Two days before the final City Council vote, hundreds rallied against the plan and several submitted to arrest. What is their argument against the plan that the mayor proposes and the Council looks likely to approve?
crime
Video: Highlights from ‘New Yorkers Under the Gun’
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Hear from Richard Aborn of the Citizens Crime Commission, Nick Suplina of Everytown for Gun Safety, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Liz Glazer of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Heidi Hynes from the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center in the Bronx and Detectives’ Endowment Association president Michael Palladino.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Video Op-Ed: Policy and Developers Threaten Rent-Stabilized Housing
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Can two lawsuits stop what legislative loopholes and a ferocious real-estate market hath wrought?
Video: Green Party Gov Nominee Says ‘We Have More Leverage’
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Howie Hawkins is running for the highest office in the state for a third time.
Homepage Featured
The Challenge of Making Housing Fair and Affordable in NYC: Video Highlights
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When New Yorkers discuss housing, they typically talk about affordability, not fairness. That doesn’t mean the two goals are totally exclusive. But it does mean they will not always or easily align.
Albany
Video: Conservative Party Chief on the AG Scramble, a Staten Island Primary and the Gov’s GOP Rival
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With an interesting gubernatorial race, a mad scramble to replace Eric Schneiderman as attorney general, and control of the state senate and midterm Congressional elections on the docket this year, what role will Mike Long play?
Affordable Housing
Watch it Here: Is Affordable Housing Really Fair Housing?
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What does it mean to take into account “fair housing” concerns as the city implements Housing New York and as it pursues neighborhood rezonings?
displacement
Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC
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An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.
VIDEO
Video: Zoning 101
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City Limits contributor Abigail Savitch-Lew gives a quick primer on zoning policy and the rezoning debate.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Video: Public Advocate Tish James Talks Pot, NYCHA, Nixon and 2021
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She says she’s not picked a candidate yet in the gubernatorial primary, but is effusive in her praise of the governor, She also says her ‘No. 1 focus’ is her current job, although she is raising money to run in three years for a different one.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Video: WFP Members on Nixon Endorsement Reasons and Risks
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Why did the Working Families Party endorse Cynthia Nixon early? And what will their backing, and the governor’s anger over it, mean for Nixon, the campaign and the party itself?