Despite State Emergency, New York Has Resettled Zero Migrant Families Through Flagship Program
As a humanitarian crisis deepens, the state’s $25 million solution is off to a slow start. An in-depth look at the opaque program reveals a raft of logistical hurdles and strict eligibility requirements.
“It’s been very slow moving.”
“Many people could say that a year is enough time to apply, to find a lawyer, but in some cases it’s not that easy.”
“You are responsible for understanding any effects that relocating could have on your immigration case or other legal matters.”
Hundreds of Child Victims Act cases have been filed against New York schools, some over accused serial offenders that could leave districts with tens of millions of dollars in liability.
New York’s consumer advocacy groups struggle to compete with well-funded utilities and corporations. Lawmakers want to level the playing field.
There are at least three ways a Trump administration could try to stop the transit-funding toll.
No state pursues workers for overpaid unemployment benefits as aggressively as New York. A proposed reform is colliding with New York’s own repayment problem.
A quarter of lawmakers in Albany are landlords. Almost none of them are covered by the most significant tenant protection law in years.
It’s the first step New York has taken to address its housing shortage in years — but tenant groups are fuming and real estate wants more.
The Citizens Budget Commission wants the governor to halt a just-passed extension of the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program so a study of the controversial subsidy can be completed.
Hochul says she’s working with the legislature to replace congestion pricing, but key legislators say they aren’t aware of any conversations.
After the governor declined to answer questions, a New York Focus reporter was ejected from her event.
Migrants from Mauritania and Senegal were the most likely to receive eviction notices, but not the most populous groups in shelters, a New York Focus analysis found.
City policies have proven so volatile, even aid workers urged asylum seekers to get out of New York if they can.
The move will leave tens of thousands of undocumented New Yorkers uninsured.