In the next two decades, New Yorkers 65 and older will account for 18 percent of the city’s population, according to the AARP. And they’re going to need a lot more elevators than the transit system currently offers.
City Limits wants your help deciding which policy issues need better public understanding this election season. And we want to put you in the drivers’ seat of deciding how best to explain them.
What’s wrong with the city’s buses? What’s right with them?
Join us for a walk through the five areas of Inwood targeted for a rezoning under the mayor’s plan.
A Bronx resident gives a tour of Jerome Avenue and gives his take on the city’s looming rezoning proposal.
Take a tour of the Jerome Avenue area—and hear a perspective on the issues surrounding the proposed rezoning—with resident and activist Carmen Vega-Rivera.
Scenes from the campaign trail and the city that went on around it.
El Diario and City Limits jointly present a video on what some East Harlemites know about the mayor’s proposed rezoning and how they feel about changes in their neighborhood .
The Brooklyn Democrat says it’s ‘too early to say’ that the 2016 rezoning has improved life for low- and moderate-income East New Yorkers but believes the city’s investments will make a difference.
We got a dozen East New York residents and advocates to talk about life before and after the rezoning. Concerns are clear but optimism remains.
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