Reading List
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What the House Budget Bill Means for New Yorkers
The Republican tax and spending bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday would punch a hole as big as $20 billion in the $254 billion state budget enacted just weeks ago. It could force more than 1 million New Yorkers off Medicaid statewide. And it would confront both the state and city with […]
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Beach Season in NYC is Just Beginning. For New Lifeguards, It Began Months Ago.
This story first appeared in our free weekly summer newsletter, Summer & THE CITY. Sign up here. Summer unofficially kicks off Memorial Day weekend with the opening of New York City’s public beaches, with hundreds of lifeguards deployed to 14 miles of shoreline. For new lifeguards, the work to don the orange uniforms began months […]
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Special Interests Spend Big to Reshape City Council
While New York City’s campaign finance system caps how much money people can give to campaigns, there are no limits on what corporations can give to independent influence groups, which in turn can spend as much as they want to support their preferred candidates. Some of the most influential real estate and financial interests in […]
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Who’s Running for Borough President — And Why You Should Care
This year, elected offices across the city are up for grabs: all 51 City Council seats, comptroller and mayor. New Yorkers in each county also have the opportunity to select their next borough president, a role that’s something like a local mini-mayor. BPs, or “beeps” for fun, have a lot less power than the mayor, […]
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De Blasio Sued City Hall and Lost. Here’s How Much It’s Costing Us
Ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio recently agreed to pay back taxpayers $330,000 for his misuse of an NYPD detail during his ill-fated 2019 campaign for the White House, admitting that he’d made a mistake and withdrawing a lawsuit fighting the demand for restitution. The hardworking taxpayers of New York City, however, aren’t off the hook. Public […]
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