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Saying NO to the city of Yes: Council Member Chris Marte on truly affordable housing

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When the City of Yes—a voluminous 1,386 page set of zoning text amendments—was approved by the City Council 31-20 in December, all but one of the 20 dissenting votes against the proposal came from council members from the outer boroughs. They voiced fears the Mayoral initiative, which was marketed as an affordable housing proposal, would […]

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Fate of Beth Israel still in courts, by Phyllis Eckhaus

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“If this hospital closes, people will die.”   So declared attorney Arthur Schwartz to New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman during a nearly all-day Halloween hearing on the fate of Mount Sinai Beth Israel—the embattled hospital on East 16th Street and First Avenue. Schwartz, representing community advocates, urged Judge Pearlman to maintain the temporary

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