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After the 2010 controversy, 25 firms signed a code of conduct for dealing with the state’s pension funds. Most appear not to have made the disclosures necessary to show they…

ByMatthew Cunningham-Cook 0Comments

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Jun 2014

Uncategorized

Bushwick Rallies for Better Parks

Advocates are pressing City Councilmembers and the mayor for repairs to two green spaces. Parks funding is set to increase, but not enough to meet community needs, they say.

ByKen Thorbourne 0Comments

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Jun 2014

Economy Government

Help Wanted: 10,000 More Summer Youth Job Slots

A rally today will call on the de Blasio administration to add money to the budget for summer youth employment, which has shrunk even as teen unemployment remains startling high.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2014

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Property Taxes Key to Solving Housing, Inequality Crises

Inequities in the tax system punish renters, reward owners and contribute to economic inequality and the shortage of affordable housing in New York.

ByLucas Anderson 0Comments

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May 2014

Government

Woops! Turns Out Libraries Aren't Getting Big Increases

The mayor’s executive budget does not include massive increases for the city’s library system, as City Limits previously reported.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2014

Government

Libraries Win, Emergency Management Loses in Budget

The modest growth in the city budget proposed by Mayor de Blasio encompasses the ups and downs that individual departments face. This story has been corrected.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2014

Uncategorized

Seniors Push for Funding On Eve of De Blasio Budget

In their annual Advocacy Day at City Hall, senior citizens pressed Councilmembers to shore up funding for naturally occurring retirement communities and to prevent elder abuse.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Economy Government

Report: Richest 1 Percent Pay Less Than Their Share

New York City’s wealthiest pay a disproportionately large share of the city’s income taxes. But when property and sales taxes are figured in, the picture changes.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Uncategorized

Water Rate Hike Lower, But Not Enough for Critics

Some background on the “rental payment” that has the mayor and a councilman facing off.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Education Government

Success, Struggle as Library Branches Fill Gap in Services

The city’s library branches offer a dizzying array of services, from job-search help to literacy lessons to fiction writers’ circles. But limits on space and money could hamper the systems’…

BySuzanne Travers 0Comments

Lax Compliance With Post-Hevesi Scandal Reforms

Bushwick Rallies for Better Parks

Help Wanted: 10,000 More Summer Youth Job Slots

Property Taxes Key to Solving Housing, Inequality Crises

Woops! Turns Out Libraries Aren't Getting Big Increases

Libraries Win, Emergency Management Loses in Budget

Seniors Push for Funding On Eve of De Blasio Budget

Report: Richest 1 Percent Pay Less Than Their Share

Water Rate Hike Lower, But Not Enough for Critics

Success, Struggle as Library Branches Fill Gap in Services

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