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What started in 2009 to get climate commitments from business and government leaders attending the United Nations’ September General Assembly, Climate Week now includes hundreds of events citywide, both official…

ByMariana Simões 3Comments

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Jul 2025

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Profiles

‘Solutions are Hyper-Local’: Brooklyn Climate Organizer On Facing the Next Big Storm As Feds Pull Funding

On the heels of torrential flooding, City Limits caught up with Sunset Park community leader, Elizabeth Yeampierre, to talk about federal cuts to natural disaster protections and how communities can…

ByMariana Simões 4Comments

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Jan 2025

Climate and Environment Education Government Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Lead on Climate Action

"Climate activists, especially young people, know we can’t wait four years to prevent the worst of the crisis. The longer we wait to act, the more politicians and corporations take…

ByCooper Flaherty 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Stop Hoping for Normal and Start Fighting for a Health Revolution

‘For the Black and Latinx communities in a constant struggle over their health, a return to normal is not good enough—they need a health revolution. Building this new vision of…

BySarah Batchu 0Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice

The Latinos and Immigrants Who Occupied Wall Street, 10 Years Later

What was the role of Latinos and immigrants during Occupy Wall Street? What role did immigration issues play as part of the demands of the occupiers? Participants, scholars, and journalists…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2019

Opinion

Opinion: After the Garner Case, Black Lives Matter Must Look to the Ballot Box

BLM should continue its inclusive approach to social justice activism but its members also need to get out of the streets and into elected office.

ByMartyne Aime 0Comments

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Jan 2019

Opinion

CityViews: NYC Activists Must Take the Environmental Movement to the Next Level

‘Environmental organizations in America have mostly tried to color within the lines, lines that the establishment has drawn. However, a new movement, though it rejects violence as a tactic, also…

ByDavid Baldwin 2Comments

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness