NY1 – The tent center was originally planned for Orchard Beach and was then relocated to Randall’s Island, only to be dismantled about a month later as the migrant crisis receded. During one testy exchange Monday, the city defended its actions.
“This Council stands opposed to reinstating those open tent city facilities,” Brooklyn City Councilmember Shahana Hanif said.
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Amsterdam News – City Councilmember Shahana Hanif says opposition of the bill is heavily rooted in landlord anti-Blackness rather than good faith safety concerns given that the Fair Chance for Housing Act, as it stands, would still allow property owners to check the sex offender registry with appropriate notice and would provide an opportunity for the applicant to dispute.
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NBC New York – Funding for an overhaul of the plaza could come from the $904 million pot earmarked by Mayor Eric Adams for street safety improvements, the deputy commissioner said.
The safety of the plaza already has the attention of a few elected leaders. City Council Members Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif wrote to the DOT back in May, calling for safety improvements [Read More].
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Gotham Gazette – “This vicious corrupt cycle is the perfect example of not only how broken our immigration system is, but also how it’s designed to make a profit for the people who support it,” said City Councilmember Shahana Hanif of Brooklyn – chair of the Council’s immigration committee – when asked about the contributions [Read More].
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City + State – Like many people who have stood in the Port Authority bus terminal to welcome newly arrived asylum-seekers over the past couple of months, New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif recalled seeing many school-age children who were “terrified, without shoes and in need of tremendous hope, care and compassion [Read More].”
Gotham Gazette – “Working-class New Yorkers, immigrant New Yorkers, and Black and brown New Yorkers are buckling under the weight of multiple intersecting crises in our City,” said Council Member Shahana Hanif, who co-chairs the Progressive Caucus with fellow Brooklyn Council Member Lincoln Restler, in a statement. “They are demanding a real comprehensive response from their City government, and where the Mayor is failing to act, the Council will step in [Read More].”
Brooklyn Paper – A section of McDonald Avenue in Kensington has been officially co-named “Little Bangladesh” to celebrate the Bangladeshi community there and its contributions to the neighborhood.
“Why add the name Little Bangladesh to the McDonald Avenue and Church Avenue corridor?” Hanif wrote on Instagram after the co-naming. “It is so that we see this neighborhood as our home and to further establish our commitment to serving and protecting this community.”
Councilmember Shahana Hanif joined leaders from the local Bangladeshi community, city Comptroller Brad Lander, and Assemblymember Robert Carroll as they unveiled the new street sign at the corner of Church Avenue on Oct.
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City Limits – A dedicated task force and newly selected facilitator will be empowered to hold the city and private developers accountable to more than 50 “points of agreement” drafted to secure final support for the Gowanus transformation plan. It’s a model that the local councilmember wants to see become standard for all neighborhood rezonings.
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Politico – The contractor in question is Texas-based SLSCO, according to Council Member Shahana Hanif of Brooklyn, who chairs the Committee on Immigration that will grill the Adams administration on its response to the more than 15,000 asylum seekers who have arrived since the summer. The firm was previously paid more than $200 million to work on Trump’s border wall.
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City + State – Several council members, including Immigration Committee Chair Shahana Hanif, pushed back on the city’s suggestion that asylum-seekers don’t qualify given the extent of the crisis impacting the city.
“We should be doing everything we can to provide asylum seekers decent conditions that meet bare minimum standards. The right to shelter is a right that applies to everyone in New York City,” Hanif said.
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