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Business Backers Rally Around Bloomberg Bid

Jarrett Murphy | October 6, 2008

Who are the financiers, developers and corporate titans lining up behind the mayor’s move to revoke term limits?

'No Surrender': CB9 Chair Rededicated to Harlem

Sarah N. Lync | December 24, 2007

A colorful leader in West Harlem lost a major development fight last week – but says it only reinvigorated his appetite for public life.

STEALTH REPORT: HOUSING STUDY KEPT
UNDER WRAPS

Alyssa Katz | September 6, 2005

Gifford Miller gave Betsy Gotbaum $400,000 to find new ways to build affordable housing. Their study and its recommendation–to promote new condo development in the outer boroughs–still hasn’t been made public.

Bronx

PRIMARY 2005: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH

| August 1, 2005

Welcome to August in New York, a month of humidity, vacations–and political warfare. While many of the primary races are all sewn up, a few of them are just getting interesting. City Limits takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly.

Bronx

POLITICS AS UNUSUAL IN THIS FALL’S CITY COUNCIL RACES

Megan Kenny and Cassi Feldman | August 11, 2003

In an otherwise sleepy election year, some City Council races are getting interesting as the September 9 primary draws near.

Health and Environment

Sparing Many Rods

City Limits | June 24, 2002

Turns out City Hall’s bark is much worse than its bite. Despite months of Doomsday predictions, the city budget agreement reached last week ended up relatively pain-free, as most threatened programs were saved.

Homelessness

INS AND OUTS

City Limits | January 7, 2002

A New Year and a new city administration, means new faces at every level from agency commissioners to nonprofit group administrators. City Limits gives the skinny on who’s in, and who’s out.

Jews and Judaism

PARTY OF…13? HEIGHTS POLS VIE FOR COUNCIL CROWN

Jill Grossman | March 12, 2001

A member of the Lubavitcher Hasidim becomes the first from his community to run for public office in the city, and his campaign could drastically change the dynamic of an already overcrowded race for City Council in Brooklyn.