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CityViews: De Blasio Must Lead Effort to Make Government Accountable for its Algorithms

‘The mayor’s looming appointment of a task force to scrutinize the city’s use of algorithms presents an opportunity to shape one of the most important conversations of the digital age.…

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CityViews: Feds’ Tax Moves Mean City and State Must Collaborate to Create Affordable Housing

‘The city and state will have to work harder – and increase their level of collaboration – in order to continue financing tens of thousands of affordable homes each year.’

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CityViews: Community Coalition Says the Council Must Reject or Reduce Jerome Avenue Plan

‘The Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision believes that the city’s plan will cause massive displacement and loss of businesses and jobs in our community. We implore the Council to…

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CityViews: NY Cops Could Violate Drivers’ Rights with Textalyzer

‘If the bill becomes law, drivers across the state would be faced with the choice of surrendering their license, or giving police officers access to sensitive personal information contained on…

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CityViews: Counting the Homeless, and the Ways We All Fail Them

A stint volunteering on the annual HOPE tally of the street homeless ‘made me stop thinking about homelessness as one big crisis and forced me instead to see what it…

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CityViews: How New York Pays for Albany’s Weak Rent Laws

‘Stronger rent laws will not only protect tenants and preserve regulated apartments in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and beyond; they will also allow the city’s to target critical preservation resources…

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CityViews: Congress is Deciding 800,000 Dreamers’ Futures, Including Mine

‘I was 17 when I was accepted to college at UCLA. But instead of a moment of celebration, a harsh reality set in. It was the moment I learned that…

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CityViews: Act Now to Prevent Heat Deaths and Build a Greener Gowanus

‘The proposed rezoning of Gowanus presents an unprecedented opportunity to tackle the urban heat island effect, saving lives while creating a more equitable and sustainable community.’

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CityViews: Gov. Cuomo Must Recommit to the Fight to End AIDS

In 2015, Gov. Cuomo officially accepted the blueprint that would end our state’s AIDS epidemic. While progress has been made, the omission of any mention of HIV or AIDS in…

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CityViews: Will the Council Finally Act on Strong Protections for Small Businesses?

‘There has been for a long time now a deafening silence regarding a longstanding proposed solution that would help businesses citywide—the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA).’

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