
CITYWIDE — DESPITE THEIR CONTRACTS WITH NYC being registered on-time for Fiscal Year 2025, none of the city’s top nonprofit legal service providers have been able to submit invoices to the city’s Human Resources Administration for payment because the agency has not yet approved their FY 2025 budgets, according to a coalition of 14 legal service providers. The five-month delay is pushing them to the brink of collapse, the organizations said Wednesday in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams. The organizations provide housing and immigration services to thousands of families each year, but the payment delays threaten their ability to maintain basic operations, they said.
Signing the letter to the mayor were The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, NMIC, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Legal Services NYC, CAMBA Legal Services, Brooklyn Defender Services, the Human Services Council, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, the Bronx Defenders, TakeRoot Justice, Mobilization for Justice, the Urban Justice Center and BronxWorks.
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SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.

ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.