Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation to Provide Economic Security for More New Yorkers with Disabilities Posted on August 7, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in NYC Office of the Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed legislation into law to raise the maximum income level of disabled New Yorkers eligible for the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program to $50,000 a year. ..Read More
I Need a Dollar: Should You Give to New York’s Homeless? Posted on July 28, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Gawker I met Roger Blondell around 2 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon in early July. A tall chubby black man, Blondell was dressed in worn-in jeans and a shirt that looked like he’d had it on for a few days. Still, he didn’t seem quite homeless. ..Read More
Legislation To Make 1,000 Additional New Yorkers with Disabilities Eligible for Rent Freeze Posted on July 24, 2014 by admin in Press Release Today, Senator Diane Savino, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, New Yorkers with disabilities, legislative colleagues, and disability rights and housing advocates announced enactment of legislation to expand the Disability Rent Incr ..Read More
Coming Jan 2015: NYC Municipal ID Card Posted on July 10, 2014 by admin in WNYC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is one step closer to making good on a commitment he made in his State of the City speech this year, officially signing a law that will create a municipal identification card for city residents, regardless of immigration stat ..Read More
Love Thy Homeless Neighbor Posted on July 8, 2014 by admin in The New York Times On June 30, hundreds of Elmhurst, Queens, residents gathered to protest the sudden transformation of a neighborhood hotel, the Pan American, into an emergency homeless shelter. Families rallied outside a meeting between shelter operators and the city, and the ..Read More
Advocates Say City Hunger Problem Is Reaching Crisis Levels Posted on June 28, 2014 by admin in CBS New York City’s hunger problem is now a crisis, according to those who work with people who need help. One in six New Yorkers is now living in a home where there is not enough money to put food on the table, according to the New York City Coalition Against ..Read More
Rations Reduced as Demand Grows for Soup Kitchens Posted on June 27, 2014 by admin in The New York Times Old Cantonese women lined up behind a white van, clutching plastic bags to carry away their meals for the night. Behind them came young children clamoring for milk, homeless men in tattered shirts and Mexican immigrants who spoke only Spanish. ..Read More
New York City ID card plan passes in council vote Posted on June 27, 2014 by admin in Lohud New York will offer identification cards to residents regardless of their immigration statuses under a plan lawmakers passed Thursday and Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign to create the nation’s biggest municipal ID program. ..Read More
City Council Wants NYCHA to Set Aside 2,500 Units a Year for Homeless Families Posted on June 17, 2014 by admin in New York Observer City Councilmen Steve Levin, Ritchie Torres and other city council members are calling on the de Blasio administration to increase the number of NYCHA units allocated to homeless families from approximately 750 a year to at least 2,500. ..Read More
