Not exact matches
There are highly partisan policy debates in which I have gladly joined on the conservative side — on federal enterprise zones, on a youth opportunity wage, on educational vouchers for low - income students, on stimulating ownership among responsible
public -
housing tenants, on requiring work from able - bodied welfare recipients, on dealing sternly
with those who violently brutalize their neighbors.
A right to buy a home should not mean that
tenants should have a right to take
public housing stock
with them if and when they choose to leave the tenure.
«Right to Buy landlords» include not only local
housing authorities, but also Registered Social Landlords registered with the Housing Corporation (secure tenants only), fire authorities, passenger transport executives, Government Departments, the NHS and a wide range of other public
housing authorities, but also Registered Social Landlords registered
with the
Housing Corporation (secure tenants only), fire authorities, passenger transport executives, Government Departments, the NHS and a wide range of other public
Housing Corporation (secure
tenants only), fire authorities, passenger transport executives, Government Departments, the NHS and a wide range of other
public bodies.
At 10:30 a.m., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will visit
tenants at NYCHA's Albany Houses in Crown Heights
with gubernatorial candidate and actress Cynthia Nixon, spotlighting chronic issues facing
public housing in Brooklyn, a borough that is home to 99 developments
with more than 58,000 apartments, 1414 Bergen St.
While NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was at a Texas music festival peddling his national agenda, Cuomo was quick to jump in on some Big Apple issues that critics say the mayor has sorely neglected — agreeing to meet
with public -
housing tenants over their heat, mold and lead - paint woes.
«This governor has spent his entire career in
public service fighting homelessness and building affordable
housing and it's under his leadership that New York is implementing an unprecedented $ 20 billion anti-homelessness and
housing problem, twice strengthened rent protections
with Assembly Democrats and created a
tenant protection unit that placed more than 6,000 buildings and 61,000 units back under rent stabilization,» said spokesman Rich Azzopardi.
The head of the NYC Council's
Public Housing Committee, Bronx Councilman Richie Torres, will propose a new law requiring NYCHA to clean up all apartments
with lead paint instead of waiting for
tenants to move out.
At 11 a.m., dozens of of
housing advocates and
tenants will join
with elected officials to announce a «scathing new report that exposes statistical evidence of Airbnb's negative impact on affordable
housing in NYC,»
Public Advocate Tish James will speak, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
should not mean that
tenants should have a right to take
public housing stock
with them if and when they choose to leave the tenure,» Mr Gregory added.
1210 - A requiring diaper changing stations in new and renovated buildings
with public restrooms, regardless of gender; Intro 1241 - A to create a watch list of rent regulated buildings
housing tenants at - risk for eviction, City Hall, Blue Room, Manhattan.
The monitor will be picked by the City Council and
public housing tenant leaders in consultation
with Mayor de Blasio.
Ampry - Samuel has a long history
with NYCHA — she grew up in
public housing, helped
tenants as a community organizer and eventually worked for the authority.
In addition to supporting the legislation in the current Council session for accessible ferries and taxis, Gerson introduced a
housing preservation measure for Section 8 and
public housing tenants so that they can have the right of first refusal to buy their apartments if they go on the market, and is gearing up to introduce «grab - bar» legislation so that seniors and people
with disabilities can have accessible, safe bathrooms in their residences.
The monitor will be picked in consultation
with the City Council and
public housing tenant leaders — but not
with any input from Mayor de Blasio.
PILLARS, a Harlem - based holistic recovery center, is partnering
with Safe in Harlem, the New York Police Department (NYPD), ThriveNYC, the Army National Guard Counter-Drug Task Force and the office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer to educate
public housing tenants that marijuana smoking can be harmful to fetal development.
At 9:15 a.m., the Parkash
Tenant Coalition, a coalition of
tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies
with the support of NYC
Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx
Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.
Public housing tenants across the city — faced
with a double - digit spike in shootings — say it boggles the mind.
Mr. Cuomo has visited
public housing complexes in the city three times in the past few weeks, always
with cameras and supporters in tow, blasting what he has called the authority's mismanagement and abuse of
tenants.
The city will use the 1962 Speigel law, which allows it to cease rent payments on behalf of
tenants living on
public assistance should their building have a number of
housing violations, as a «back to the future kind of solution» to dealing
with bad landlords, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
In more than a dozen interviews
with The Daily Orange,
public housing tenants living by I - 81 in the low - income, majority black East Adams Street neighborhood expressed increasing frustration and anxiety
with what several called an unnecessary delay of the interstate's replacement project.
NYCHA residents, including
tenants of the Pelham Parkway, Throggs Neck and Sack Wern Houses, together
with housing advocates Community Voices Heard and Real Affordability For All, filled the Million Dollar Staircase to decry current conditions and push for new investments in the nation's largest
public housing stock.
The plan calls for independent oversight of the city's
Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on viol
Housing Preservation Department; establishing a
public education campaign to inform
tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas
with at - risk low - income
housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on viol
housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.
In recent inspections of 4,200
public housing apartments
with possible lead paint and
tenants with a child under age 6, more than half were found to have damaged paint.
Time for feds to act Fifty - one members of Congress nearly three months ago wrote on February 12, 2016 to federal Secretary of
Housing & Urban Development Julian Castro, asking Castro «to prohibit public housing authorities from requiring declawing as a condition of residency for tenants with cats.
Housing & Urban Development Julian Castro, asking Castro «to prohibit
public housing authorities from requiring declawing as a condition of residency for tenants with cats.
housing authorities from requiring declawing as a condition of residency for
tenants with cats.»
http://www.animallaw.info/articles/ovuspetsandhousinglaws.htm This guide explains four key federal laws that govern the rights of
tenants, and that may determine whether you have a right as a
tenant to live
with a companion animal, whether you rent a home, own a home that is governed by a homeowners association, live in federally - assisted
public housing for the elderly or disabled, or in federally assisted
public housing that does not give such a preference to the elderly or disabled, or whether your
housing is subsidized by a state or local government.
Recently, I was tasked
with organizing and implementing a series of
public legal education seminars on
housing issues for youth, funded by the Advocacy Centre for
Tenants Ontario.
If you are a
tenant in subsidized or
public housing and provide false information on your income or the incomes of those living
with you, or changes to those incomes as per Section 60;
Directly responsible for the maintenance and operation of all facilities, HVAC equipment, guest rooms,
public spaces, back - of -
house areas and fire / life safety systems throughout a 22 story 289 guestroom hotel
with fitness facilities and a restaurant
tenant
The same month, the Fair
Housing Justice Center in New York sued a landlord for allegedly quoting higher rental rates to black prospective
tenants, rejecting applicants
with public rent assistance, and making children undergo unnecessary lead tests.