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.
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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.
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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?
Development
Video: Key Hearing on Proposed Inwood Rezoning
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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer held a hearing April 10 on the de Blasio administration’s proposed rezoning in Inwood, a key step in the land-use approval process. Watch the video!
JUSTICE
Video: Top Advocate Says Cuomo, De Blasio Both Can do More to Close Rikers
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In the wake of a state budget that whiffed on criminal justice reform, Gov. Cuomo has continued to chide Mayor de Blasio for sticking to a 10-year timeline for closing Rikers Island that the governor believes is too slow.
VIDEO
Video: The State Senate, Cynthia Nixon and the IDC
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A former reporter talks about his run for state senate. A current journalist talks about the Independent Democratic Conference. And we sit and listen.
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Watch and Listen: Andrew Gounardes Takes a Second Shot at Unseating GOP Senator
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From high-school intern to novice candidate six years ago to this year’s run for the 22nd district, the Brooklyn attorney has been trying to get a Democrat into Martin Golden’s seat for a long time.
crime
Video Brief: Do ‘Violent Criminals’ Need to be a Bigger Part of Justice Reform?
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The consensus that the criminal justice system needs some kind of reform is shared across much of the political spectrum. But the reform push usually focuses on ‘non-violent’ offenders. Does that make sense?
HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT
Video: Your 2-Minute Briefing on the NYC Bus System
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What’s wrong with the city’s buses? What’s right with them?
Video: War Vet Dem Trying to Flip NYC’s Lone ‘Red’ Congressional Seat Blue
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Max Rose has money and backing but faces unfriendly political history. Watch an interview with the candidate.
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Video: Council’s Lancman on Next Steps to Close Rikers
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Also: Marking the anniversary of Malcolm X’s death.