This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. As chair of the New York City Council’s Land Use Committee, Rafael Salamanca has the power to determine whether development projects live or die — and it’s made him a magnet for campaign donations […]

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The nine Democratic candidates for mayor squared off Wednesday in the first televised debate of a long campaign season, with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo the frequent target of jabs from the other contenders. The chaotic debate came 10 days before the start of early voting on June 14, with the election on June 24.  It […]

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Outside a nondescript office building on Elk Street in Lower Manhattan, scenes of pain and anguish unfolded on the pavement throughout Wednesday as immigrants and their family members waited to see if their loved ones would return from what had been billed as routine procedures. The basement office hosts ICE check-ins, run by private subcontractor the […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached New York City and other parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, posing risks to residents’ respiratory health. The National Weather Service issued an air quality alert for New York City and nearby suburbs in […]

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A New Jersey man and two associates were criminally charged Wednesday for their role operating a tobacco-processing empire in the heart of Brooklyn, with prosecutors alleging they failed to pay two dozen immigrant workers — most of them middle-aged mothers from Ecuador — hundreds of thousands of dollars in owed wages and made them work […]

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