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Can Mamdani Make Union-Built Affordable Housing Add Up?
For months, the campaign to pass charter reforms to speed the construction of housing have flown well under the radar of most New Yorkers, drowned out by coverage of the mayor’s race. Now those reforms are front and center as Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s stubborn refusal to take a position on them has focused attention […]
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World Cup Economic Game Up in the Air
Book a room at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square for a long weekend starting next June 4 and the rate is $491 before taxes. But a week later, when the FIFA World Cup will come to Met Life stadium for the first time, the cost jumps to $651 a night. With tickets now on […]
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LISTEN: An Affordability Election and a Housing Agenda for the Next Mayor
In episode six of City Hall Free For All, the hosts give one last look at the election in its closing days, as early voting numbers are through the roof and a Mamdani mayoralty looks almost inevitable with Republican Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo running as an independent splitting the anti-Mamdani vote. Plus, public and […]
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MTA Rails Against Amtrak for Delays to Metro-North Penn Station Connection
MTA officials ripped into Amtrak Monday for repeated delays in bringing Metro-North service to Penn Station as part of a $2.9 billion megaproject that is running years behind schedule. The projected completion of the Penn Access project, which would also involve the construction of four new Metro-North stations in The Bronx, could be pushed back […]
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First Weekend of Early Voting Shatters Record, as Mamdani Rallies Thousands in Queens
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani drew a sold-out crowd of 10,000 to Forest Hills Stadium in Queens for a get-out-the-vote rally Sunday with progressive stars Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens/The Bronx) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). The 34-year-old Democratic socialist, who shocked the political establishment in the June primary, made one of his last pitches to […]
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