News from NYC Dept of Finance
Click here to view this email in your browser. Welcome to our first DOF At a Glance, a periodic update from the New York City Department of Finance! Here you’ll…
NY workforce shrunk. City and State laws and policies are to blame.
City’s labor force lost 300,000 workers since March 2020. No politician is talking about why…
NYC Local Law 18 is not homeowner/tenant friendly.
Hearing on proposed rules on short-term rentals was held Wednesday. Will those rules actually reflect concerns of those who voiced?
Cost of asylum seekers in NYC. Is there a limit to “sanctuary city”?
July 19, 2022. Mayor Eric Adams asked for federal funding help. October 7, 2022. Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency and requested $1B for 17,000 people or $59K…
Biggest loser of the ERAP program is NYCHA
46% of NYCHA tenants are late on rent. Not one penny of ERAP has been paid to NYCHA two years later.
76 Street: Botched street milling
Rainwater puddles into a small lake between Glenmore and Pitkin Avenues after street was milled about 2 years ago. Similar problem was located at Belmont Avenue one block away.
77 St and Sutter Ave: Private use of fire hydrant
Harry said, “I am cleaning the street!” Neighbors said, “he does that often”. Other said, “he is harmless.” City says…
77 St near Atlantic Ave: Trash and crime
The road has potholes, construction debris, trash… Residents have observed people from the homeless shelter on 101 Avenue breaking into cars and had the mirror of one resident’s car broken…