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Wash. Heights Tenants Wonder: Is the Problem the Leak, or the Landlord?

By Sadef Ali Kully | 8 hours ago

Water damage and mold are rampant in rent-stabilized apartments at the West 174th Street address. Tenants suspect an effort to get them out. The landlord insists it’s just a leak.

Tired or Trusted? Fresh or Foreign? Brooklyn Race Focuses on What ‘Old vs. New’ Really Means

Sen. Martin Dilan and challenger Julia Salazar seem to agree on one thing: Their primary contest is about his status as a 16-year veteran of Albany and hers as a new face in politics. The disagreement is about what that all means.

What Matters Most in Election 2018? Fansplain the Issues to Us

City Limits wants your help deciding which policy issues need better public understanding this election season. And we want to put you in the drivers’ seat of deciding how best to explain them.

CityViews: A Call for Art Asks, Can Propaganda Promote the Public Good?

‘Given the diverse purposes of propaganda in history and at present to mislead, instill fear, or defend interests, how do artists consider wielding this device?’

News

De Blasio Credited With Reducing Barriers to Nutrition Assistance

But the number of SNAP participants in the city keeps falling. That could reflect good news about the economy, the impact of federal benefit cuts or the persistence at the city level of obstacles to families getting the help they need.
Apply Now: City Limits’ Fall 2018 Reporting Internship for NYC Students

Calling all aspiring journalists! City Limits is currently accepting applications from NYC high school students for its CLARIFY (City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) introductory internship program for the fall of 2018.
Calling Obama Version Ineffective, Trump’s HUD Crafting New Fair-Housing Rule

The department is soliciting public comment on a new version of a rule originally aimed at making sure federal housing resources go to reduce, rather than exacerbate, housing segregation.
Student MetroCards put City Teens in a Summer Squeeze

Most teenagers cannot attend summer classes, jobs or internships unless they're supplied with a MetroCard or are able to pay for one themselves.
Councilmember Explains his Personal Protest Against Mayor’s Rezonings

Almost lost in the drama of the Council's final votes on the Inwood rezoning was one member's vow not to negotiate any more changes to the zoning map until the city committed to study the effect of revisions so far.
Max & Murphy: Maloney Touts Washington Cred in Bid for AG

In a crowded field of Democrats hoping to become the state's top law-enforcement official, the Hudson Valley congressman is positioning himself as the candidate best suited to take on President Trump.
Max & Murphy: Liu and Avella, Close on Issues, Debate IDC’s Role in State Senate Rematch

Many of the races involving a primary challenge to a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference feature political newcomers. Not so in the 11th district in Queens
Council Approves Inwood Rezoning Amid Protest

Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
City Council Approves 1-Year Cap on New For-Hire Vehicles

The City Council's action was opposed by app-based ride services that have led to tens of thousands of new cars on streets since the issue was last considered four years ago.
City’s Pumping Air Into Polluted Newtown Creek has Critics Worried

The aim of the aeration system is to oxygenate the creek to support aquatic life. But some advocates worry the bubbles are doing more harm than good.
Drivers’ Guild Weighs in on Council’s Looming FHV Vote

The Council will vote on not one but five bills aimed at the for-hire vehicle industry.
Video: Why People are Protesting the Inwood Rezoning

Two days before the final City Council vote, hundreds rallied against the plan and several submitted to arrest. What is their argument against the plan that the mayor proposes and the Council looks likely to approve?
A Toolkit to Fight Displacement in NYC Neighborhoods, Other U.S. Cities

Advocates from Buffalo to Brownsville and the LES to LA are voicing concerns about displacement. One local group has compiled a menu of policies to fight it.
In Council Chambers and a Member’s Office, Voices of Dissent on Inwood Rezoning

After a Council committee approved the Inwood rezoning, a lawmaker had harsh words for the mayor. And back in the neighborhood, Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez faced protesters occupying his office.

Opinion

CityViews: Death Highlights Need for the Right Kind of Bike Lane

The majority of the city's designated bike lanes are unprotected: basically nothing more than around thee-feet wide stretches of asphalt marked by strips of paint and an occasional bike lane symbol. That has to change.
CityViews: NY Desperately Needs More Advocates in Office

'Too often, as we all know too well, Albany is a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, cut off from the public eye, prone to ugly backroom dealing and corrupted outcomes. '
CityViews: Citizenship Census Question is an Attack on Immigrant Healthcare

'It is no surprise that members of immigrant and other marginalized communities will not be eager to reveal their citizenship status to government workers knocking on their doors.'
CityViews: Restricting For-Hire Vehicles Will Hurt New Yorkers When They Most Need Help

'I've been reliably stingy most of my life, opting to take a train and/or bus to get where I need to go. But on a few occasions recently, I folded and ordered a Lyft. One such occasion was a midnight emergency.'
CityViews: Disney’s Move Shows Public-Private Partnerships Work, Especially in Hudson Square

'While Disney’s move to Hudson Square was major news, it was also a reminder of the power of partnership and investment in an area with real potential.'
CityViews: Why Quibble Over Who’s ‘Homeless’? We Can Afford Housing as a Right for All.

'It’s scandalous that we would rather blow up homes (and you know, people) in foreign countries than supply them to anyone who needs them in ours.'
CityViews: NYC Ought to be Fighting for More Than Just 140 Speed Cameras

'We should pass a state law authorizing and requiring the city to install traffic cameras wherever a person has been killed, where people have been injured, or where violations have been issued.'
CityReviews: The Days of Crack and Killing, Revisited

'In five years of research, apparently endless interviews with citizens of the Bronx, devoted police officers and some of the worst people on the face of the earth.'
CityViews: Achieving Water Quality in the Bronx Means Looking Upstream

'Bronx communities can no longer shoulder the burden of upstream negligence.'
CityViews: The Time is Now For Commercial Waste Reform

'It is high time that we hold the private sanitation companies responsible not only for their awful practices when collecting waste, but also when dumping and processing waste.'
CityViews: Black, Female and Neglected, 19th-Century Hero Became Students’ Cause

'Now the nation faces an issue of preserved history through the debate over the removal of Confederate statues. My class decided that we should not minimize history but instead add another perspective.'
CityViews: Dear NYC, Here are 10 Ideas for a Fairer, Healthier Future

'New York City, known as one of the cultural epicenters of the world, modernizes with the times, but often at the cost of smaller, community-based initiatives.'
CityViews: Don’t Just Fix NYCHA – Reenergize It with Private Resources

The reality is that, no matter how streamlined its management nor how transparent its spending plans may be, NYCHA just does not have the resources it needs.

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