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Video: City’s Planners Pitch Gowanus Rezoning Plan
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The Gowanus proposal grew out of—but does not entirely reflect—a community-based discussion about how the Brooklyn neighborhood should grow.
Albany
CityViews on Camera: Upstate Cities Need Attention During Campaign ’18
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City Limits invited readers to go on camera and explain why the most important issue to them in this election year should matter to us, too. Ocesa Keaton of Syracuse took us up on the offer.
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Video: Why People are Protesting the Inwood Rezoning
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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?
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?
Homepage Featured
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.
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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?
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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.
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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.