{"id":259,"date":"2023-10-19T13:25:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=259"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:26:47","slug":"nyc-ramped-up-legal-assistance-for-asylum-seekers-and-its-starting-to-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/10\/19\/nyc-ramped-up-legal-assistance-for-asylum-seekers-and-its-starting-to-pay-off\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC ramped up legal assistance for asylum-seekers, and it&#8217;s starting to pay off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-ramped-up-legal-assistance-for-asylum-seekers-and-its-starting-to-pay-off\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8211; \u201cMayor Adams has left no stone unturned to ensure that these new New Yorkers get the legal support necessary to thrive,\u201d said Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who chairs the immigration committee and has long criticized the administration for failing to help new migrants apply for asylum and work permits in large numbers, applauded the city\u2019s latest efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor about a year, this plea had gone largely unanswered, with no new city funding dedicated to this issue in [fiscal years 2023 and 2024], and little operational support put in place,\u201d Hanif said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;ve been encouraged that in recent months, the tides have started to turn,&#8221; she added. [<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-ramped-up-legal-assistance-for-asylum-seekers-and-its-starting-to-pay-off\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-ramped-up-legal-assistance-for-asylum-seekers-and-its-starting-to-pay-off\">Gothamist<\/a> &#8211; \u201cMayor Adams has left no stone unturned to ensure that these new New Yorkers get the legal support necessary to thrive,\u201d said Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro.<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who chairs the immigration committee and has long criticized the administration for failing to help new migrants apply for asylum and work permits in large numbers, applauded the city\u2019s latest efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/10\/19\/nyc-ramped-up-legal-assistance-for-asylum-seekers-and-its-starting-to-pay-off\/\">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-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","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=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}