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Legal problems have plagued the city’s massive school foods system, but still haven’t derailed a decades-long local campaign to use New York City cafeterias to fight hunger, improve nutrition, reduce social inequality and support learning.
“In 2004, the Republican National Convention came to New York City. Outside, the NYPD perpetrated some of the worst offenses against civil liberties in the city’s history. Cops rounded up 1,800 protesters in a single day, most of whom were demonstrating peacefully.”
“From the vantage point of future decades, his many flaws and huge mistakes—all so apparent to us who have watched his day-to-day mayoralty—are unlikely to be as visible as the major decisions he made which, in many cases, were pretty sound and made the city a better place.”
City Limits’ headlines about the embattled governor illustrate the breadth of his career in public service and reveal the many questions that his policies and politics have raised.
BronxNet and City Limits are teaming up to inform voters about the crowded fields and tight races that many will encounter on Primary Day.
After 14 years here, I’m heading into a new career. And City Limits is moving into an exciting new era.
Council aides, community board leaders and accomplished lawyers are among those hoping to win the crowded 27th district primary.
Mayoral contenders Curtis Sliwa and Fernando Mateo faced off in their first official debate, obscuring their real policy ideas with stage combat.
It’s not just a question of who’s here and which candidate they favor, but whether they can and will vote.
The mayoral candidate has lived in the public eye since his first run for office in 1989. Amid all the press releases and policy reports, and plenty of posturing and politics, here are ten episodes where he really had a chance to stand up for what he believed.
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