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Is the New York Blood Center approval the end of City Council’s member deference?
Lawmakers overruled the member who represents the district where the blood center is located, bucking a tradition that has stymied multiple other major projects.
Policy
Policy
What’s the deal with the New York Blood Center?
A proposal for a high rise research facility on the Upper East Side may see the City Council buck member deference.
New York City
Politics
Activist lawmakers share in taxi drivers’ victory
Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani and Yuh-Line Niou broke a 15-day fast this week after the city reached a deal with one of the largest taxi medallion lenders.
Housing
Policy
Will the SoHo/NoHo rezoning help or harm Chinatown? Depends who you ask.
Opponents and proponents can’t agree on anything really – including where Chinatown’s borders are.
Policy
Policy
How NYC’s right to shelter mandate works
Over the past four decades, this consent decree has helped secure temporary housing for thousands of homeless New Yorkers in need – but is it making for sustainable solutions?
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
For Assembly Member Kenny Burgos, what happens at Rikers is personal
The Bronxite represents the district that includes the jail complex and chairs the Committee on Reentry and Transitional Services.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Carmelyn Malalis resurrected the NYC Commission on Human Rights
After almost seven years with the commission, Malalis is stepping down and reflecting on her legacy.
Policy
Policy
Redistricting is on the ballot again in November. Here’s what voters will be considering.
A ballot amendment would change the state constitution and tweak the redistricting process.
Housing
Policy
How do you make underground apartments safer? Many legislators and housing advocates say legalize them.
Though recent events have thrust the issue to the forefront, advocates have been working on the issue of expanding cellar and basement housing units for decades.
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