What started in 2009 as a means to seek out climate commitments from business and government leaders attending the United Nations’ September General Assembly, Climate Week now includes hundreds of events citywide, both official and grassroots.
“New York City is more than big corporations and the United Nations. It is neighborhoods and communities like Sunset Park, Red Hook and Bed-Stuy that are on the frontlines of making plans to address the climate crisis,” said Annecia Steiniger, climate justice organizer at Uprose in Brooklyn.
Adams Admin No-Shows at City Council Hearings, and What Else Happened Last Week in Housing
The Adams administration declined to send agency representatives to two City Council hearings, inflaming councilmembers who hoped to get answers about the administration’s response to Trump’s budget cuts and a proposed housing project in the Bronx.
As NYCHA Plans Chelsea Tenant Relocations, Some Residents Ask: What Happens to a Community When You Move It?
Approximately 79 of the households being asked to temporarily relocate are seniors. Some faced with moving contend that it goes beyond four walls and a ceiling, but threatens the community and support networks that have sustained them through their later years.
Dozens of Potential ‘Brownfields’ Dot the Banks of the Bronx River. How Should They Be Redeveloped?
The public has until Oct. 20 to weigh in on the Southern Boulevard Brownfield Opportunity Area Study, which looks “to transform some of the vacant and underutilized properties along the Bronx River waterfront into new community assets,” according to Reece Brosco, the brownfields program manager at Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice.
Noticias, reportajes, investigaciones, y recursos para las comunidad hispanohablante.
PODCAST: ¿Qué son las llamadas ‘deportaciones médicas’ y cómo funcionan en Estados Unidos?
Saber cuántas personas han sido expulsadas del país bajo esta práctica de deportaciones médicas es difícil, ya que no es una deportación formal o por medio de una organización gubernamental, y los hospitales no tienen que registrar o notificar al gobierno.
Contralor encuentra ‘deficiencias graves’ en servicios para estudiantes que reciben clases de inglés como segunda lengua
“Estas deficiencias afectan de manera desproporcionada a las comunidades de habla hispana, china, rusa, bengalí y árabe, y los estudiantes hispanohablantes representan el 67 por ciento de todos los estudiantes de inglés como segunda lengua”, afirmó la oficina del contralor.
