CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
Dollar Van Fans Say They Won’t Wait for the Bus
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There were 238 commuter van drivers licensed with the city in 2017, according to TLC data.
buses
Dollar Van Drivers: City Should Let Us Help During L-pocalypse
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‘We are a licensed commuter van service and you’re trying to tell us you’re going to shut us out of the city?’ one driver complains. ‘They’re leaving the room for Uber, Lyft, Ford Chariot.’
amazon
Imagining an Amazon Worker’s Subway Ride
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Even having missed a train, this reporter arrived at her imaginary high-tech workplace by 8:35 or so. Granted, City Limits was just one imaginary worker – our 24,999 or more Amazon colleagues were not in the equation.
BRONX BUREAU
Democrats Seize Full Control of NYS, Thanks in Large Part to Donald Trump
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Democrats will face high expectations to deliver, deprived of the excuse of Republican obstruction. The state GOP, meanwhile, faces a period of self-examination after an historic defeat.
Development
First Meeting on Future of Sunnyside Yards Finds Some Wary of Overdevelopment
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‘It’s an exercise in dreaming big,’ Carl Rodrigues, a senior policy adviser to Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen, told attendees.
Development
With Broad Rezoning Moving Slowly, LIC Developers are Pushing for Their Own Changes
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According to residents, developers are not waiting for the city’s study or the possible city-sponsored rezoning and are avoiding the community by going through spot rezonings.
sports
The U.S. Open is Over. Did Queens Benefit?
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‘Undoubtedly, the U.S Open is positive for the city. We just wish the USTA was as involved in promoting the vibrancy of our communities as we believe they should be.’
election 2018
Max & Murphy: Ramos and Peralta Present Dueling Cases for Queens Senate District
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A former member of the Independent Democratic Conference faces a one-time aide to Mayor de Blasio in one of the tightly contested September 13 primary races.
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Max & Murphy: Liu and Avella, Close on Issues, Debate IDC’s Role in State Senate Rematch
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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
BROOKLYN BUREAU
City’s Pumping Air Into Polluted Newtown Creek has Critics Worried
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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.