![]() ![]() “Everybody knew that Title 42 was going to expire. They have also been critical of what they say has been bad communication from the mayor’s side of City Hall about what’s happening - which Speaker Adams said has restricted her members from offering much help. The Council has been at odds with the mayor throughout the migrant crisis, criticizing the facilities for migrants and the mayor’s argument that the cost of the crisis requires budget cuts and staff reductions across city agencies. We’ve got to be the ones that are now proactive.” Communication Issues “We had some things in mind to move residents out into permanent housing, let’s get rid of the bureaucracy,” Speaker Adams told THE CITY. Speaker Adams says the answer to the shelter crisis is an easier pipeline to independent living. Meanwhile, the mayor’s chief housing officer, Jessica Katz, announced on Wednesday she would leave the administration in July, reportedly over its opposition to the housing bills. “We’re committed to continuing to make it easier for New Yorkers to move into permanent housing, however, these bills will not only cost New York City an estimated $17 billion over the next five years - adding billions onto the backs of New York taxpayers - but will force the creation of a waiting list for vouchers, eliminating the prioritization of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness for housing subsidies,” Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for the mayor, said in a statement. The Council is also set to vote Thursday on a package of bills that aim to make it easier for people to find housing and leave the city’s homeless shelter system by, for example, changing income other qualifications to receive vouchers - including one that requires applicants to have lived in a city shelter for at least 90 days.īut Mayor Adams opposes the bills, saying the changes would be too costly because they would get more people onto tax-payer funded housing vouchers more quickly. “While the administration continues to justify agency budget cuts as a result of the costs to assist asylum seekers, the reality is that many investments missing from the budget would be solutions to the current challenges facing our city,” she said. ![]() Members and sponsors make THE CITY possible. The Council has focused on longer-term housing solutions, she told THE CITY, also touching on it during her testimony Tuesday on the executive budget. The planning - as far as we can see in the Council, there is no real planning,” Speaker Adams said of the mayor’s handling of the more than 60,000 migrants who’ve come to New York City in the last year. “The reaction to the panic is what’s taken over right now. Speaker Adams told THE CITY that the Council has largely been cut out of any planning or conversations as the city works to house tens of thousands of people who’ve recently arrived by bus and by plane, seeking asylum in the United States and a place to sleep in New York. ![]() The Council doesn’t necessarily have the power to take immediate action like the mayor’s office and its agencies do, but the 51-member body does have oversight and legislative authority, including allocating money from its budget to address the crisis. “So if we have to do that as the grownups in the room, then we’ve got to do that.” “We’re going to have to be very proactive against what’s been a very reactive administration,” Speaker Adams said in a wide-ranging interview with THE CITY. The Padres left 10 men on base and were one for 10 with runners in scoring position.As Mayor Eric Adams and his team scramble to respond to a surge of migrants from Central and South America, the City Council has been shut out of most of the planning, says Speaker Adrienne Adams, who added the executive branch is in “panic mode” that has stymied any collaboration between the two sides of government. Trent Grisham’s homer in the fourth inning doubled their lead to 2-0, but the lead very well could have been 5-0 or 6-0. The Dodgers aren’t playing the Big Red Machine or the 1927 New York Yankees, and the Padres had plenty of trouble scoring themselves. The performance was especially frustrating because the Padres let them stay within striking distance. Their only run was scored on a fifth-inning sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts. The Dodgers were 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Game 3 was just more of the same - if not worse. The 111-win team went the feast-or-famine route in its Game 2 defeat, its entire offensive output consisting of three solo home runs against Yu Darvish. The highest-scoring team in baseball scored five runs in the first 2 2/3 innings of its Game 1 victory but failed to record a single hit after Clevinger departed. The Dodgers’ decision not to acquire another starting pitcher this summer has backfired on them, putting them one loss away from their season ending. Dodgers Elliott: Tony Gonsolin’s struggles expose Dodgers’ lack of pitching depth at the worst time ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |