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Arsenic Alarm Still A Drain on Riis Residents’ Routines and Resources

It’s been two weeks since Michelle Rodriguez last let her kids bathe inside their apartment at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village. They now walk to her grandmother’s apartment outside the complex for baths and showers, she said.

News of arsenic in the water has transformed the way many tenants at the public housing complex live, even after NYCHA and Mayor Eric Adams said the positive test was a false alarm resulting from a lab error by a private testing company, which later confirmed the screw up. Tenants who have spoken with City Limits in recent days say impact of the tainted water announcement still lingers, invading their psyches, disrupting their routines and lightening their wallets.


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Bill to Require Mental Health Staff at Family Shelters Spurs Worry Over ‘Unintended Effects’
Supporters of the legislation, which would require the city to fund the placement of mental health professionals on-site at all homeless shelters with children, say it would increase access to care for families experiencing the crisis of housing insecurity. But some advocates worry it could inadvertently ensnare more low-income families in the child welfare system.

Hundreds of Harlem Tenants Can Proceed with Class Action Suit Over Rent Fraud Claims, Judge Rules
A state judge granted class certification to past and present tenants in 11 buildings who have sued their landlord for “systemic evasion of the rent regulations” in a case that attorneys say could set a precedent for future actions.

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC
Throughout the five boroughs and across the rental market, apartment prices continue to surge, according to an analysis of nearly 390,000 listings over the past three years that online marketplace StreetEasy shared with City Limits.

City Limits’ Youth Reporting Internship for Fall: Apply by Oct. 2

The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth, or CLARIFY, is a paid journalism internship for New York City high school students. The fall session will take place remotely from Oct. 18 to Dec. 20.

Interns will be trained in the essential tenets of reporting and news writing, hear from journalist guest speakers about what it’s like to work in the industry, and work closely with City Limits’ reporters on locally focused news stories with the goal of getting their work published in City Limits and in a student-produced newsletter.

 
“I would summarize it as a one in a lifetime experience and just an eye-opening opportunity. I never got an opportunity to do this type of reporting at my school.”
--Feedback from a recent CLARIFY intern

 
We're especially looking for students with Spanish-language skills to take part in our bilingual cohort, who will help us produce stories for City Limits' Spanish-language news initiative, Una Ciudad sin Límites.
Apply by 10/2

Una Ciudad Sin Límites
City Limits en español

Un año después de las inundaciones de Ida, fondo de $27 millones de dólares para inmigrantes de Nueva York ha repartido menos de $2 millones
El fondo de ayuda de Ida para los neoyorquinos inmigrantes fue creado por la ciudad y el estado para las personas que sufrieron daños por las inundaciones pero que no cumplían los requisitos para recibir la ayuda administrada por FEMA debido a su estatus inmigratorio. Pero un año después, solo se ha utilizado una parte de los fondos, y solo 330 de los 554 aplicantes han recibido el pago.

Muertes por COVID-19 por raza y etnia tras la primera ola en la ciudad de Nueva York
City Limits utilizó la Ley de Libertad de Información (Freedom of Information Law o FOIL por sus siglas en inglés) para obtener datos del Departamento de Salud e Higiene Mental de la ciudad de Nueva York sobre las muertes semanales de COVID-19 por raza/etnia desde septiembre de 2020 -cuando acababa de pasar la primera ola- hasta finales de julio de 2022.
"There is a real solution: end the off-street parking requirements mandated by archaic zoning laws enacted when gas was cheap and full of lead, elevated trains were being torn down, and flying cars were the future. With climate change now posing an existential threat, it is time to move on."
James Lloyd, director of policy for the New York State Association for Affordable Housing.

Opinion: The Moral Imperative to Close Rikers Island
The city’s plan to close Rikers by 2027 is "not a perfect plan, but it’s the best plan thus far. And to do the bold and necessary thing—to see this plan through to completion—will take moral courage and political leadership."
Rev. Chloe Breyer, executive director of the Interfaith Center of New York
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Job Board: This Week's Offerings

Content Manager | Madre
Reporting to the associate director of communications and marketing, the content manager leads and implements MADRE’s communications programming. Essential to this role is the ability to take an understanding of human rights and MADRE’s work and weave it into compelling and engaging stories.

Marketing Manager | Madre
Reporting to the associate director of communications and marketing, the marketing manager leads and implements MADRE’s marketing programming. Essential to this role is deeply understanding our audiences, how to reach them, and what they want to hear from us. This understanding will drive marketing programming and guide recommendations to leadership to influence the strategy and vision of the department.

Foreclosure Prevention Counselor | Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
(CHLDC) is a multi-faceted community development organization, serving a struggling ethnically diverse community in northeast Brooklyn. This is a full time, 35 hours per week, non-exempt position. The Counselor will work with owners of one to four family homes in East New York and neighboring communities to address mortgage default and/or foreclosure intervention issues.

 

Vice President, Commercial Real Estate PR | BerlinRosen
The Vice President will lead daily client relations, plan and execute day-to-day project deliverables, support and lead junior staff, and conceptualize strategies, pitches and media placements. This is a great opportunity for someone who is well-plugged in the world of media, has a passion for cities and the built environment, and wants to take the lead on client initiatives and work.

Senior Account Executive, Public Affairs and Advocacy | BerlinRosen
This is a great opportunity for someone who is well-plugged into the world of New York City and NY State political media and government, passionate about working on budget and legislative campaigns at the City and State level, familiar with public policy issues that relate to criminal legal system reform, environmental and racial justice, economic opportunity and union rights, poverty and food insecurity, or land use and affordable housing.


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