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Can a ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Candidate Win New York’s Democratic Mayoral Primary?
To progressives’ dismay, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a hard-line cop supporter, is running strong.
Posted inPolitics
How Michael Bloomberg’s Former Campaign Manager Became Andrew Yang’s Favorite Fixer
The similarities between the two campaigns don’t stop there.
Posted inPolitics
In Search of the Anti-Yang Gang
Can progressive groups and unions team up to stop Andrew Yang in New York’s mayoral race?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Longest 80 Miles: How Nursing Home Evictions Tear Families Apart
In upstate New York, a nursing home eviction due to a debt has indefinitely separated two women’s enduring love by 80 miles.
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Andrew Yang’s Discomfiting Vision for New York City
It infuses Silicon Valley–style ideas and private philanthropy into an eroding safety net, and calls for no sacrifice from the wealthy.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Despite Pandemic Carnage, Predatory Nursing Home Financiers Keep Thriving
Joel Landau, who has a history of stripping nursing homes for real estate gains, now owns the largest chain in the country.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Pipeline Battle in the Heart of Brooklyn
Opposition to a power plant and natural gas pipeline, which snakes through communities of color in Brooklyn, is heating up.
Posted inWorking in America
How the Met Opera Is Squeezing Its Workers
The organization has locked out unionized stagehands while seeking across-the-board pay cuts, and outsourcing set building to non-union shops.
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The Crisis in State Governments Isn’t the Budgets, It’s the Governance
Statewide tax revenue paints a better-than-expected picture, but the political climate says something else.
