NEW YORK – “Franklin Graham has a long history of spewing anti-LGBTQ hate speech and I find it extremely troubling that he and his organization are involved in our relief efforts in any way. New York City is known around the world for our embrace of diversity and Franklin Graham has spent his career standing against these values.
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NEW YORK – “Tomorrow is the first of the month, which is the time when many New Yorkers are required to pay their rent. This month is unlike any we’ve seen as a city, and hundreds of thousands of people who were working just a few weeks or even days ago are now unemployed and worried about how they will survive.
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“During a time when New York City is relying on first responders and other frontline workers to help us battle coronavirus, it is unfathomable that the city would close one of the main child care facilities in Staten Island for these families. Parents who dropped off their children this morning at the Regional Enrichment Center at PS/IS 861 in Graniteville learned that the facility would close Monday.
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Roughly 32% of emergency food programs have already closed in NYC due to the COVID-19 crisis – and many more are in danger of shutting
NEW YORK, NY — Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Member Mark Treyger, Chair of the Council’s Education Committee, and members of the New York City Council’s Budget & Negotiations Team, along with the leaders of Met Council, City Harvest and other major food security organizations, are calling on the de Blasio administration to release $25 million in emergency funding to struggling food banks and food assistance programs during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to halt a looming hunger crisis.
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New York, NY – Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Daniel Dromm, Chair of the Finance Committee, urged the city’s Department of Finance (DOF) to postpone this year’s scheduled tax lien sale to help struggling property owners in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Currently, the last day to pay or enter into a payment agreement plan in order to avoid the tax lien sale is May 14, 2020.
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These recommendations follow reports of seven homeless New Yorkers confirmed for COVID-19
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Stephen Levin, Chair of the General Welfare Committee, are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Social Services Commissioner (DSS) Steven Banks to protect New Yorkers who experience street homelessness or homelessness in shelters as well as New Yorkers who rely on public assistance in the midst of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
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NEW YORK – “Council Member Inez Barron today notified the Council that she tested positive for COVID-19. Her husband, Assembly Member Charles Barron, had previously tested positive for the virus. Council Member Barron had already self-isolated as a precaution, as did her staff. Her District Office is closed but continuing to conduct operations via telecommuting.
“Council Member Barron is the second member of the Council to announce they tested positive.
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The multi-pronged approach could be funded with “Relief Bonds”
New York, NY – Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Thursday proposed a $12 billion relief plan to help New York City businesses and workers impacted by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The multi-pronged proposal includes a temporary universal basic income for all New Yorkers, temporarily deferring fees and refunding business taxes, and up to $250,000 to cover fixed costs for impacted businesses.
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New York, NY – Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Member Rory Lancman, Chair of the Committee on the Justice System, and Council Member Donavan Richards, Chair of the Committee on Public Safety, are calling on the city’s top law enforcement officials to take all necessary measures to keep as many New Yorkers as possible out of the criminal justice system in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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