Rental Assistance Expanded + Adams Pushes to Overturn Right to Shelter
No. 324 | Monday May 29, 2023
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The City Council passed a package of bills that would expand the City’s rental assistance programs, with the aim of creating more room in the City’s overloaded shelter system for migrant asylum-seekers, who will remain ineligible for rental assistance.
An NYPD police officer was caught on video trying to run over a moped driver on the Van Wyck Expressway.
Mayor Adams has begun a legal push to overturn the City's right-to-shelter mandate, claiming the influx of asylum-seekers has made it impossible to meet. At least 1,000 beds run by the Department of Homeless Services were empty at the time of this push.
Jessica Katz, the City’s chief housing officer, resigned in apparent protest of the Mayor's opposition to a bill that would increase the number of New Yorkers eligible for housing vouchers.
Mayor Adams has moved to cut nearly 500 crossing guard vacancies from the NYPD's school safety division.
Jordan Neely’s family is planning to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against Daniel Penny.
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating airline subcontractor Swissport for multiple safety violations at LaGuardia Airport.
Resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital Center ended a 3-day strike after reaching a tentative deal which will increase their pay closer to their counterparts in Manhattan.
Mayor Adams appointed Ana Almanzar, a nonprofit health executive, as new deputy mayor of strategic initiatives. Her portfolio will include youth employment and food policy.
The federal government took steps to keep New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) under an independent monitorship for five more years to bring its buildings into acceptable conditions.
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) held rallies in all five boroughs demanding a new contract.
The City Council passed a bill that would require every City agency to participate in the Summer Youth Employment Program.
The City Council passed a home rule resolution asking Albany to grant the City powers to set lower speed limits, below 25 miles per hour. The resolution passed after the so-called “Sammy’s Law” was not included in the final version of the state budget.
A new bill sponsored by Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez (District 34, Bushwick) would require the City to create digital literacy programming for older adults.
New York City’s public beaches opened this weekend, with the Parks Department still facing a shortage of lifeguards.
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