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New York has about 95 ethnic newspapers with a combined circulation of 2.9 million people, but, in the past, city government has largely relied on English-language publications. Is that changing?

ByGotham Gazette 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Video: Sharp Differences Over NYCHA Development Plan

The notion of developing new apartments on NYCHA land has divided allies in the fight to save public housing in New York. That polite but passionate disagreement was on display…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

The Week Ahead in New York Politics

Mayor de Blasio heads to Albany. The City Council considers criminal justice reform. What else is on the agenda this week?

ByGotham Gazette 0Comments

12

Jan 2016

Uncategorized

City Limits’ First Ever Live Broadcast!

Catch a noon press conference featuring a call for federal prosecutions in a police killing.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Government

Will Expanding Citi Bike Require Taxpayer Funding?

Unlike its counterparts in other cities, Citi Bike is privately financed. But amid a push for it to serve more neighborhoods, and with city law requiring the company to publicize…

ByJack D'Isidoro 17Comments

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Dec 2015

Opinion

Op-Ed: In Defense of a Human-Scaled New York

The looming City Council debate about the mayor’s rezoning proposals should grapple with a deeper question: Should New York accept a future as a hyper-dense metropolis, or try to recapture…

ByLynn Ellsworth 6Comments

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Dec 2015

Opinion

Op-Ed: Public Schools Lose when we Subsidize Private Education

It’s unfair to public schools that lack funding for art, music or updated books. It goes against the recommendation of the city’s security experts. And it might be unconstitutional. But…

ByKesi Foster 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Video

An NYC Angle on the Paris Climate Talks

The ongoing climate talks in Paris are about a threat to life as we know it that’s easily as grave as the one posed by ISIS, if not as immediate.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized

Councilwoman’s Departure Sets Up Low Turnout Election

The last time the voters of the Bronx’s 17th district spoke, in the 2013 general election, they re-elected Maria del Carmen Arroyo by a margin of 13 to one over…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Bronx Progressive Sees Pragmatism in Controversial NYCHA Moves

Initiatives to develop mixed-income housing on NYCHA land and move a substantial number of apartments from public housing to other programs have some advocates concerned. But they have Ritchie Torres’s…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 7Comments

Just Ahead of Oversight Hearing, City Announces Ethnic Media Plan

Video: Sharp Differences Over NYCHA Development Plan

The Week Ahead in New York Politics

City Limits’ First Ever Live Broadcast!

Will Expanding Citi Bike Require Taxpayer Funding?

Op-Ed: In Defense of a Human-Scaled New York

Op-Ed: Public Schools Lose when we Subsidize Private Education

An NYC Angle on the Paris Climate Talks

Councilwoman’s Departure Sets Up Low Turnout Election

Bronx Progressive Sees Pragmatism in Controversial NYCHA Moves

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