GOVERNMENT
Maker, Marker, Message: The Art of Protest Signs
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Ever wonder what the story was behind that sign you saw as the protest march walked by?
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The Challenge of Making Housing Fair and Affordable in NYC: Video Highlights
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When New Yorkers discuss housing, they typically talk about affordability, not fairness. That doesn’t mean the two goals are totally exclusive. But it does mean they will not always or easily align.
crime
Video Brief: Do ‘Violent Criminals’ Need to be a Bigger Part of Justice Reform?
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The consensus that the criminal justice system needs some kind of reform is shared across much of the political spectrum. But the reform push usually focuses on ‘non-violent’ offenders. Does that make sense?
HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT
Video: Your 2-Minute Briefing on the NYC Bus System
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What’s wrong with the city’s buses? What’s right with them?
video
ZoneIn Video: A Tour of the Inwood Rezoning Area
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Join us for a walk through the five areas of Inwood targeted for a rezoning under the mayor’s plan.
auto-industry
ZoneIn Video Tour #2: the Pros and Cons of a Jerome Avenue Rezoning
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A Bronx resident gives a tour of Jerome Avenue and gives his take on the city’s looming rezoning proposal.
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ZoneIn Video Tour: A Jerome Avenue Resident’s Take on the Looming Rezoning
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Take a tour of the Jerome Avenue area—and hear a perspective on the issues surrounding the proposed rezoning—with resident and activist Carmen Vega-Rivera.
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Watch Video of the Meeting on Two Bridges Development, Possible Rezoning
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Community Board 3’s Land Use committee on Wednesday discussed a proposal to rezone the Two Bridges waterfront to prevent the planned construction of high-rise towers.
Gale Brewer
Video: Brewer Holds Hearing on Proposed East Harlem Rezoning
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In the complex politics around the East Harlem bid, where some community factions support a limited rezoning while many don’t want to see any rezoning at all, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s position could be very important, even if it is purely advisory.
Bay Street
The Stand-Up Desk: Nick Petrie on Bay Street and Rezoning
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Published on Jun 29, 2017
The Make the Road New York organizer talks about the neighborhood around the Bay Street corridors, the planning process so far and how the North Shore’s working class communities of color fit in to the long-standing tensions between the Island and the four other boroughs.