New York
Three grim tales from the Big Apple
April 13, 2010Ranked third or fourth richest city in the world, will New York tell its young generation that it cannot provide shelter, or classrooms, or even transportation to school?
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Northern Manhattan mobilizes against budget cuts
April 12, 2010More than 1,000 residents held a unity rally on Saturday to mobilize against proposed budget cuts that will have a devastating effect on this predominantly Latino and black working class community.
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Comptroller: NYC paying slumlords millions to house homeless
March 29, 2010The Department of Homeless Services is wasting millions of dollars on services that lack oversight, some of which are overtly illegal, according to recent audit of the DHS.
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Monserrate runs on anti-gay platform
March 16, 2010N.Y. politician uses homophobia as main election message.
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Class war in New York transit
February 26, 2010In a pre-spring offensive against 38,000 transit workers and a riding public of millions, Jay Walder, chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has announced 1,000 layoffs.
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