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While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Health Politics

New Baby Bonds Bill Seeks to Help Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID

In April 2022, THE CITY’s MISSING THEM project—along with Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits—published a story that revealed that more than 8,600 New York City children have…

ByAnjali Tsui for THE CITY 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: It’s Time to Tax the Rich and Make Housing Justice a Reality in New York

“New York can address our perennial housing crisis, but only if we tax the rich and prioritize the public interest over private gain.”

ByRodrigo Camarena 1Comment

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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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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

AG Urges New York Officials to Make ‘Deed Theft’ an Explicit Crime

Under current law, state and county prosecutors are bound by statutes of limitations and forced to rely on charges, like grand larceny, that do not take into account the magnitude…

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Scenes From New York’s Sleepy Second Primary

By 6 p.m. Tuesday, 237,888 New York City residents had voted in the unusual August primary, where some neighborhoods were home to heated State Senate and Congressional races while others…

ByDaniel Parra

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Government News Politics

It’s Primary Day—Again. Will New Yorkers Turn Up for an August Election?

The legal battle over redistricting this year resulted in two primaries for New York, including Tuesday’s rare August contests for State Senate and Congress. City Limits spoke to city residents…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In Bronx Senate Race, Democrats Unite in Opposition to New Affordable Housing

The three Democratic candidates in the 34th Senate District find common ground in opposing a proposed supportive housing site for critically ill former Rikers detainees on the campus of Jacobi…

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Jun 2022

Government In Depth Politics

With New York’s Hectic Petitioning Season in Overdrive, is There a Better Way to Get on the Ballot?

New York’s procedure for candidates to get their names on the election ballot is one of the more onerous in the country, critics say. Candidates running for office this summer…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Politics

In Speaker’s Race, Moya’s Past Ties to IDC Illustrate His Work ‘Across the Political Spectrum’

From 2011 to 2017, Moya, rumored to be one of the Speaker candidates favored by incoming Mayor Eric Adams, served in the state Assembly and collaborated closely with the IDC—particularly…

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As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

New Baby Bonds Bill Seeks to Help Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID

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

AG Urges New York Officials to Make ‘Deed Theft’ an Explicit Crime

Scenes From New York’s Sleepy Second Primary

It’s Primary Day—Again. Will New Yorkers Turn Up for an August Election?

In Bronx Senate Race, Democrats Unite in Opposition to New Affordable Housing

With New York’s Hectic Petitioning Season in Overdrive, is There a Better Way to Get on the Ballot?

In Speaker’s Race, Moya’s Past Ties to IDC Illustrate His Work ‘Across the Political Spectrum’

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