Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Storefronts and Apartments Grow, Fertilized by New Zoning and Tax Schemes
New stores are opening across the city at an impressive pace, many of them in locations now newly accessible to certain businesses because of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” rezoning revamped archaic rules. Construction of new multifamily buildings is also finally picking up, a year after the legislature and the governor finally agreed on […]
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Attica, Marcy, Mid-State: Advocates Want These Prisons Tied to Brutality Shut Down
As Gov. Kathy Hochul weighs which prisons to close this year amid declining incarceration rates and a corrections staffing crisis, advocates and formerly incarcerated people are calling for one of New York’s most infamous facilities — Attica — to shutter its gates for good. The state budget finalized in May includes a plan to close […]
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LISTEN: ‘A Little Bit of Amnesia’ in Ramos Endorsing Cuomo
Mayoral candidate and State Senator Jessica Ramos joined FAQ NYC in March to lament that “there is, I think, a little bit of amnesia happening. I do think the press could do a better job of highlighting the myriad of ways in which Andrew Cuomo has created the mess that he now claims he is […]
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Fake Immigration Courts Take Advantage of Immigrants Desperate for Answers
This story was originally published by Documented. The day of his final immigration hearing, N., who asked Documented to use only his first initial due to fear of retaliation, was ecstatic. He joined the virtual session via a private link sent by his lawyer, dressed in a button-down shirt to look presentable for what seemed […]
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Cuomo Super PAC Got $2.7 Million From Donors With Business Before the City
Under New York City laws that aim to curb the potential for or appearance of pay-to-play corruption, nobody on the city’s official list of companies and individuals doing, or even seeking, business with the city can give more than $400 to a citywide candidate in any election cycle. But there’s another option: so-called independent expenditure […]
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