Beyond the heat of the FBI, the mayor's shelter deadline policy is catching renewed heat from councilmembers & homeless advocates as a new school year starts “When they move you from place to place, everything has to start all over again” via subeksha: bit.ly/47deX9h

Has anyone ever won a debate by shouting “they’re eating the dogs”

Groups that contract w/ the city to aid migrants can only refer them to the Asylum Application Help Center if they're within 4 weeks of their deadline to do so, Daniel Parra Mejía reports, “delaying all the economic advantages that come with filing for asylum” bit.ly/3TooVii

NYC landlords are now required to notify tenants of whether 'Good Cause' applies to them when issuing new or renewed leases, rental hikes, and notices of eviction or litigation. But the bulk of enforcement is likely to fall to the courts. via Chris Janaro: bit.ly/3B1KfUz

Getting a slot with the city's Asylum Application Help Center is not so simple. Migrants must still be in shelter or recently left, and groups that work w/ the city to serve new arrivals can only refer people within 4 weeks of their asylum filing deadline. bit.ly/3TooVii

For posterity.

This NYT story seems familiar....where could I have seen it before?? thecity.nyc/2024/07/31/hap…

“I spoke many times with the shelter’s staff,” one migrant told Daniel Parra Mejía in Spanish, referring to the large tent shelter for migrant adults at Randall’s Island where she’d been staying. “There are no people available, they told me, come another day.”

It’s a tough day at NY Public Radio. My former WNYC 🎙 colleagues are receiving layoff notices. When will management take accountability for so many wrong decisions in recent years?

EXCLUSIVE: Community Affairs staffer for Mayor Adams fired after Brooklyn Bar owner tells NBC NY the staffer suggested he pay the NYPD commissioner’s brother James Caban - to make his noise complaint problems go away. Bar owner says Caban asked for $2,500. nbcnewyork.app.link/qTmby0vpQMb

🧵 Most NYers have a sense of how difficult it is to run a small biz in the city and perhaps also have hated a loud bar/restaurant. The reporting shows a Mayor Eric Adams staffer connected a biz owner to PC's twin brother in an alleged shakedown to meddle in both.

NEW: Two years ago, a tech company hired Terence Banks, the brother of the schools boss, to reach "decision makers within NYC public schools.” A month later, the CEO met with the schools chancellor. Since then, over $1.4M in contracts have flowed their way apnews.com/article/new-yo…

Lisa Zornberg, Mayor Eric Adams’s chief legal adviser, abruptly resigned on Saturday. She wrote in a letter: “It has been a great honor to serve the city. I am tendering my resignation, effective today, as I have concluded that I can no longer effectively serve in my position.”

The mayor’s post is community noted because he didn’t mention every person shot on the subway — including one random straphanger in critical condition after being shot in the head — was shot by police.

Civic meeting season is back, baby! We've got a JAM-PACKED housing calendar this week: a New York City Council hearing on rent arrears at NYCHA, tenants' rights workshops, a fair housing film screening. mark yer planners accordingly: bit.ly/4e7ZcDg

This past week has been intense for us at The Haitian Times. Threats, a canceled gathering, and our editor being swatted—yet we’re standing strong. Grateful for the support from journalists and leaders. We’ll continue covering Springfield and shining a light on anti-Haitian hate.

Hi! I've taken over a new 'Ask a renter's rights lawyer' column at Brick Underground. The first one ran this week, and it was about Good Cause eviction. If you have questions you'd like me to address, feel free to DM me or you can write into Brick directly brickunderground.com/rent/ask-altag…

Some improvements on public benefits delays detailed here: the city processed 42.4% of cash assistance applications on time in the fiscal year that ended in June, and 63% in July (up from bleak 28.8% last year). 87% of SNAP apps were processed on time in July (still below target)