A New York nonprofit's tongue-in-cheek gift for Karen Pence

The Trevor Project has a special gift to celebrate Karen Pence’s new job. Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia, will receive 100 copies of “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” an illustrated children’s book. The wife of Vice President Mike Pence has reportedly taken a position teaching art at the school, which bans gay parents and students. By reading the pro-LGBTQ story of the pet of the vice president of the United States, students might better understand the lives of youth like those the New York nonprofit serves, according to a Jan. 17 press release.

“The Trevor Project hears from young people every day about their experiences with rejection at home and school – places where they should feel the safest,” said Amit Paley, executive director of The Trevor Project. “We know that lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth from rejecting families are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. We hope Immanuel Christian School will adopt policies of inclusion for LGBTQ young people that make them feel safe, accepted, and loved.”

Nonprofits are pushing hard for more state funding for 2020 Census outreach. Groups like the New York Immigration Coalition, Brooklyn Community Foundation, and the Chinese-American Planning Council are blitzing local media across the state with calls for $40 million in funding to boost Census turnout. “The governor’s failure to include any real amount puts all New Yorkers in peril of losing two Congressional seats and $4,000 in lost federal funds for every uncounted New Yorker,” said Steven Choi, director of the New York Immigration Coalition, via the Press Republican in upstate New York.

Advocates urge Cuomo to fund #Census2020 outreach: https://t.co/jwf35mMKg2 | Sign the petition! https://t.co/i3nGg3EySN

— Bklyn Community Fdn (@BklynFoundation) January 17, 2019

The Children’s Village has received a $167,879.84 contract from the New York City Department of Probation. This six-month extension of a juvenile justice program will run through June 2019, according to the City Record. A similar $165,025.78 contract from the department went to the Center for Community Alternatives. Housing Works received a one-year, $270,501 contract from the Department of Social Services. The money will fund supportive housing services for people living with AIDS/HIV. Clinton Housing Development received a $821,875 contract to fund single room housing at 454 West 35th Street in Manhattan.

A new report examines everything you need to know about rent regulation. There are two big reasons why this issue has particular import in 2019. The current rent laws are set to expire in June and Democrats have full control of the Legislature and the governor’s mansion. There could be a massive expansion of tenant rights in the coming months or a simple renewal of the current rent laws, assuming Democratic unity does not implode in the current budget season.

This new report from the Community Service Society examines how the whole system works, its history and what the authors call are “common myths” about rent regulation in New York City.

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