Migrants Victor Arana, left, Jose Leal and Argenes Cedeño outside the shelter, in the storm. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | Sept. 29, 2023 At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course. While New Yorkers were cautioned to […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Fisayo Okare | September 29, 2023 The fight for, against, and concerning New York City’s right-to-shelter law was in full force this week in the courtroom, in City Hall, and in the media. Yesterday morning, Mayor Eric Adams appeared on Sid Rosenberg’s radio show arguing that there’s a huge need […]
Deliveristas rally outside New York County Courthouse ahead of a hearing about minimum app pay rates, Aug. 3, 2023. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte | September 28, 2023 Judge affirms city rules mandating at least $17.96 an hour before tips for Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash workers, clearing New York as the first major […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By NYIC Press | September 28, 2023 New York, NY—Yesterday, Mayor Adams’ administration announced that it plans to distribute new flyers at the United States southern border, in addition to shelters and intake shelters to discourage asylum seekers from coming to New York City. This marks the second time the Adams […]
By Annie McDonough | September 28, 2023 New flyers from the Adams administration deliver a blunt message to asylum-seekers who might be thinking of settling in New York City. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is doubling down on its message to asylum-seekers at the southern border who might be thinking of coming to New York City: […]
Next stop: Atlanta. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | September 28, 2023 Faced with new deadlines to leave city shelters, some migrants are applying for new stays while others are reconsidering their decisions to settle in NYC. Wilson Fuentes, 28, waited outside Midtown’s Candler building with a suitcase, backpacks and a duffle bag in […]
By Ruth W. Messinger | September 27, 2023 We are at a challenging moment in the ever-unfolding story of our city. But it’s actually a place we have often been before. The immediate challenge is, of course, the entry into the city during the last year of over 110,000 migrants fleeing oppression and violence in […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Angela Bunay | September 26, 2023 State Sen. Jessica Ramos, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and city Comptroller Brad Lander are being floated as potential primary challengers to Adams. Mayor Eric Adams insists the job is easy, but he’s come under sharp scrutiny for his handling of asylum-seekers, his close […]
By Giulia Mcdonnel Nieto Del Rio | September 26, 2023 At a closed-door conference in New York County Supreme Court on Tuesday, city representatives indicated they will seek to revise the right to shelter law, Supreme Court Judge Erika Edwards said. This comes as the Adams administration. This comes as the Adams administration has, for […]
Photos courtesy of Senator Sanders’ Office September 25, 2023 Listen to People, Power & Politics interview with Senator James Sanders Jr: (New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the NY State Senate Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson called on Governor Kathy Hochul to […]