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Dec 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Marcela Valdes |Churchill Ndonwie |Danielle Ivory |Steve Eder |Sebastián Hidalgo

Illinois also has been at the forefront of national efforts to regulate staffing agencies. It is one of the few states where companies can be fined for using unregistered agencies, and a state law allows worker centers and others to file complaints on behalf of temporary workers, who might otherwise not have the wherewithal to do so.

Feb 15, 2024 | nysfocus.com | Churchill Ndonwie

The Adams administration put a 60-day limit on migrants' shelter stays last July. In September, the administration reduced the limit to 30 days for single adults. New York Focus analyzed 14,000 shelter notices served between July and October 2023, obtained via FOIL request to the NYC Office of Emergency Management. The eviction notices have continued since then. As of December, the city had issued nearly 36,000 notices.

Oct 27, 2023 | nysfocus.com | Churchill Ndonwie

Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt LawsuitsDespite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits Recent legislation has sought to rein in medical debt collection. But the bills don’t stop lawsuits in the first place — and some patients decline care out of financial concern. Sign up for our free newsletter, and we'll make sure you never miss a beat.

Aug 25, 2023 | ny.chalkbeat.org | Churchill Ndonwie

The case manager’s office at Harlem’s Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center was crowded, primarily with Senegalese men in their late 20s and 30s. Fatou Kane, the school’s community coordinator, picked up the student sign-in sheet that February afternoon, and with the aid of Patrick Duff, the case manager, started triaging the students’ problems. Some of the men had received a blue New York benefits card in the mail and had questions about it. They thought it was an immigration document.