Menciones en los medios
Los domingos de Puertas Abiertas en Filadelfia son geniales. Ahora hazlo de verdad.
No todos los días se ve a un bebé tumbado boca arriba en medio de Walnut Street, y por una buena razón: los bebés son blanditos y, en general, muy queridos. Pero durante Open Streets: West Walnut el domingo, vi precisamente eso, un bebé en una alfombra en el centro de la...
Los demócratas del Senado y la Cámara de Representantes celebran una audiencia sobre la crisis de la vivienda y los sin techo en Pensilvania
WILKES-BARRE - La senadora estatal Katie Muth (Demócrata de Chester/Montgomery/Berks), presidenta del Comité de Política Demócrata del Senado de Pensilvania, se unió al senador Nikil Saval (Demócrata de Filadelfia) y al representante estatal Ismail Smith-Wade-El (Demócrata de Lancaster) para celebrar una audiencia política conjunta sobre los sin techo....
UArts se declara en quiebra tras el fracaso de las negociaciones de fusión con Temple
La Universidad de las Artes se ha declarado en quiebra tras fracasar un plan para fusionarla con la Universidad de Temple. La UArts anunció abruptamente su cierre en junio, conmocionando a estudiantes, profesores, funcionarios municipales, expertos en educación superior y a la comunidad.....
Shapiro pide a la administración que elabore un plan de acción estatal en materia de vivienda
El gobernador Josh Shapiro dio a conocer una nueva prioridad para su administración el jueves, cuando firmó una orden ejecutiva que ordena a los funcionarios bajo su competencia para desarrollar un plan de acción de vivienda en todo el estado para hacer frente a la escasez de vivienda y la falta de vivienda en toda la mancomunidad. Shapiro...
El Gobernador Shapiro crea el primer plan de acción en materia de vivienda de Pensilvania para aumentar las viviendas asequibles
FILADELFIA - El Gobernador de Pensilvania, Josh Shapiro, ha firmado una orden ejecutiva que ha creado el primer plan de acción estatal en materia de vivienda para aumentar las viviendas asequibles y hacer frente al problema de los sin techo. El Gobernador Shapiro firmó el jueves la Orden Ejecutiva 2024-03 en Wynnefield.
El Gobernador Shapiro firma la Orden Ejecutiva por la que se crea el primer Plan de Acción de Vivienda de Pensilvania para aumentar el número de viviendas asequibles, abordar el problema de las personas sin hogar y aumentar la competitividad de la Commonwealth
Filadelfia, PA - Hoy, el gobernador Josh Shapiro firmó la Orden Ejecutiva 2024-03(opens in a new tab), ordenando a su Administración para crear el primer Plan de Acción de Vivienda integral de Pensilvania para hacer frente a la escasez de vivienda del estado,...
Shapiro firma una orden ejecutiva para crear un plan que aborde la escasez de vivienda en Pensilvania
PHILADELPHIA- Como Pennsylvania corre el riesgo de caer detrás de otros estados para hacer frente a la vivienda asequible y la falta de vivienda, el gobernador Josh Shapiro firmó el jueves una orden ejecutiva la creación de la Commonwealth primer Plan de Acción Integral de Vivienda. "Lo que necesitamos es un...
Los Sixers buscan un nuevo estadio en Nueva Jersey en medio de las protestas contra el 76 Place de Gensler
¿Los Camden 76ers? Suena bien, si eres de Nueva Jersey. En respuesta a las masivas protestas populares contra los planes de Gensler de construir el 76 Place -un estadio de baloncesto especulativo de 1.300 millones de dólares en el barrio chino de Filadelfia-, la 76 DevCo...
Opositores al nuevo estadio de los 76ers protestan el sábado en Filadelfia
FILADELFIA (CBS) - La Coalición para Salvar Chinatown celebró el sábado una manifestación y una marcha en Filadelfia contra el nuevo estadio propuesto por los 76ers, el 76 Place. Los Sixers, que actualmente juegan en el Wells Fargo Center en el South Philadelphia Sports Complex, han propuesto construir...
No nos desplazarán": Miles de personas marchan por el centro de Filadelfia en protesta por el proyecto de estadio de los Sixers
Más de un mes antes de que empiece la temporada de baloncesto, los Philadelphia 76ers -y su adversario- siguieron siendo la comidilla de la ciudad el sábado, cuando los opositores a la propuesta de estadio del equipo de la NBA en Center City marcharon desde el Ayuntamiento por Chinatown...
Community members, elected officials march through Center City, Chinatown to protest the Sixers’ arena proposal
Scores of demonstrators marched with members of the Save Chinatown Coalition through Center City and Chinatown Sábado to protest the Philadelphia 76ers’ arena proposal with songs, drumming, dancing, and speeches. Drenched by a sudden downpour, protesters shouted “No...
Lawmakers introduce measures to hold colleges like UArts accountable for sudden closures
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — After the University of the Arts suddenly shuttered its doors earlier this year, Pennsylvania Democrats are working to prevent other colleges from doing the same. “It is not normal for me at age 22 to blame myself for the mistakes of...
These lawmakers say they want to prevent another collapse like UArts’. Here’s what they’re requiring.
As president of University of the Arts Student Association, Alex McFadden routinely met with the school’s top officials. They sat on the selection committee that helped pick Kerry Walk as president. So when the school closed with just a week’s notice in Junio, shocking...
Shapiro ‘confident’ 76ers arena will remain in Philadelphia
Despite news reports that New Jersey is trying to woo the 76ers to build a new arena in Camden, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Martes said he’s confident the team will remain in Philadelphia. “The mayor is the lead on this, together with city council. We’re in...
Pennsylvania’s historic preservation incentive received a huge boost this summer
In a summer filled with explosive political news, even the most assiduous media consumer may have missed the Pennsylvania legislature increasing the value of the state’s historic tax credit. This policy is meant to provide resources to developers to renovate buildings...
Shuttered UArts in Philadelphia Faces $50 Million Debt Repayment Demand
Turmoil continues to surround the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia just over two months ago, at the end of the Spring semester. The shuttered school is now subject to a demand for immediate repayment of a more than $50 million debt,...
The Hotelification of Offices, With Signature Scents and Saltwater Spas
Visitors to the Springline complex in Menlo Park, Calif., are surrounded by a sense of comfort and luxury often found at high-end hotels: off-white walls with a Roman clay finish, a gray-and-white marble coffee table and a white leather bench beneath an 8-by-4 resin...
Sereyrath ‘One’ Van emigrated to Philly in 1984 as his family fled genocide. Advocates are fighting his deportation
Sereyrath Van, known to many as “One,” has no memories outside U.S. soil. Now, the 44-year-old is fighting an order from Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) that would deport him to Cambodia — a country Van has never visited. Van had a check-in with ICE on...
Community leaders rally as ICE detains Philadelphia man
Despite a month-long campaign coordinated by Southeast Asian community leaders and immigration advocates, federal authorities detained a man last week and appear to be preparing to deport him to a country he has never visited. Sereyrath “One” Van, 44, was born in a...
The Fight Continues Against Criminalization of Homelessness
The Supreme Court’s momentous ruling last month in the Grants Pass v. Johnson case removed a key protection for unhoused people, allowing criminalization even when there is no available shelter. While some Democrats condemned the decision, several leaders on the West...
The Supreme Court’s Grants Pass Decision Has Lit a Fire Under Homeless Advocacy Groups
The Supreme Court’s momentous Junio ruling in the Grants Pass v. Johnson case removed a key protection for unhoused people, allowing criminalization even when there is no available shelter. While some Democrats condemned the decision, several leaders on the West Coast,...
Opinion: New pipeline safety rules must be enacted for the health of current and future generations
The blue flame on the stovetops in millions of American homes is fed by a web of some 3 million miles of natural gas pipelines crisscrossing the country – including some 90,000 miles of these conduits in Pennsylvania. Regulated by an outdated set of standards, many of...
¿Quieres que tus alumnos triunfen? Dales hogares seguros
Los legisladores de Pensilvania tienen razón al celebrar la inversión en educación pública lograda en el presupuesto estatal recientemente aprobado, un paso inicial muy necesario hacia la equidad para los niños de nuestra Commonwealth. Pero, por segundo año consecutivo, no han incluido 50...
After New Law Regulates Evictions, Landlord-Tenant Office Shuts Down
PHILADELPHIA – Today, six weeks after the Angel Davis Eviction Accountability Act was signed into law, the municipal court announced that landlord-tenant officer Marisa Shuter will cease conducting evictions. As the lawyer appointed to oversee private evictions in...
Majority of Aramark workers in Philadelphia reject latest contract proposal
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Food service workers at the stadium complex in South Philadelphia were voting all day on Miércoles over Aramark's latest contract proposal. The union representing those workers says it does not expect the new proposal to pass, however. The...
PA lawmakers incentivize builders to restore historic buildings
Though Pennsylvania has a lot of historic sites, it has lagged behind other states in providing tax incentives to preserve and restore them. Some classic buildings in Philadelphia are in need. Pennsylvania is packed with historic properties dating back to colonial...
Philadelphia Demands More Than ‘Flex-Post’ Protected Bike Lanes After Motorist Kills Cyclist
The horrific death of a Philadelphia cyclist in the famous Rittenhouse Square neighborhood has local advocates demanding that the city finally install real protection on its bike lanes — and sparking a conversation about why half-measures like flex posts are so common...
Pennsylvania’s Historic Tax Credit Increased to $20 Million
On Julio 11, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed its 2024-2025 budget. It was 11 days past the deadline, but offered some good news for historic preservationists and adaptive reuse developers. The new budget included tax code changes that raised the historic tax...
Más fondos para el programa de reparación de viviendas fuera del presupuesto estatal a pesar de la gran demanda
HARRISBURG - Un popular programa que ayuda a los propietarios de Pennsylvania con el costo de las reparaciones esenciales no recibió más fondos en el presupuesto estatal de este año, a pesar de la abrumadora demanda en muchos condados. Casi 18.200 propietarios de viviendas que solicitaron ayuda del...
CHOP doctor struck and killed by speeding driver as she biked near Rittenhouse Square
Barbara Friedes’ life and career were always driven by altruism, those who knew her said. From the moment her husband-to-be, Cole, sat behind her in organic chemistry class at Florida State University, he said, he knew she was special. She was magnetic, he said,...
Dr. Barbara Friedes, 30, Killed In Philly Crash
Barbara Ann Friedes, 30, was struck from behind by a 2018 Volkswagen on the 1800 block of Spruce Street around 7 p.m., Philadelphia police wrote in a release. The Volkswagen then hit three parked cars before coming to a rest, police continued. Friedes was taken to...
Funcionarios del condado y defensores de la vivienda molestos por la omisión del popular programa de reparación de viviendas en el presupuesto estatal
Un programa de reparación de viviendas aprobado en su día como una iniciativa bipartidista histórica no recibió financiación en el presupuesto estatal de este año, lo que decepcionó a muchos funcionarios del condado y defensores de la vivienda y la energía. "Las indicaciones en el establecimiento de esta ronda de financiación inicial eran tales...
Patient actors at Thomas Jefferson University who unionized this year hold rally for new contract
A group of workers at Thomas Jefferson University who are paid to simulate patients for medical students celebrated a victory earlier this year when they won a union election. But six months later, they say they're struggling to be taken seriously in bargaining...
Benjamin Rush Garden re-opens with a gift from the late Queen Elizabeth II
When the British Consul General arrived at 3rd and Walnut streets on a drizzly Viernes morning for a ribbon cutting of the newly imagined Benjamin Rush Garden, she felt right at home. Not only is the garden dominated by a bell donated in 1976 by Queen Elizabeth II, but...
After SCOTUS OK’s Criminalization of Homelessness, Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Legislative Response to Protect Rights of the Unhoused
“Who sits there and thinks, with all the needs we have in America, of criminalizing the homeless?” wonders Pastor Robert Brown of Bristol’s Bible Evangelical Methodist Church after learning that the United States Supreme Court approved punishing those experiencing...
Pa. Democrats plan to introduce legislation to counter Supreme Court’s ruling on criminalizing homelessness
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Democratic senators in Pennsylvania are drafting a bill to prevent the criminalization of homelessness in the state after the Supreme Court recently ruled that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places.
Pennsylvania Senators Propose Legislation to Protect Homeless from Criminalization
HARRISBURG, PA — In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, several Pennsylvania state senators announced plans to introduce legislation aimed at preventing the criminalization of homelessness. The proposed law would counteract the Supreme Court’s decision in...
Pa. Democrats rail against Supreme Court homeless decision
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson that cities can punish people for sleeping in public has some Democrats in Pennsylvania seething. The high court said laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment,”...
2024 Senate Climate Solutions Letter
Dear Democratic Senate Leaders, As the 2024 budget season kicks into high gear, we are writing to ask that you work to ensure that renewable energy legislation and climate solution policies currently pending in the legislature are included in any final budget...
‘Woefully behind’: Pa. advocates hope more support for historic revitalization is part of the state’s budget
Preservationists and developers are keeping their fingers crossed for new state funding to revitalize historic buildings. Two bills introduced this month would significantly raise the annual cap for the state’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit program, a public...