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La auditoría descubrió "numerosas deficiencias" en la forma en que el Departamento de Salud e Higiene Mental prestaba servicios de interpretación a los neoyorquinos con dominio limitado del inglés en sus instalaciones, así como cuando el personal realizaba inspecciones sanitarias en restaurantes. Th
La auditoría descubrió “numerosas deficiencias” en la forma en que el Departamento de Salud e Higiene Mental prestaba servicios de interpretación a los neoyorquinos con dominio limitado del inglés en sus instalaciones, así como cuando el personal realizaba inspecciones sanitarias en rest
An affordable housing lottery has opened for a building in Brownsville that was converted from a two-story brick industrial building into a three-story, 68-unit apartment building. Included in the lottery for 400 Thatford Avenue Apartments are 17 studio apartments, all rent stabilized and income res
An affordable housing lottery has opened for a building in Brownsville that was converted from a two-story brick industrial building into a three-story, 68-unit apartment building. Included in the lottery for 400 Thatford Avenue Apartments are 17 studio apartments, all rent stabilized and income res
“The issue is not whether these programs work, it is whether we are willing to scale and coordinate them to create an effective continuum of care.” Outside Lincoln Medical Center, The Bronx. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) For years, New York City has struggled to meet the needs of people livin
El reportaje de CalMatters, Evident Media y Bellingcat, identifica al menos a 25 agentes desplegados en múltiples lugares, pero se enfoca en cinco de ellos que usan tácticas agresivas en varias ocasiones en distintas ciudades. Un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU. detiene a un hombre, que p
While the city has largely shuttered its network of emergency shelters for migrants, homeless families are still being housed in 110 hotels, the majority of which lack kitchens. Shelter-provided food is often notoriously bad, advocates and homeless New Yorkers say, and poses particular challenges to
Los defensores de la lucha contra el hambre están presionando para que el estado dé una respuesta más contundente que cubra las carencias creadas por los recortes en la financiación federal y los nuevos requisitos laborales para el SNAP, también conocido como cupones de alimentos, que, según los exp
A finding from the city’s legal department posed an obstacle to a proposal long called for by civil rights advocates in Houston.
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"In New York City, frontline staff see stalled housing packages regularly. Families wait while apartments remain available. Landlords lose trust in voucher programs." The post Opinion: When Paperwork Keeps Families in Shelter appeared first on City Limits.
An interview with our longtime layout editor Tony Zralka who retired in February after 45 years in the business. The post How Laying Out a Paper Has Changed in 45 Years appeared first on South Side Weekly.
An interview with our longtime layout editor Tony Zralka who retired in February after 45 years in the business. The post How Laying Out a Paper Has Changed in 45 Years appeared first on South Side Weekly.
This is post 64 of 64 in the series “The Exchange” The Weekly’s poetry corner, where a poem or piece of writing is presented with a prompt. Readers are welcome to respond to the prompt with original poems, and pieces may be featured in the next issue of the Weekly. The Exchange: To Our Flags […] The
This is post 64 of 64 in the series “The Exchange” The Weekly’s poetry corner, where a poem or piece of writing is presented with a prompt. Readers are welcome to respond to the prompt with original poems, and pieces may be featured in the next issue of the Weekly. The Exchange: To Our F
As demand for industrial space increases in the South Bay and Inland Empire, the Gateway Cities continue to hold interest from tenants. MEI Rigging & Crating committed to a five-year lease renewal at a 248,105-square-foot industrial property in La Mirada, Colliers announced in a press release. The d
Students marched throughout Southern California to protest ICE violence. (Photo: Yadid Ibares) On Friday, February 6, students from several high schools throughout Orange and LA Counties collaborated. Together, they organized walkouts on their respective campuses in protest of last month’s civilian
The Mamdani administration is appealing a court decision compelling the city to expand the CityFHEPS rental assistance program—a suit he said he’d drop—after negotiations with advocates and City Council leaders failed to produce a compromise in time. The post Unable to Reach Deal Before Court Deadli
"For smaller, neighborhood-based practices—the backbone of primary care in immigrant communities—this level of disruption is an existential crisis: when community providers are destabilized, patient care suffers." The post Opinion: Albany Must Act to Prevent a Healthcare Crisis in Asian-American Com
New York’s coldest winter in decades exacerbated a trend of steadily increasing utility rates. The average National Grid winter gas bill for NYC residential customers rose by 25 percent from last winter to this winter, according to the company's filings. The post New Yorkers’ Energy Bills Soared Dur
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