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Are There More Homeless People in New York City?

A veteran advocate digs through the available statistics to find a fuzzy answer on how many homeless there are, let alone whether their numbers are increasing.

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Consequences are Coming from NYS’s Lack of Clean Water Investment

Fifty years ago, New York voters approved the Pure Waters Bond Act, a predecessor of the Clean Water Act, which set the national goal of making all our waters safe…

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Annoyed by Activists Forcing Bernie Sanders Off Stage? Get Over It

White progressives, it’s OK to be offended by BlackLivesMatter activists drowning out Bernie Sanders in Seattle. But only if you get over it really fast.

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NYC Housing Community Responds to ‘Poverty Housing Industry’ Op-Ed

Critiques of the ill-effects of “concentrated poverty” and the location of subsidized housing are decades old. But they’ve been rejuvenated by recent research, court decisions and regulations.

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City’s Sewer Overflows are Your Problem, too

A coalition of water-quality groups outline ways that policymakers, city workers and individual residents can make a dent in the amount of untreated water that taints New York’s creeks, rivers…

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Op-ed: NYU Controversy Shows it’s Time to Rethink City Planning Process

The push to expand NYU’s core campus followed all the rules of the city’s Uniform Land-Use Review Process. But because of flaws in that system, the author argues, community members…

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NYC’s Private Waste-Hauling Industry Fires Back at Critics

A spokesman for the industry that picks up commercial waste in the city, which is under fire over labor practices and environmental impact, says private carters have a record to…

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Less Parking = More Affordable Housing!

A change proposed by the de Blasio administration will save $1 million in every new 100-unit building.

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Op-ed: Taxpayers Must Know how Much They Subsidize Low-Wage Companies

A state senator and assemblyman argue for a law that would publicize which New York businesses have 50 or more employees using taxpayer benefits to supplement poor wages.

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Op-Ed: Fight Over NYC School Sports is About More Than Playing Time

Students who have protested against the lack of sports at small high schools have raised two important issues. One is about sports, the author argues. The other is about whether…

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