The City Council passed a set of bills intended to at least partly address the problems of maternal morbidity and mortality, which, like so many health issues, disproportionately affect low-income women of color.
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Calling Obama Version Ineffective, Trump’s HUD Crafting New Fair-Housing Rule
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The department is soliciting public comment on a new version of a rule originally aimed at making sure federal housing resources go to reduce, rather than exacerbate, housing segregation.
brownfields
Checking in on the City’s Brownfields Program
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Nine years ago the Bloomberg administration launched a program targeting contaminated city sites for remediation. More than 500 sites have entered its pipeline since.
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Audio: City Limits’ Harry DiPrinzio on ‘The Jail Next Door’
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What lessons do the 14 detention facilities already in city neighborhoods have for the debate over where to put new ones? Our reporter and a veteran Bronx advocate weighed in on the air.
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Report: Capture Some of the Boom in Inwood Real-Estate for Land Trusts
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A report recommends using the revenue from tax-increment financing to fund community land trusts.
Aging
Sensing ‘Single Payer’ is Possible, a Call to Include Long-Term Care
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‘To be truly universal, the system must also include a new long-term care benefit that meets the needs of older adults and people with disabilities.’
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Max & Murphy Moving to the Airwaves
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The political podcast will now be a live, drive-time call-in show.
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City’s Radio Message: ‘Let People Know: Guns Have Consequences’
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The de Blasio administration is trying to defuse summer violence in a number of ways. One is by braiding anti-gun messaging with themes of identity and empowerment.
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Your Chance to Comment on Proposed Rules for Program Targeting Problem Landlords
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The city is proposing regulations for the pilot certificate of no harassment program. You have about a month to lodge your comments.
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City Launches Online Tracking Tool for Rezoning Commitments
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There will be new tabs added to this tracker before the mayor is done, but it’s not easy to say how many.
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Heat Will Pose a Health Risk for Several Days … and Decades
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Heat is the No. 1 weather killer in the United States. And New York City is about to get a big batch of it.