As New York City welcomes over 100,000 new arrivals seeking asylum, it is critical to ground conversations on immigration in facts, not fear. This fact sheet seeks to provide accurate information on key questions.
This month’s Spotlight takes a closer look at this group of businesses and how it fared before, during, and after the pandemic. We focus on this large cluster’s composition, trends in employment and wage income, generated tax revenues, and the market for retail space.
As the chief fiscal officers of New York City and Chicago we are writing to request the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide flexibility in the documentation requirements under the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) so that our cities may unlock all of the federal funds awarded to our juris
migrant families with children staying in the City’s shelters would begin receiving 60-day notices, informing them that they are required to find alternative shelter.
the DOE is choosing to base the new weight allocation for students experiencing homelessness on enrollment as of December 31, 2022. If this decision stands, schools will not receive funding this school year for changes in STH enrollment that have occurred since then.
New York City’s economy faces perhaps some more difficult challenges than the nation at large, as the city’s highest paying sectors have been undergoing some job-reducing restructuring over the past year
Contracting is a powerful tool to achieve New York City’s goals and priorities – and the City has the power to use contracting strategically to make investments that support a vibrant, sustainable, and equitable City.
New York City’s housing challenges have shifted from abandonment and disinvestment to gentrification and skyrocketing rents – the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development has financed the development and preservation of hundreds of thousands of affordable homes
The Office of the New York City Comptroller is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and
respectful work environment that provides equal opportunities for all and is free of discrimination,
harassment, and retaliation.
The focus on the city’s housing supply challenge. One of the primary drivers of high rents is an excess of demand over supply—or, put more simply, a supply shortage.