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NYCHA Names Board to New Preservation Trust, Pitched as Key Tool to Fund Repairs
NYCHA’s long term goal is to have up to 110,000 units transferred over to the Trust, which will allow it to convert those apartments to Section 8 properties through Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPV), a more lucrative federal housing subsidy than NYCHA’s current funding model, Section 9. Tenants at select developments will be asked to vote this year on whether they want their campus to enter the Trust, and many remain skeptical.
“With just four out of nine board seats reserved for tenants, residents are guaranteed only a minority voice and the illusion of decision making,” said Marquis Jenkins, of the tenant-led advocacy group Residents to Preserve Public Housing.
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'Justice 4 Jordan': New Yorkers Who’ve Experienced Homelessness React to Subway Killing
“Out there you are vulnerable. It’s safer in here behind doors,” Kevin, who declined to provide his last name, told City Limits outside the 30th Street Intake Shelter Thursday. He is among several currently or formerly homeless New Yorkers to empathize this week with the late Jordan Neely. Read the story. ([link removed]) [link removed]
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NY Budget Lays Groundwork for Cap-and-Invest Plan to Charge Polluters, But Details Are Lacking
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“The focus on cutting life-saving programs like SNAP as a method to reduce the government debt is disingenuous, at best, and self-serving and cynical at worst. Taxing the rich would be a far more effective way to address the debt.”
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PÓDCAST: ¿Qué cambiará luego del fin del Título 42?
La medida que permitía al gobierno de los Estados Unidos rechazar y expulsar a los solicitantes de asilo durante la pandemia, también conocida como el Título 42, llega su fin el 11 de mayo. Andrew Selee, presidente del Migration Policy Institute (MPI por sus siglas en inglés), explica qué cambia y qué se sabe de los cambios. Leer el artículo. ([link removed]) [link removed]
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