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Save Our City
Mayor de Blasio delivered his State of the City speech on Thursday, unveiling the agenda for his seventh year in office, in many ways the final chapter of his mayoralty. He called on New Yorkers to help him “Save Our City”: save it from the loss of neighborhood businesses, the continuing affordability crisis and the threat from climate change.
The forces the mayor described are, to many New Yorkers, very old news. People have been shouting for a long time that the mayor's moves on housing development and homelessness were inadequate, and perhaps even harmful. There've been years of pressure for action to protect small businesses. Others have sounded alarm over the need for more resiliency against the inevitable impact of climate change. One wonders why it took the mayor so long to listen.
However, if there's a chance to get it right now, that might be more valuable than the satisfaction of hearing the mayor admit that his aim was slightly off over his first six years. The agenda de Blasio outlined yesterday includes a lot of common-sense steps. But is it bold enough to meet the challenges the mayor described?
“Save Our City” obviously evokes “Save Our Ship,” the universal maritime distress call. When that call is sounded, every vessel large and small is supposed to race to help. If the city is going to weather these storms, it might borrow something from that metaphor and make sure there is a way to engage the public in shaping the policies we pursue—a place for all New Yorkers, not just in the city, but in the saving.
- Jarrett Murphy, executive editor
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News Flash: There are Women Running for Mayor
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Amid Youth Homeless Crisis, NYC Has Ramped up Shelter Capacity
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The Tooth of the Matter: Bronx Pol’s Dental Legislation, Campaign Loan Scrutinized
Bronx Senator Luis Sepulveda has made headlines for big campaign loan he received from a dentist friend. Turns out he wrote dental legislation soon thereafter. Read more. ([link removed][UNIQID])
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Opinion: Trump's Immigration Rhetoric Could Put Victims of Violence at Risk
The president’s ‘racialized rhetoric is unacceptable as it prevents survivors of crimes like domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and more from getting the help they need to begin to heal. Read more. ([link removed][UNIQID])
Opinion: On Fair Housing, New York City Needs Bold Action, Not Further Analysis
'If we begin from the premise that our current system is built on inequities and injustices – as the Where We Live NYC draft plan does – then the recommendations should look vastly different from the status quo. ' Read more. ([link removed][UNIQID])
Opinion: Albany Can Do More to Defend Immigrants & Low-Income NYers
The 2020 agenda includes 'fully removing ICE from our courthouses, requiring good cause for evictions, ending discriminatory school discipline practices, and more.'
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Opinion: Con Ed Rate Hike Strengthens the Case for Public Power
'In the ecological and economic crisis we’re facing, we can’t trust basic human rights like energy to corporations that only care about their bottom line. '
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Two Longtime Polish Shops Close in Changing Greenpoint Retail Scene
Popular grocery store The Garden and Polish butcher shop Sikorski Meat Market closed in 2019, but the neighborhood has also seen new Polish businesses open. Read more. Read more. ([link removed][UNIQID])
Chinese Community Group Seeks to Debunk Coronavirus Confusion
A local parents group is trying to knock down a false rumor circulating among Chinese parents that students couldn’t wear face masks to school. ([link removed][UNIQID]) Read more. ([link removed][UNIQID])
NY Puerto Ricans Join Anti-Gov’t Protests, Amid Call for New Office to Aid Diaspora
The protestors called out government mismanagement of Hurricane relief aid. Meanwhile, a local councilman wants to create a city office to aid Puerto Ricans seeking refuge in New York. Read more. ([link removed][UNIQID])
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