CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Abolish NYCHA? No Way!
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‘The best solution is the most obvious one: Start investing in public housing again.’
CEQR
City’s Environmental Review Process Faulted for Ignoring Evidence of Development’s Harm
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‘Despite community groups vocalizing concerns and despite quantifying large numbers of vulnerable residents, recent Environmental Impact Statements have concluded that rezonings will not displace residents at a significant level.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: De Blasio Can Fulfill his Progressive Promise by Retooling his Housing Plan
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‘In many of the nation’s big cities, hunger and homelessness remain rampant. But given that Mayor de Blasio is enacting so many progressive policies to combat poverty, why are these problems still pervasive here?’
Development
With Broad Rezoning Moving Slowly, LIC Developers are Pushing for Their Own Changes
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According to residents, developers are not waiting for the city’s study or the possible city-sponsored rezoning and are avoiding the community by going through spot rezonings.
Election Watch 2018
The People Behind the Numbers on Primary Day
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The election results show how many votes each candidate received. Voters around the city told us why they voted that way.
democrats
A New York City Voter’s Cheat-Sheet for Primary Day
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Background information on key contests.
Andrew Cuomo
Max & Murphy: Primary Eve Extravaganza Sizes Up the Races and the Stakes
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‘Twas the night before voting, and all through the state, the people campaigning (be they lousy or great) were gripping and grinning to the end of the ride: the moment when we—New York’s people—decide.
Election Watch 2018
Audio: A Closer Look at the LLC Loophole
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Where the money has gone, where it has come from and the prospects for reform.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Video: State Senate Candidate Myrie Makes His Closing Argument
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The race for the Democratic nomination for the 20th state Senate district is one of the most closely watched contests in the September 13 primary.
Election Watch 2018
SI Senate Race Will End Quietly. Will an Idea Born of the Eric Garner Killing Live On?
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The lack of a real race in the 23rd deprived voters there, and elsewhere, a debate on some of the issues that arose after the 2014 killing of Eric Garner on one of the district’s sidewalks.