Housing
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Community
Program to combat tenant harassment expanded
Se amplía programa para combatir el acoso a inquilinosProteger a las inquilinas del acoso...
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Gap Growth
Crecimiento de la brechaThe growth disparity between NYC wages and rents is the widest in 14 years...
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Housing
Rent hikes approved for regulated units
Aprobado el aumento de los alquileres de las viviendas reguladasThe Rent Guidelines Board approved preliminary rent increases between 2 to 4 percent on one-year leases and 4 to 6 percent on two-year leases...
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Results Released
Resultados publicadosCity residents replied to a 27-question survey from NYC Speaks on topics including public safety, housing, internet access, transit, mental health, climate change, and child care...
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Community
Enforcement enhanced
Aplicación de la ley mejoradaSe ha firmado una orden ejecutiva para fortalecer la aplicación de la seguridad contra incendios y la difusión en toda la ciudad tras el trágico incendio de apartamentos en el Bronx en enero...
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Child Welfare
Leading against lead
Liderar contra el plomoA JAMA Pediatrics study suggests half of U.S. children have detectable levels of lead in their blood, which is correlated to poverty, race, and living in older housing...
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Architecture
Santaella Gardens opens in Soundview
Abre Santaella Gardens en SoundviewSantaella Gardens, a new affordable housing complex in Soundview, is named after the first Puerto Rican woman appointed as a Justice to the New York Supreme Court...
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Community
Enhanced enforcement of housing violations
Mejora de la aplicación de las infracciones en materia de viviendaHousing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced an additional 250 buildings -- with nearly 40,000 open housing violations--to a list of the city’s most distressed multi-family buildings...
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Community
Go for “good cause”
En búsqueda de “buena causa”The Bronx is the epicenter of the eviction crisis, roiling the state after January's lapse of the eviction moratorium...
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Business
Corps Values
Valores de los cuerposCivilian Climate Corps, a city-funded initiative, trains New Yorkers for green construction jobs...
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Community
Tenants rally for ‘good cause’ eviction bill
Inquilinos se manifiestan a favor de la “buena causa”“La gobernadora necesita dar un paso al frente”, dijo. “Si el gobierno federal no lo hace, ella debe hacerlo...
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economy
“We need to do something”
“Necesitamos hacer algo”“Damos aviso hoy sobre lo que podría ser una avalancha de desalojos que aplastará a los inquilinos en esta ciudad, en una escala que nunca hemos visto”, dijo el presidente del condado de Manhattan, Mark Levine...
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Community
HONORING THE VICTIMS
HOMENAJE A LAS VÍCTIMAS"Nuestros corazones están entre los que están de luto en el Bronx hoy"...
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Community
Eviction moratorium ends Jan. 15
La moratoria de desalojo termina el 15 de eneroNew York State’s eviction moratorium expires January 15...Emergency Rent Relief Program (ERAP) provides applicants with up to 12 months of past-due rent, three months of prospective rental assistance and 12 months of utility arrears payments, regardless of immigration status...
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Community
“Enough is enough”
“Ya es suficiente”The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) remains the worst landlord in the Big Apple, according to Public Advocate Jumaane Williams...
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Business
“A bigger and stronger network”
“Una red más grande y más fuerte”More than 2,500 public housing residents at the Melrose and Courtlandt Avenue developments will have access to free broadband Internet service...
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Business
Policing the pool
Vigilando al equipoBody shops provide developers with a cheap labor pool, made of Black and Brown nonunion workers with criminal justice histories. They take advantage of scarce employment opportunities for reentry workers, and effectively force these workers into dangerous, low-wage jobs with no training...
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News
New coalition helps Bronxites access emergency rent funds
Nueva coalición ayuda adquirir fondos de alquiler de emergenciaEl Programa de Asistencia de Alquiler de Emergencia (ERAP, por sus siglas en inglés) del estado brinda a los solicitantes elegibles hasta 12 meses de alquiler vencido y tres meses de asistencia para el alquiler futuro, independientemente del estatus migratorio...
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Boiling Point
Sin calefacción en las Casas PattersonIt’s been seven years. That’s how long residents of Patterson Houses have been waiting for new boilers to be installed. The sprawling...
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Comptroller admits error on affordable housing report
Contralor admite error en informe de vivienda asequibleVaya, tuvo que hacerlo de nuevo. El contralor de la ciudad de Nueva York, Scott Stringer, reveló que hubo un error de cálculo importante...
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A bank of brightness
Un banco de brilloAbsorber los ahorros. Autoridades recientemente dieron a conocer una nueva instalación de energía solar que tiene como objetivo...
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Expanded Right to Counsel bill introduced
Presentado el proyecto de ley ampliadoStronger stuff is needed. Councilmembers who have introduced new legislation designed to strengthen the city’s “Right to Counsel” law...
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