Dear New Yorkers,
When Bruce McIntyre's longtime partner Amber Isaac died giving birth to their son, he began the process of being legally listed as the child’s father.
But he had no idea it would take more than a year to be named legal guardian of his biological son, Elias. And three years later McIntyre is still waiting for an updated birth certificate that says he is the boy’s father.
He and Isaac’s mother have sued Montefiore Medical Center, claiming the hospital’s actions led to Amber’s death there after an emergency cesarean section.
It’s been a process full of delays and frustrations thanks in part to New York’s notorious Surrogate Court, made worse because hospital officials say Isaac hadn’t listed McIntyre as the father before she died.
“It felt like a slap in my face,” McIntyre told THE CITY. “I already knew what they were trying to do, especially being a Black man in America. I see this happening to us quite a bit to where we're being questioned about our fatherhood.”
Added his lawyer Josh Kelner: “What happened to him was really unfortunate and is a good illustration of how families are put through a procedural wringer.”
Read more here.
Some other items of note: - It’s unlikely that the collapse of Signature Bank will directly affect many readers of this newsletter. But the institution’s implosion will have worrisome ramifications for the city’s real estate market where the bank was a major lender to developers and landlords, especially those that owned rent-regulated buildings. We broke down the likely local effects of the crash.
- Albany lawmakers are looking to throw NYCHA a lifeline this week, proposing to add millions of dollars to the state budget to give public housing tenants the same financial aid struggling private-sector renters got during the pandemic. More than 70,000 NYCHA tenants now owe a total of $466 million in back rent, an unprecedented sum threatening the housing agency reserve fund and major projects.
- Two major public attorney groups are being deputized to help the city social services agency address its ballooning backlog of rental assistance applications. The Legal Aid Society and Legal Services of NYC are being authorized to help tenants facing homelessness by processing paperwork directly.
- For three years, THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project has told the stories of New Yorkers who died of COVID-19, publishing more than 500 obituaries and recording another 2,100 names in our crowdsourced memorial. Now, THE CITY is partnering with Photoville to bring those stories, obituaries and photos to Elmhurst, Queens and the South Bronx — two neighborhoods that were heavily impacted by the pandemic. Visit the free exhibit this Thursday through May 31 at Moore Homestead Playground in Queens and the Bronx Documentary Center in The Bronx.
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- See how New York City is doing with our newsroom’s economic recovery tracker.
- For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations, testing rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker.
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