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** Shortage of Sign Language Interpreters in City Courts Creates Delays ([link removed])
Now What? 5 Things De Blasio Can Focus on Instead of the White House ([link removed])
The Good News and Big Questions in the MTA’s Very, Very Big Capital Plan ([link removed])
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** Shortage of Sign Language Interpreters in City Courts Creates Delays
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Postponed hearings, delayed arraignments and miscommunication are caused by the limited number of interpreters, making the already high-stakes, onerous process of navigating the legal system even more challenging for those who rely on such services.
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** Now What? 5 Things De Blasio Can Focus on Instead of the White House
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Bill de Blasio is never going to be president. But he is going to be a former mayor someday. And he has a little less than 27 months to shape just what that legacy looks like, and the kind of city we get to live in when he’s gone.
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** Power and Principles in Play in the Fight Over Fusion Voting
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‘Fusion voting should exist because if we want to have legitimate third parties that people can feel comfortable voting for and not playing the spolier, then it gives us the option.’
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** Queens Small Business Owners Fear Competition from Proposed Wine Mega-Store
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Small business owners in Flushing and College Point are protesting the planned opening of a new wine mega-store in the neighborhood, Sing Tao Daily reports.
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** The Good News and Big Questions in the MTA’s Very, Very Big Capital Plan
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For all its positives, the plan doesn’t answer all the questions facing the MTA over its finances or ability to achieve its ambitions.
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Opinion
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** Expand Transit Service to Queens by Building the QNS
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The most cost-effective solution for Queens happens to be the most feasible solution for Queens. Use existing Long Island Railroad commuter and freight lines as NYC Transit lines to expand service.
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Join City Limits for an evening that celebrates 43 years of producing reporting that empowers New York City's communities.
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Jobs
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** Pratt Institute
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** Director of Policy and Planning
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Pratt Center currently seeks to hire a Director of Policy and Planning (DPP). Under the guidance and supervision of the Deputy Director, the DPP will lead in the development of the Center's policy & advocacy initiatives and campaigns on issues including economic and workforce development, transportation, sustainability and environmental justice, land use, and community development. The DPP will supervise a staff of urban planners and GIS specialists who manage data-driven research projects, community planning technical assistance projects, and other collaborations with research and community-based partners.
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** Pratt Institute
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** Operations Manager
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Pratt Center currently seeks to hire an Operations Manager (OM). Under the guidance and supervision of the Director of Development & Operations, the OM will be responsible for cultivating collaboration and accountability across Pratt Center and developing effective management systems and procedures, including efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The OM will work collaboratively with other members of the Pratt Center staff to create structures and processes that address operational challenges.
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** Riders Alliance
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** Executive Director
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The Riders Alliance is New York’s premier grassroots organization of subway and bus riders fighting for better public transit and a more just and inclusive city.
The organization’s new leader will work with staff, Board, and grassroots members to determine the next generation of advocacy campaigns and shape the future of the Riders Alliance and the movement for better public transit.
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** Community Service Society of New York
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** Campaign Liaison
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The Community Service Society (CSS) seeks a Campaign Liaison to help advance CSS’s statewide, coalition-based Campaign for Criminal Records Expungement. The campaign, undertaken in coordination with partner organization Legal Action Center, has as its ultimate goal the passage of automatic criminal records expungement legislation in New York State.
The Campaign Liaison will work directly with CSS Legal Department’s Community Organizer and other key staff to move this campaign forward, engaging in coalition-based organizing and advocacy efforts both in New York City and across the state.
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