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National Grid is About to Raise Your Gas Bill to Cover $5 Billion in ...
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Since the law's passing in 2019, utility companies have spent nearly $5 billion to maintain and expand gas infrastructure and plan to spend another $28 billion by 2043, according to a report by the Building Decarbonization Coalition. Adi Talwar. Assemblymember Emily Gallagher speaks in opposition to the expansion of gas infrastructure projects ...
Early Votes Are In: NYCHA’s Coney Island Houses Opts to Stay in …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Voting sessions at NYCHA’s Coney Island and Unity Towers Houses, in which residents were asked to choose which funding model they want for their development, came to an end Thursday. Early tallies for the two sites, released Friday, yielded different results. A majority of the voting tenants at the Coney Island Houses have so far opted to remain as a federally-funded Section 9 development ...
NYC’s New Housing Voucher Rules Will Drastically Expand Income ...
WEBNov 1, 2021 · The decision marks a significant adjustment to a new law that increased the value of CityFHEPS vouchers but capped renewal eligibility at 250 percent of the federal poverty line—equal to just $32,200 for a single adult and just under $55,000 for a family of three. Though recipients and their advocates celebrated the voucher boost, many warned ...
Processing Issues in Immigration Courts Upending New Yorkers’ …
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · The U.S. Immigration Court system is currently staring up the largest number of pending cases in history: 1,596,193. According to data recently released by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, New York’s immigration courts alone have 167,614 cases pending — the largest backlog in decades.
NYCHA to Reopen Section 8 Waitlist After 15 Years. Here’s How to …
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Apartment buildings in Manhattan. After a nearly 15-year closure, the New York City Housing Authority will reopen the Section 8 waitlist on June 3, giving New Yorkers across 200,000 households a fresh shot at a coveted, federally-backed rental voucher. Mayor Eric Adams first teased the move during his State of …
Building Justice: New York City’s Separate and Unequal …
WEBAug 22, 2016 · In New York City, the Black-White dissimilarity index remained at 81.6 in 2010, meaning that 82.5 percent of White or Black New Yorkers would have to move to a different neighborhood in order for Blacks and Whites to be equally distributed across neighborhoods. Hispanic and Asian segregation have …
NYC2036? How the 2012 Olympics Bid Reshaped New York City
WEBAug 9, 2021 · The NYC2012 attempt faltered, but plans to reshape huge swaths of the city to accommodate brand new sporting venues—and, later, transformative residential projects—swiftly crossed the finish line, buoyed by Olympic fervor and a time-bound bid for the Games. The ongoing development in Long Island City’s Hunters Point, site of …
City Buses Are Wheelchair-Accessible, But Disabled Riders Still …
WEBJul 2, 2018 · Today, every city bus is wheelchair accessible, with either a lift or, on newer models, an easier-to-use ramp. But disabled riders say they sometimes run into issues using the equipment. Hiccups are most common on the city’s express buses, which are designed differently than standard buses, advocates say. Most models still sport wheelchair ...