Dozens of other states have embraced some version of an Equal Rights Amendment in their constitutions. New Yorkers will get a chance to vote in November on whether to expand the class of people protected against discrimination in the Equal Protection Clause of the state constitution.
Government
Right to Shelter Settlement Enforces Unequal System, Critics Say
Emma Whitford |
While defenders see the preservation of shelter rights in the long term, opponents are raising implementation concerns. They say the agreement enforces a recent trend of unequal treatment based on when a person arrived, and from where.
Government
PODCAST: ¿Cómo se resolvió la demanda de varios estados republicanos contra el programa ‘parole’?
Daniel Parra |
En enero de 2023, la administración Biden anunció un nuevo programa de “parole”, conocido oficialmente como Procesos para Cubanos, Haitianos, Nicaragüenses y Venezolanos (CHNV), que permitía a hasta 30.000 personas de Cuba, Haití, Nicaragua y Venezuela emigrar legalmente a EE.UU. cada mes, siempre que tuvieran un patrocinador financiero en el país.
Education
Opinion: The Harmful Impact of Invasive Child Welfare Investigations
Dawne Mitchell, Melissa Friedman and Daniella Rohr |
“These rates of over-investigation are state-sanctioned family policing. Even where investigations are warranted and allegations are substantiated, the investigative process is often coercive and traumatic, indelibly harming the children the investigations intend to protect.”
Government
NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants
Emma Whitford |
The Coalition for the Homeless reached a settlement with the City of New York Friday, adding new emergency terms to the 1981 decree that paved the way for the city’s unique right to a shelter bed.
Health and Environment
NYC Housing Calendar, March 4-11
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
Legal Organization Workers On Strike Say NYC Tenants Deserve More
Emma Whitford |
While Mobilization for Justice’s staff union has particular grievances—they say their employer has failed to stay competitive with its peers—many members are experiencing a strain familiar to tenant lawyers citywide.
Government
‘Turn this Ship Around’: NYCHA Tenants and Leaders Face Fallout of Bribery Scandal
Tatyana Turner |
A joint City Council hearing Tuesday tackled a multiyear bribery scandal that affected more than 100 developments across the city. “These charges are unacceptable and robbed the residents of NYCHA of getting more important jobs done,” one tenant leader testified.
Bronx
Opinion: Bronx Building Collapse is a Wake-Up Call
David B. Lever |
“It will happen again. It’s not a matter of if, but when. The average building age in New York City is around 90 years, and we’re grappling with a shortage of building inspectors as well as an ongoing housing crisis—giving building owners little to no incentive to address violations.”
Government
PÓDCAST:¿Cuándo se convirtió en delito cruzar la frontera de Estados Unidos y cómo ha cambiado desde entonces?
Daniel Parra |
En marzo de 1929, el Senador de Carolina del Sur Coleman Livingston Blease redactó una ley de inmigración que tipificaba como delito menor entrar al país y esto sirvió de base para que en 1952, el Congreso aprobara la ley Immigration and Nationality Act (de Inmigración y Nacionalidad). Estos dos delitos se convirtieron en los delitos federales más perseguidos en los últimos años, asegura el American Immigration Council.
Housing and Homelessness
Supreme Court Tosses Lingering Challenges to Rent Stabilization in NY
Emma Whitford |
“It doesn’t mean that they can’t be challenged again, they probably will be, but for the moment these significant challenges to rent laws are done,” said Thomas Silverstein of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.