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Mar 2023

New York Considers First-in-the-Nation Bill to Charge Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Change Destruction

Known as the Climate Change Super Fund, the legislation was included in the Senate’s one-house budget proposal, but didn’t make it into the Assembly’s proposition. Lawmakers are pushing for the…

ByMariana Simões 5Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

A new data tool by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University breaks down a trove of housing-related data for each of the state’s Senate and Assembly…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Economy Government Justice

With SWEAT, Labor Advocates Renew Push For Anti-Wage Theft Legislation

Seven workers’ organizations have compiled a database on wage theft during the pandemic totaling $130.5 million owed to workers. The preliminary data from just seven groups dwarfs the nearly $3…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Government Justice Politics

Influx of Asylum Seekers Spurs Renewed Push for Right to Counsel in NY Immigration Courts

Following the arrival of more than 27,000 asylum seekers, many of whom have struggled to find attorneys in the midst of a historic backlog of cases in New York’s immigration…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Education Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: New York Students Need Solutions from Adults, Not Suspensions

“There is a looming youth mental health crisis that must be addressed, and the professionals who educate our children have the knowledge and skills to help our young people. Suspending…

ByShoshana Hershkowitz 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Education Government

Should New York High Schools Be Required to Teach Financial Literacy?

A bill that would require high school students across the state to take a personal finance course has been introduced a number of times in the Albany legislature dating back…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments

Brad Lander’s Basement Resident Protection Law would create a “basement board” to oversee the conversions and ensure residents of these apartments—called accessory dwelling units or ADUs—have access to tenants’ rights and…

ByLiz Donovan 4Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

WATCH: Dem. Candidates for Bronx State Senate Talk Shelter, Future of Kingsbridge Armory

The BronxTalk debate between 33rd District candidates State Sen. Gustavo Rivera and party-backed attorney Miguelina Camilo touched on a range of issues, from bail reform to what “progressive” really means…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics Transportation

Opinion: We Need a Real Penn Station Plan, Not a Neighborhood Replacement Scheme

“Our leaders seem blithely unaware that we have within our grasp a once-in-a-century opportunity to create a transit hub worthy of New York, which many of us still think of…

BySam Turvey 7Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New York’s New NYCHA Laws Aim to Hold Agency Accountable

The measures, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will force NYCHA to create a searchable online database of work tickets and task city agencies with making public housing code violations…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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