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Vehicle Pollution Caused an Estimated 2,000 New Yorkers’ Deaths in One Year: Study
42 percent of those estimated deaths were linked to vehicle pollution from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The findings support an argument for interstate vehicle emissions policies, researchers explained.

Eric Adams Offers Tour of Brooklyn Brownstone as Proof He Lives in NYC

With less than two weeks to go before Primary Day, the mayoral hopeful — who leads the large field in recent polls — is facing questions raised by reporters who have examined his financial records, his voting addresses and his late-night comings and goings.

Advocates Urge NYC to Ban Criminal Background Checks for Apartment Applicants
The Fair Chance for Housing Act would bar landlords and brokers from conducting criminal background checks on prospective tenants, a barrier to housing for the formerly incarcerated and their families.

How the NYC Mayoral Candidates’ Housing Platforms Stack Up
‘If NYC’s leadership can commit to ending traffic deaths—not just to the tools they’ll use to achieve it but to the actual goal—then they should be able to do the same on the housing issues that shape our lives,’ housing advocates ANHD said in their analysis of the candidates’ written policies.

Three Gowanus Rezoning Viewpoints Take Stage at Marathon Public Hearing
Council aides, community board leaders and accomplished lawyers are among those hoping to win the crowded 27th district primary.

Carlina Rivera to Face Sole Challenger for Lower Manhattan Seat

Manhattan Councilmember Carlina Rivera, one of just a handful of City Council members who is not term-limited this year, faces a single challenger in her District 2 re-election bid.

Will New York Make Good on Pledge to Convert Hotels into Affordable Homes?

The Assembly’s Housing Committee is scheduled to vote on a measure Tuesday morning that would unlock $100 million in state funds to purchase unused hotels and convert them into affordable housing, what advocates say would serve as a template for future commercial-to-residential conversions.

Four Takeaways From NYC’s Democratic Comptroller Debate

Although overall more tame than the most recent Democratic and Republican debates for mayor, Wednesday’s event was not without fireworks. Within the first few minutes, Caruso-Cabrera, who ran for Congress against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2020, attacked Council Speaker Corey Johnson for New York City’s swelling budget.
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Una Ciudad sin Límites

  Un análisis de la oficina independiente que analiza el presupuesto de la ciudad de Nueva york (Independent Budget Office o IBO por sus siglas en inglés) muestra cuáles son los gastos en servicios de traducción y de empleados de la ciudad que prestan estos servicios.
  El último caso se presentó hace dos semanas y según la organización Al Otro Lado, han tenido 12 casos de madres con bebés nacidos en Estados Unidos que han sido deportadas a México. Ocho de estos casos ocurrieron durante la administración de Donald Trump y cuatro durante la administración de Joe Biden.

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City Views

Opinions on Policy and Politics

Opinion: If South Bronxites Want Change, We Need to Turnout on Primary Day
‘The South Bronx needs a mayor and a borough president who will fight for our values and prioritize our needs without excuses or distractions. The South Bronx has power, but we have to use it if it’s to translate into change for families and our community’s future.’

Opinion: NYC’s Recovery Hinges on How We Treat Our Children. Our Next Mayor Must Focus on Their Future.
‘Unless New York’s next mayor steps up to address the barrage of crises facing New York’s children, an already untenable situation is on track to become much, much worse.’

Opinion: Use NYC’s Public Pension Funds to Supercharge Affordable Housing Production and Preservation

‘The next mayor and comptroller can speed New York City’s recovery by working with public employee pension funds to increase investment in affordable housing, as they have in response to previous economic distress.'

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