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Breaking Down the 2020 Election Results for NYC (So Far) ([link removed][UNIQID])
On Staten Island, Nicole Malliotakis claimed victory late Tuesday but incumbent Max Rose refused to concede. In the State Senate, Democrat Andrew Gounardes is trailing Republican Vito Bruno by about 6,000 votes. Plus more results.
Checking in on New York’s COVID-19 ‘Cluster’ Containment Strategy ([link removed][UNIQID])
It’s been nearly a month since New York started its “Cluster Action Initiative” to contain the spread of coronavirus by instituting restrictions in specific hotspot neighborhoods. Will it keep a second wave at bay?
Months into Pandemic, City’s Mutual Aid Networks Evolve to Meet New Need ([link removed][UNIQID])
It’s been more than seven months since New York started coronavirus lockdown measures, and just as the crisis itself has shifted and evolved over time, so too have the informal networks of volunteers and neighbors working to help one another endure it.
Election Day Photos: At the Polls in a Pandemic ([link removed][UNIQID])
City Limits’ reporting team was fanned out Tuesday visiting poll sites on Staten Island and in south Brooklyn, home to competitive Congressional and State Senate races this year. Check out some scenes from throughout the day.
Fed Up with Anti-Chinese Racism, Chinatown Voters Dominantly Vote for Biden ([link removed][UNIQID])
Early results indicate that Joe Biden won nearly four out of five votes in the Manhattan district that includes Chinatown.
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In the first episode of City Limits’ new newsroom podcast, managing editor Jeanmarie Evelly talks with executive editor Jarrett Murphy about the local impact of the 2020 elections and the big stories facing New York City in months to come.
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Latinos votan por primera en elecciones de 2020 en Staten Island, Nueva York ([link removed][UNIQID])
La historia de las elecciones de 2020 trataba tanto del futuro de una nación como de los votantes individuales que salieron el primer martes de Noviembre.
La necesidad de comida parece no haber cambiado en Bushwick ([link removed][UNIQID])
Desde los senadores estatales, pasando por los políticos locales, líderes comunitarios, voluntarios y residentes de Bushwick, ninguno de ellos ve que las cosas estén mejorando en Bushwick.
Democracy is in the Details
The 2020 elections are easy to paint in broad strokes.
But what happens afterward will be about the fine print.
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Opinions on Policy and Politics
Opinion: It’s Time to Fix the City’s Rental Assistance Vouchers ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘At current payment levels, the CityFHEPS voucher falls close to $500 below fair market rent, leaving thousands of voucher holders competing with each other for the one or two units available on the market at that price range.‘
Opinion: Stop Re-Traumatizing Brownsville Through Tired Media Stereotypes ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘These deleterious media representations, offered with no counterbalance, send Brownsville residents out into the world with a Scarlet Letter on their souls, and this scarlet letter B is one that marks us wherever we go.’
Job Board: This Week's Offerings
Organizer for Voter Engagement and Protest Monitoring at the New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation ([link removed][UNIQID])
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