{"id":226,"date":"2023-06-01T20:06:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=226"},"modified":"2023-06-08T20:10:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:10:52","slug":"lawmakers-call-for-more-resources-to-help-asylum-seekers-with-legal-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/06\/01\/lawmakers-call-for-more-resources-to-help-asylum-seekers-with-legal-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers call for more resources to help asylum seekers with legal assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/lawmakers-call-for-more-resources-to-help-asylum-seekers-with-legal-assistance\">News 12<\/a> &#8211; Officials and lawmakers are calling for $70 million for migrant assistance in the upcoming city budget for the 2024 fiscal year. This push comes after City Comptroller Brad Lander and Council\u00a0Member\u00a0Shahana Hanif sent a letter to the Adams administration last month, calling for additional funds to ramp up outreach and legal immigration services. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur city\u2026 must be a leader in the efforts in creating a pathway towards work authorizations, housing vouchers, and other necessary resources for these individuals and families to thrive in our city,\u201d said Hanif. \u201cWe are calling for at least $70 million in legal services for asylum seekers [<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/lawmakers-call-for-more-resources-to-help-asylum-seekers-with-legal-assistance\">Read More<\/a>].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/lawmakers-call-for-more-resources-to-help-asylum-seekers-with-legal-assistance\">News 12<\/a> &#8211; Officials and lawmakers are calling for $70 million for migrant assistance in the upcoming city budget for the 2024 fiscal year. This push comes after City Comptroller Brad Lander and Council\u00a0Member\u00a0Shahana Hanif sent a letter to the Adams administration last month, calling for additional funds to ramp up outreach and legal immigration services. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/06\/01\/lawmakers-call-for-more-resources-to-help-asylum-seekers-with-legal-assistance\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}