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    Mayor’s Office Expands Free Legal Help to Fight Evictions

    Tenant Rights  •  Citywide

    Council Members Vanessa Gibson and Mark Levine and activists celebrate the anniversary of the passage of the Right to Counsel bill in September 2018. The program will now be expanding to include more ZIP codes. Image Credit: Official NYC Council Photo by William Alatriste

    The expansion provides free legal assistance for tenants in five additional ZIP codes. On December 13, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced an expansion of the Right to Counsel program that provides free legal assistance to New Yorkers fighting eviction. The Right to Counsel program, implemented by a ZIP code by ZIP code approach, will be expanded to five more ZIP codes across the City. (read more…)

    Tags : evictions, housing court, Right to Counsel, Tenant Harassment, Tenant Rights
    Date:12/19/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    City Announces Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units To Be Added to Bellevue and Woodhull Hospitals

    Mental Health  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and Kips Bay, Manhattan

    NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull will improve access to care for incarcerated individuals with complex medical, mental health, and substance use needs. On November 26, 2019, the Office of the Mayor announced plans to open Therapeutic Housing Units through NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services. The units will improve access to care for patients whose clinical conditions require access to specialty and subspecialty care. (read more…)

    Tags : Bellevue Psychiatric Building, borough based jails, Criminal Justice Reform, woodhull hospital
    Date:12/06/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    Mayor’s Office Announces Conversion of Temporary Homeless Shelters into Permanent Affordable Housing

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image credit: CityLand

    The conversion is another step in the City’s plan to address the homelessness crisis. On November 19, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced its transition into the second phase of a plan to convert temporary homeless shelters into permanently affordable housing units. According to the Mayor’s Office, this plan will help not-for-profit housing developers acquire and rehabilitate an additional 14 residential “cluster site” buildings, currently being used to house homeless families, and convert them into over 200 permanent affordable housing units for the homeless. (read more…)

    Tags : homelessness, permanent affordable housing
    Date:12/05/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    Mayor Announces New Piece of Manhattan Waterfront Greenway Near East Midtown

    Waterfront Access  •  East Midtown, Manhattan

    Rendering of a portion of the East Midtown Greenway. Image Credit: NYC EDC/Stantec

    The 1.5 acre stretch of open space, to be completed by 2022, is part of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway initiative to create continuous loop around perimeter of Manhattan. On November 22, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio and top agency officials celebrated the commencement of construction of a new waterfront public open space, the East Midtown Greenway, which will stretch between East 53rd Street to East 61st Street. The East Midtown Greenway project is a piece of a larger project, Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. The Manhattan Greenway Project’s goal is to create accessible public waterfront space and safe bicycle pathways along the outer edge of Manhattan. (read more…)

    Tags : East Midtown Greenway, Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, parks, Waterfront
    Date:12/03/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    Mayor’s Office Announces Rockefeller Center Pedestrian Space Expansion for Holiday Season

    Pedestrian Space  •  Rockefeller Center, Manhattan

    Rockefeller Center will see massive crowds throughout the holiday season, prompting city officials to expand pedestrian protections around the area. Image Credit: CityLand

    Elected officials have previously called attention to dangerous crowd sizes in the area during the holiday season. On November 22, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced a temporary expansion of the pedestrian space around Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall for the holiday season. The area between 5th and 6th Avenues from 48th to 52nd Streets will be affected. (read more…)

    Tags : Christmas, Council Member Keith Powers, Department of Transporation, Holidays, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, NYPD, pedestrian space, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Street closures
    Date:11/28/2019
    Category : Mayor
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