Even Bloomberg Cant Escape Complexity of Immigration
Leave your thoughtsOn Meet the Press, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declared, We have to go and get the immigrants here. To a…
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Mayor Signs Healthy Housing Legislation
Leave your thoughtsMayor Bloomberg signed legislation last Thursday to expand the 2007 Safe Housing Act by cracking down on unsafe housing conditions…
Bloomberg Ofrece Impulsar la Reforma Migratoria
Leave your thoughtsEn su discurso anual sobre el estado de la ciudad, el alcalde Michael Bloomberg habló ayer sobre la urgente necesidad…
Panelists Discuss Martin Luther King’s Crusade for Economic Justice
Leave your thoughtsDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. may be remembered as a crusader for civil rights, but he was fighting a different…
City Council Targets Asthma Triggers with Housing Act
Leave your thoughtsIn an effort to improve some of the citys most dilapidated buildings, the City Council last week expanded a housing…
Beyond Resolutions: City Council Must Do More to Help Workers
Leave your thoughtsIn November, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn stood on the steps of City Hill and made an impassioned plea on…
Housing Laws are Breath of Fresh Air for City’s Children at Risk for Asthma
Leave your thoughtsAsthma, like so many other illnesses, doesn’t like poor people. The evidence is clear: Even though it affects more than…
Boro Pols Back Translator Law
Leave your thoughtsNew York City legislators and advocates are calling on the state to implement a law so all chain-store pharmacies across…
Legislation to Improve Housing Conditions and Fight Asthma in New York City
Leave your thoughtsNew York City Council passed Intro 436-A by a vote of 49-0. The comprehensive City legislation will crack down on…
Council Approves Safe Housing Act
Leave your thoughtsTaking aim at the city’s worst landlords, the City Council expanded a housing program Wednesday that forces property owners to…