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The city’s controversial tax lien sale expires Monday. Absent legislation to create a new program or renew the existing one, a group of activists and elected officials have proposed abolishing…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Immigration Justice Politics

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York

A possible COVID outbreak and a hunger strike at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF) were two of the main topics Monday during the first meeting of the City Council’s…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Feb 2022

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC Must Commit Public Funding to Expand Citi Bike

“In New York, bike share is our only mass transit network that does not receive public financial support. This limits where the system can expand, on what timeline, and how…

ByAmanda Farías

ByDanny Harris 9Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Queens Councilmember on Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare

“Access means a lot of different things, and language access is a huge part of it,” Councilmember Linda Lee, who now chairs the committee on mental health, told WBAI’s City…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

“This comes down to the inefficiencies of government,” said Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who represents Brooklyn’s 35th District. “We need to create systems that work for people, not against them.”

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Transit Equity for New York City Starts in The Bronx

‘The heart of the problem is Bronxites can move north and south and straight to Manhattan, but they cannot move across The Bronx and throughout the outer boroughs with ease.’

ByAmanda Farías 9Comments

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Jan 2022

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Podcasts Politics Profiles

Meet Your New NYC Council: Bronx Students Interview Their Reps

To learn more about these new officials and their plans for their time in office, City Limits partnered with students from the Department of Journalism & Media Studies at CUNY’s…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Justice Politics

As First Black Speaker, Adrienne Adams Takes Helm of Majority-Women NYC Council

Adams stressed unity in her first speech as City Council’s new leader, saying the legislative body—the most diverse in the city’s history—would prioritize addressing the pandemic, including the recent shortage…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Should NYC Land Use Decisions Consider Hospital Capacity?

New Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman wants to incorporate hospital capacity into New York City’s zoning process, following decades of medical facility closures, including several in Queens.

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York

Opinion: NYC Must Commit Public Funding to Expand Citi Bike

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

City Watch: Queens Councilmember on Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

Opinion: Transit Equity for New York City Starts in The Bronx

Meet Your New NYC Council: Bronx Students Interview Their Reps

As First Black Speaker, Adrienne Adams Takes Helm of Majority-Women NYC Council

City Watch: Should NYC Land Use Decisions Consider Hospital Capacity?

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