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‘With my savings gone and just working one day a week, I’m standing in food pantry lines for hours just to get enough to eat. I have to constantly borrow…

ByMargarita Rodriguez 3Comments

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Dec 2010

Economy Government

Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed

A measure to ensure all workers have paid sick leave had enough votes to pass the City Council. So why did Speaker Quinn kill it?

ByNeil deMause 0Comments

20

Dec 2010

Education Government

Student Safety Act Passes City Council

Third time’s the charm for the bill, which requires detailed reporting on school crime, arrests, suspensions and expulsions.

ByHelen Zelon 1Comment

15

Jun 2010

Uncategorized

Vandals Deface LGBT Homeless Shelter For Youth

Two days after a New York State Senate bill that would have outlawed discrimination against transgender and gender-bending people was defeated in the Senate's Judiciary Committee a Queens homeless shelter…

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

12

May 2010

Uncategorized

A Push To Lodge Homeless In Vacant Buildings

Hundreds of NYC’s luxury residential developments are vacant. Advocates want them opened to the homeless.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

12

May 2010

Uncategorized

Asthma In New York: Old News, New Battles

Fights over congestion pricing and the city’s sanitation strategy have receded from the headlines. But in North Brooklyn, worry is still in the air.

ByRachel Stern 1Comment

27

Apr 2010

Economy

Tenants Descend on Albany With Demands

More than 400 New Yorkers went to Albany today to demand greater protections for tenants, including a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Feb 2010

Justice

Latinos in NYC Embrace Census

Rather than play a high-stakes game around the U.S. Census in March, immigration activists in New York are poised to play a crucial role in the federal debate on immigration…