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Campaign Against Hunger food pantry

Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Fila para recoger comida en una despensa de la Campaña Contra el Hambre en Brooklyn, el pasado mes de abril.

Neil deMause

CityPlate: Food Policy in NYC
Campaign Against Hunger food pantry

City’s Food Programs Trying to Keep Up With Demand Amid Federal Uncertainties

By Neil deMause | April 14, 2020

The meal hubs have drawn praise, but there are still gaps. And other measures are being held up by the slow pace of the approval process in Washington.

Cuomo

Workers Await Gov’s Action to Make Wage-Theft Deadbeats Pay

By Neil deMause | November 13, 2019

The legislature passed a law allowing workers to place a lien on owners’ personal property to prevent them from absconding with cash and starting fresh without making court-mandated payments to workers. It awaits Gov. Cuomo’s signature.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
resiliency map

Seaport Section Remains Big Question Mark in NYC’s Flood Control Plans

By Neil deMause | November 6, 2019

What’s in store for the nearly mile-long stretch between Brooklyn Bridge and Battery Park remains up in the air in terms of planning, timeline, and funding, with a master plan only first set to be released in 2021.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

As the Sea Rises, Will Resiliency—Rather Than Retreat—Be Enough to Save Waterfront NYC?

By Neil deMause | April 17, 2019

New York is taking expensive, multifaceted steps to protect residents from the impacts of sea-level rise. But do those measures stack up to the scale of threat the city faces?

Election Watch 2018

How Genuine is Cuomo’s Commitment to the Progressive Agenda?

By Neil deMause | October 22, 2018

While Gov. Cuomo’s progressive shift in rhetoric — whether spurred by Cynthia Nixon or not — is obvious, what happens next is less certain.

buses

How to Deal with the Coming L-pocalypse? One Idea is to Ban Cars from 14th Street

By Neil deMause | April 19, 2017

The city needs to come up with a plan to deal with the looming shutdown of the L train. One idea gaining steam would be a transit no-brainer and a political power-lift.

Affordable Housing

Tests Loom for De Blasio’s Approach to Community Planning

By Neil deMause | August 8, 2016

The city’s land-use and environmental review processes are normally obscure parts of the city’s bureaucratic machinery. But in two communities where big rezonings are on the table, they are a key focus of efforts to put community desires in the driver’s seat.

Brooklyn

As Industry City Promises a New Sunset Park, Some Residents Fight to Maintain the Old One

By Neil deMause | October 27, 2015

If Industry City’s new owners are hoping to paint themselves as the saviors of Sunset Park, it’s a message that has backfired with some of its neighbors.

Housing and Development

Bushwick Developer Sells Out, Takes Housing Promises With Him

By Neil deMause | September 30, 2015

Community leaders in Bushwick thought they’d struck a deal to make affordable housing part of a big new residential development. Then the developer sold his stake.

Affordable Housing

What’s in a Name? Tenants Accuse Shamco of Illegal Rent Hikes

By Neil deMause | September 16, 2015

The Brooklyn property owner is alleged to be employing the tactics to gentrify its buildings.

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