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Government In Depth

Bronx Living Wage Battle Moves To City Council

As the City Council takes up consideration of the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment plan, the developer and local pols are locked in a dispute that could derail the project.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness

Term Limits Backlash: Incumbents In Trouble

From the central Bronx to the North Shore of Staten Island, an unusually high number of incumbent City Councilmembers are in tough races this year. A look at some of…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Union Proposes A Way To Employ More, Spend Less

Some City Council members are receptive to expanding transitional jobs programs in the public workforce.

ByCasey Samulski 0Comments

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Economy Government In Depth

Building A Better Model For Construction Wages

Experts continue to differ over whether higher pay for laborers necessarily would mean that less affordable housing gets built.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Economy Justice

TOWN HALL MEETINGS HEAR POVERTY-FIGHTING DEMANDS

The first meetings of the Economic Security Cabinet conclude with inspiration and caution.

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Housing and Homelessness Justice

'This Is New York City': Mayor Draws A Reaction

From labor, urban planning, immigrant advocacy and more, leaders give Bloomberg praise and pans for his State of the City speech.

ByEdited by Karen Loew 0Comments

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Students Protest Armory's Disappearing High Schools

A painstakingly negotiated redevelopment plan was to include two new schools – but now there are none.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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JUMPING THE LUNCH COUNTER

Soup kitchen patrons become lunchtime entrepreneurs.

ByRebekah Kebede 0Comments

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BETWEEN A TEMP JOB
AND A HARD PLACE

“Work first” is the mantra for welfare recipients in New York City, but some opportunities that come along can actually set you back.

ByDarise Jean-Baptiste 0Comments

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RENOVATING A CASTLE:
KINGSBRIDGE SHOWS HOW

Residents rewrote development rules to bring life back to a grand old building.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments