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CampaignViews: Powerful Forces Stop NYC Leaders from Helping Mom & Pop Stores

‘Even though the Small Business Jobs Survival Act has garnered the support of the majority of the Council, it is being denied a hearing and a vote. ‘

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CityViews: Election ’17 Shouldn’t Be Another Campaign That Doesn’t Talk About Ending Homelessness

Let’s ask the candidates a series of tough questions, ending with: ‘What is your plan to end the New York City homelessness crisis in years, not decades?’

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CityViews: Trans Women Marched for Respect and Dignity

‘I marched in my neighborhood to send a clear message: the trans community will not tolerate any hateful attacks.’

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CityViews: Rezoning Vote Confrontation Demands Community Board Reform

After a loud protest disrupted a community-board vote on the mayor’s proposed rezoning, confusion, charges and countercharges swirled. One of the protest leaders says the episode illustrates the need for…

Health Opinion

CityViews: Who Needs an HIV Test Today? You do.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and one in seven of those don’t…

Opinion Podcasts

Audio: The Day My Parents, and 4000 Other Strangers, Married Across Racial Lines

My mom and dad are among many thousands of couples who’ve wed in the 50 years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Loving v. Virginia. But they’re different from most:…

Opinion

CityViews: What’s Wrong With the Mayor’s School Diversity Plan

Whenever the mayor decides to take the promised second step in this journey, let it be a giant step, worthy of the greatest city in the world.

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CityViews: To Fund Arts Equally, City Must Spend Rather Than Cut

‘We do not want to see small and large organizations fighting each other over crumbs, creating more divisiveness in our already divided society.’

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CityViews: Firms Linked to Foreign Bribery Have Given Advice on Transit Crisis

Hoping to explain the rash of subway delays, the media often rely on a study funded by two corporations that later took contracts with the MTA to work on the…

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CityViews: ‘We are making good on the promise of a strong and sustainable neighborhood’

The city’s planning and housing commissioners review progress in East New York one year after the major rezoning there.

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