City Limits invited readers to go on camera and explain why the most important issue to them in this election year should matter to us, too. Ocesa Keaton of Syracuse took us up on the offer.
civil disobedience
Video: Why People are Protesting the Inwood Rezoning
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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?
Brooklyn
Video: Julia Salazar Hopes to Ride Progressive Wave to Primary Win
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The discussion was about her very progressive menu of policy ideas, from rent stabilization for all to single-payer healthcare to non-citizen voting.
GOVERNMENT
Maker, Marker, Message: The Art of Protest Signs
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Ever wonder what the story was behind that sign you saw as the protest march walked by?
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Video: The ’18 Federal Primaries and Brooklyn’s Political Future
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What do an easy win for Dan Donovan (meaning a tougher road ahead for Max Rose?), a narrow escape for Yvette Clarke and that stunning outcome in Queens mean for incumbents and challengers in Kings County?
GOVERNMENT
Video: First-Time Candidate Challenges Veteran Upper East Side Rep
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Suraj Patel has mounted an energetic and well-funded campaign to wrest the Democratic line away from Carolyn Maloney, who has represented the Silk Stocking district in Congress since 1993.
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?