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Tuesday, November 2, 1969
Lindsay is Backed by Many in UFT in Switch from ’68

“A year ago, with most city schools shut by a lengthy strike, Mayor Lindsay was being bitterly denounced by officers and members of the United Federation of Teachers. Now although the leaders of the 56,000-member teachers’ union have maintain neutrality in the mayoral campaign, many members are actively supporting Mayor Lindsay’s bid for reelection. Other members are just as vigorously supporting his opponents — Controller Mario A Procaccino, Democratic-Non-Partisan, and State Senator John J. Marchi, Republican-Conservative. But the fact that an active Lindsay faction has emerged with the union has heartened the mayor’s forces.”
-The New York Times

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The Work Site

Workers Await Gov’s Action to Make Wage-Theft Deadbeats Pay

The legislature passed a law allowing workers to place a lien on owners' personal property to prevent them from absconding with cash and starting fresh without making court-mandated payments to workers. It awaits Gov. Cuomo's signature.

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The Ride

The Bronx Gets Short-Changed in NYC’s ‘Open Streets’ Program: Report

The Bronx is home to the fewest miles of Open Streets, and only 16 percent of those that are included in the city initiative are considered operational—or barricaded off to prevent cars—a new survey from Transportation Alternatives Found.

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Mapping the Future

Flashback: How The Mayoral Candidates Said They’d Fix NYC Housing, 1989

In the summer of 1989, City Limits asked the candidates running for mayor of New York—including Ed Koch and David Dinkins—to explain their plans and policies on homelessness, housing and development. Read what they had to say at the time (except for Rudy Giuliani, who didn't respond).

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Education

3 Things We Wish NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Discussed in the 1st General Debate

Both bombastic personalities with sometimes polar opinions on the issues facing the city, Democrat Eric Adams, the current Brooklyn borough president and former NYPD captain, and Republican and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa clashed in the first few minutes of the Wednesday debate. Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office, Sliwa for NYC MayoMayoral candidates Eric Adams, left, and Curtis Sliwa, right.