How to Find Housing With a Voucher in New York City
Nov 11, 2024 · Advocates, tenants and real estate agents alike describe the process of acquiring CityFHEPS as frustrating and demoralizing. “A lot of these clients when they first get the voucher, they are so excited,” said Phyllis Curry, a housing coordinator with the homelessness- and AIDS-prevention nonprofit Housing Works.
Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered
Nov 15, 2024 · It’s been a winding road for congestion pricing in New York City, but after a pause — and now unpause — of the program by Gov. Kathy Hochul, there’s movement to start the tolling system in the new year. The details are mostly the same since the delayed summer launch: But the base price is 40% lower.
Your Trash Bin Questions, Answered: A Guide to NYC’s New …
Dec 4, 2024 · Larger buildings don’t have to use the bins because, eventually, the Department of Sanitation hopes to use built-in, on-street containers, like those rolling out in a trash collection pilot program in West Harlem.Starting in spring 2025 in that neighborhood, buildings with 31 or more apartments will have to use those on-street containers.
A Guide to the Six Ballot Questions New Yorkers Will Vote on in …
Oct 9, 2024 · Cox also claimed the proposal “would give minors the right to puberty blockers and transgender surgeries without parental consent.” Another opponent, The Coalition to Protect Kids NY, narrows in on the alleged threat to minors, as well: On its website, it calls the proposition the “Parent Replacement Act.” Andrew Taverrite, a spokesperson for New …
Your Guide to Legal Cannabis in New York City: Where to Buy and …
Jul 18, 2023 · Is weed legal in New York? Yes, with some caveats. Thanks to a bill passed by Albany lawmakers in 2021, New Yorkers 21 years and older can possess, use, buy, transport, smoke or consume up to three ounces of marijuana and up to 24 grams of concentrated cannabis, used in products like tinctures, vape pen oils or butters.
How to Find Your Stuff Left in New York’s Trains, Parks, Trash and …
Aug 12, 2024 · On Public Transit. If you lose something in New York’s huge transit network, you may be in more luck than you think. The MTA has a department, the New York City Public Transit Lost and Found, whose entire job is to collect and return the tens of thousands of forgotten items that go through its system every year.
Mayor Adams on Trump Border Czar: ‘We Have the Same Desire’
Dec 12, 2024 · Adams has not specified what power he would like beyond that existing policy. Adams, who’s been critical of the administration of President Joe Biden for not providing more financial and other assistance for dealing with an influx of migrants, also said his position on immigration enforcement hasn’t changed, despite the growing criticism.
What to Know About Voting in New York Ahead of November’s …
Sep 19, 2024 · That’s when early voting in New York begins, running through Nov. 3. You can vote in person from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at your local early voting polling place on weekends, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays.
Student OMNY Cards Boost Public Transit Use | THE CITY — NYC …
Oct 6, 2024 · Now, several months into the rollout of the new OMNY cards, the impact of the program is coming into focus. It’s led to a major uptick in student ridership compared to last year alongside some implementation hiccups, transportation officials said in a City Council hearing earlier this week.
PHOTOS: Inside Brooklyn’s Infamous House of Detention Jail
Nov 14, 2021 · As plans to close chaotic Rikers Island slowly turn, the Atlantic Avenue lockup is already empty and awaiting demolition. THE CITY toured the old jail and found eerie signs of the building’s 65-year history of holding countless detainees.