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Opinión: Las Familias Trabajadoras Necesitamos que Repares el MTA, no Reparaciones Cosméticas

‘Gobernador Cuomo, nuestra ciudad depende del los trenes, y los neoyorquinos necesitan que aborde esta crisis. No más retrasos. Arregle el MTA.’

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CityViews: Hold Uber and Lyft Accountable for Shortchanging Drivers

‘With more of these facts now plainly out in the open, how is it possible that New York City’s government and elected officials continue giving Uber and Lyft a free…

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CityViews: State Budget Must Protect Tax Credits That Fund Affordable Housing

‘Simply put, the impact of this tax credit deferral would be a reduction in the industry’s ability to build and preserve much-needed housing for low- and middle-income New Yorkers –…

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CityViews: Gov & State Lawmakers Must Follow Words with Deeds to Protect Immigrants

‘In this moment, it’s worth repeating: We need action. Words of support for immigrants and people of color in this moment are nice, but they will not be enough.’

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CityViews: Residents, Not Investors, Revitalized Mott Haven. Displacement, Not Progress, is What They Fear

‘Revitalization began decades ago through community based groups throughout the South Bronx even as the fires still continued to burn.’

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CityViews: Considering the ‘Spirit of the City,’ after the State of the City

‘One year ago, at his annual address, the mayor gave us, the residents of New York, a simple message: This is your city. We in the faith community received this…

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CityViews: State Fails to Protect Consumers from the Bail-Bond Industry

‘I got taken by a person pretending to be a bail bondsman. ‘

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CityViews: Revitalization, Not Gentrification, is What’s Coming to Mott Haven

‘No matter how many luxury towers are built in Mott Haven they will always be outnumbered by the low-income and supportive housing that is already in the area.’

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CityViews: Don’t Pin NYPD Pot Arrests on Community Complaints

The de Blasio administration sometimes argues that its enforcement of low-level crimes like marijuana possession is driven by calls to 311. But there’s little indication that arrest numbers and call…

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CityViews: The City’s Inwood Plans Fail Our Immigrant Communities

‘Inwood NYC will only exacerbate the existing displacement of Northern Manhattan’s working-class immigrant community. ‘

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