El problema de las elecciones especiales es que traen un nivel de participación patético y bajo. El concejo de la ciudad tiene dos vacantes ahora y tres más en perspectiva, con elecciones especiales programadas para diciembre, febrero y (probablemente) marzo. Aquí hay una mirada a quién se está postulando.
Bronx
The Long, Weird History of Trump’s Golf Course in the Bronx
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The city is moving to kill the contract under which the president’s company operates a golf course built atop a landfill.
Housing and Development
Opinion: Top-Down Comprehensive Planning Will Further Empower Those on Top
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‘Upon close examination, the speaker’s proposal falls short and leaves the door wide open for the continuation of City Planning’s top-down, developer-driven rezonings by offering them a new shroud of legitimacy: a comprehensive plan engineered by city officials that fast-tracks rezonings.’
Una Ciudad sin Límites
La huelga de hambre continúa en la cárcel del condado de Hudson
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Tanto los grupos de defensores de detenidos en ICE como abogados de los inmigrantes en huelga de hambre detenidos en las cárceles de Nueva Jersey alegan que los detenidos están siendo castigados por negarse a comer.
Election 2021
Mayoral Hopefuls Issue Competing Climate Plans
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The early attention suggests a new urgency around climate resiliency eight years after Superstorm Sandy’s toll.
city contracts
NYC to Cancel Contracts with Trump Organization, Citing Capitol Insurrection
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The city will start the process of terminating the company’s contracts to operate the Central Park Carousel, Wollman and Lasker ice skating rinks and the Ferry Point Golf Course in the Bronx.
child poverty
Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to ‘Well-Being’ Across New York’s Counties, Report Finds
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A new report by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, released Monday, analyzed pre-pandemic data to determine where the level of various risks to families’ well-being stood before the COVID-19 crisis.
state of the state
Cuomo’s 2021 Agenda Should Focus on Looming Evictions Crisis, Housing Advocates Say
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In his Monday speech, Cuomo spoke vaguely about providing resources to tenants and small landlords. He made specific reference only to his proposal to outlaw fees on overdue rent—which does not address the overdue rent itself.
nyc real estate
Opinion: Any Plan to Convert Empty Offices to Housing Must Center Inclusivity, Affordability
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‘It’s clear that New York City is going to face changes in how—and where—people live and work. However, any program to convert empty office spaces and hotels to housing must be considered from both sides.’
NYC Housing
City Pilot to Combat Tenant Harassment Should Be Improved and Made Permanent, Advocates Say
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A recent analysis of the city’s Certificate of No Harassment pilot says it has been effective in combating some forms of landlord harassment, but that the city could do more to strengthen the program to better protect tenants.
Política
¿Cómo llegamos a este punto de la invasión del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos?
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El pasado 6 de enero una turba violenta de manifestantes atacaron y entraron en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos así que ¿qué fue esto?