arrived in the city over the last two years, nearly 67,000 of whom are in the city’s care.
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By Chris Sommerfeldt, published January 31, 2024
New York City’s public libraries saw large spikes in visitors and social program participation in the months before Mayor Adams’ budget cuts prompted them to eliminate Sunday hours at all branches and scale back other services as well, newly released data show.
The data was tucked into
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By Chris Sommerfeldt, published January 26, 2024
Two City Council leaders called on Mayor Adams’ administration Friday to open up more migrant “reticketing centers” amid concern over newly arrived asylum seekers sleeping outside the city’s only such site due to overcrowding.
Adult migrants who still need shelter after being told to leave due to
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Published January 23, 2024
Con un rally, inmigrantes que fueron desalojados de los albergues temporales y activistas protestaron contra los límites de estancia establecidos por la ciudad de Nueva York en los refugios.
A finales del 2023, las autoridades establecieron un límite de estancia en estos centros de acogida de inmigrantes de 30 días para los hombres solos y 60 días para las familias.
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By Daniel Johnson, published January 21, 2024
New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have eliminated solitary confinement in the city’s jail system, as well as another requiring police officers to more thoroughly document stops. As the Associated Press reported, Adams defended his veto by saying that restrictions on solitary confinement would make jails more dangerous and the new requirements for officers would create more paperwork for law enforcement, possibly creating a danger to public safety.
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Published January 19, 2024
El alcalde Adams también vetó este viernes la legislación que buscaba poner fin al confinamiento en solitario en las cárceles de la ciudad.
Lo hizo justo antes de que se cumpliese el plazo para poder ejercer ese veto.
La medida había sido aprobada por el concejo municipal a finales del año pasado.
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