Tagged ‘Michael Bloomberg’
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Keep the Rockaway Ferry
After Hurricane Sandy, the city paid for a ferry from the Rockaways to Manhattan. Residents are lobbying to keep it in service.
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Forefront Excerpt: The $80-a-Week, 60-Square-Foot Housing Solution That’s Also Totally Illegal
An introductory excerpt from this week’s Forefront.
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Major League Soccer Headed to New York, Wants Free Land
MLS is expanding to New York, where New York City Football Club wants to build a new stadium on 10 acres of land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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Six Months After Sandy, New York has a Brand-New Recovery Plan and Plenty of People Still Displaced
Last week, the city of New York decided to extend a program giving shelter to Sandy refugees in hotels. The nod to uncertain homecomings came within a day of federal approval for the state’s recovery plan. We take a look at what this means for the displaced.
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A Few Americans Who Want to See Place-Based Immigration
The idea of cities or states issuing visas in exchange for needed newcomers still turns heads in the U.S., but there are many prominent voices who say the country should adopt place-based immigration programs.
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Mayoral Candidates Fight Over Who has More NYC Spirit
Previous New York City mayoral races have tended to focus on law and order. This time around, it’s about who will make the city economically viable for those who aren’t real estate developers, major corporations or Mike Bloomberg.
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A Few Points About the Mayors Challenge Winners
Providence, R.I. today won the $5 million prize of the Mayors Challenge, a grant competition by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The four runners-up — Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Santa Monica, Calif. — will each receive $1 million to put toward their own initiatives.
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Judge Halts NYC Soda Ban
A state judge today halted the implementation of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s famed “soda ban,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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The Mayoral Race and the State of Transit in New York
What will Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s potential successors do differently when it comes to transit?
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As U.S. Transit Fares Increase, Europe Starts to Make It Free
Though public transportation ridership increased last year, many regional transit authorities in the U.S. will continue to raise fares. Meanwhile, small to mid-sized European cities are doing away with public transit fares altogether.
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