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  February 14, 2022 Upper West Side Patch

  Illegal UWS Hotel Will Be Turned Into 82-Unit Affordable Housing

  Mayor Eric Adams announced that the UWS address of a former illegal hotel will be turned into new housing for formerly homeless and others.

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  February 15, 2022 The Villager

  Adams makes plan to stop illegal hotel operators and create affordable homes for Manhattan residents

  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced earlier on Monday a settlement that discontinues the operation of illegal hotels and allows low-income families affordable homes on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

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  February 15, 2022 Queens Daily Eagle

  Fortune Society exec. talks criminal justice reform

  For the past seven months, Stanley Richards saw the dysfunction on Rikers Island first-hand, on a daily basis.

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  February 10, 2022 The Guardian

  ‘They’re shut out of the market’: the struggle to rent with a criminal record

  Three-quarters of a million New Yorkers have convictions in their history. ‘Fair chance’ laws could change their lives.

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  February 04, 2022 New York Magazine

  New York’s Senior Housing Scene Is Suddenly Far Less Bleak

  Options have proliferated for aging boomers of all stripes.

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  February 03, 2022 Norwood News

  No Visit to Rikers by President as Nonprofit WITNESS Launches Hats & Gloves Campaign

  The president’s visit did not, finally, take in the tour, as confirmed by the White House, but the request highlights the increased focus on the jail, which has come in for criticism, particularly in recent months, over concerns for both workers and the incarcerated.

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