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Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs

New York City’s values have perhaps never been further from the national agenda being pushed by President Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress.

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Next 100 Days: Worry Trump Will Stymie NY’s Fledgling Medical Marijuana Industry

New York has been among the most timid states when it comes to creating a legal way for sick people to get pot for therapeutic purposes. Investors doubtful about the…

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Next 100 Days: NY Pols Pressed to Go Beyond Rhetoric in Resisting Trump

There are ways to oppose the administration’s policies besides speeches and symbols. But are city and state leaders willing to pull those levers of local power?

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Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC’s Public Housing was Turning a Corner. Then Came Donald Trump.

Gains made in recent years are threatened under the budget cuts, but they are not the only potential casualty. Rule changes at HUD may increase rents for one-in-20 New Yorkers.

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Government Justice

How Trump’s Crime Crackdown Could Affect Defendants in NYC

Some defendants as recently as three weeks ago accepted plea offers that may not exist under the new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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Next 100 Days: How Park Service Cuts Will Hurt NYC’s Most Neglected Beach

When most New Yorkers hear about cuts to the National Parks Service, they think about Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon, not the wetlands around Cross Bay Boulevard on the way…

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Next 100 Days: Proposed Cuts Pit President Trump Against Youth of Cypress Hills

If you want to understand the likely impact of the president’s proposed cuts to federal programs, you need look no farther than a Brooklyn neighborhood where those initiatives make a…

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