Each day, unarmed security guards post at NYCHA senior buildings for eight hour shifts. But this service is poised to evaporate by June 30, a move the authority says will save $7 million.
The North Carolina Senate has approved legislation to set aside roughly $500 million more for now for programs that provide taxpayer money to help K-12 students attend private schools. The majority-Republican Senate voted Thursday along party lines to spend the money, almost all of which will cover a surge in demand for Opportunity Scholarship grants.
"I'm surprised, I'm baffled, I'm angry," said City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot in 2019.
"To see a budget come out that fails to address any of the urgent policies related to climate is an abdication of responsibility from the governor and from lawmakers," one advocate told City Limits.
After months of delays, the city of Greensboro is distancing itself from Step Up on Second, the organization it tapped to convert the Regency Inn into housing for the chronically homeless.