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CityViews: This Three-Step Plan Will Reopen the Door to Homeownership for NYC’s Middle Class

‘We must institute policies and programs to ensure that every New Yorker has access to affordable homeownership. It is how we can revitalize the middle class in New York City,”…

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DACA: What Those Who Have it, and Those Who Want it, Need to Know

The current administration has declared today that the DACA program is set to fully expire on March 5, 2018. Congress has 6 months to pass legislation to save almost 1…

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Citizen Views: Why I’m Voting for Amanda Farias for City Council

‘I felt obligated to support another young women willing to take a stand to challenge the status quo in the Bronx on a people’s platform.’

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Citizen Views: Why I’m Voting for Michael Beltzer for City Council

A Bronx resident makes the case for one of the Democrats running for the 18th district Council seat.

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CityViews: Why Regional Transportation Planning is Necessary for New York’s Future

‘Forecasts tell us that an additional 2 million people could be added to our region over the next 28 years, adding millions of daily passenger trips by bus, rail rapid…

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CityViews: Bill to Boost Construction Safety Requirements Will Stymie City’s MWBE Push

Intro 1447 would ‘move the goal posts when it comes to qualifying for employment in New York City’s construction industry,’ the author argues.

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CityViews: We Have to Talk About Gentrification in Long Island City

Over the past decade, Long Island City has experienced drastic transformation, sprouting up residential towers that rival Manhattan. But who is driving that process? And do they have the public…

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CityViews: Mayor Must Check His Math Before Test-Score Celebration

‘De Blasio wants to embrace Bloomberg’s bottomed-out, third-term school years as his starting point, because things could only improve after that.’

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CityViews: Major Community Group Rejects de Blasio’s East Harlem Rezoning

‘We reject the mayor’s rezoning proposal. Not only does it fail to reflect what the community prioritized in the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan, but it will allow nothing short of…

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CityViews: Calling Out Cuomo for the Opioid Crisis

“New York State should immediately increase funding for the state Department of Health, for education and training of healthcare providers to increase low-threshold buprenorphine access, and for harm reduction programs…

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