The Next Mayor Must Launch a Green New Deal for NYC
Here are the policies candidates for Mayor and Council must commit to enacting if they’re serious about a Green New Deal for New York City.
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The recently formed Solidarity PAC has mobilized big finance and real estate to target socialists and the Working Families Party.
New York’s Equal Rights Amendment would enshrine the right to abortion in the state. A judge threw it off the ballot for the fall, but an appeal is expected.
While New York City’s public campaign finance system endures scandals, the state won’t audit the majority of campaigns.
After the governor declined to answer questions, a New York Focus reporter was ejected from her event.
The constant gridlock is a major drag on Manhattan’s businesses, and source of frustration for commuters. And it’s never been so bad.
Lawsuits had threatened to kill congestion pricing. Now, it might take a lawsuit to save it.
As the state has backpedaled on congestion pricing, it has made no progress on nearly half of its other transit-related climate goals.
The state is blowing past key milestones on the way to its big emissions targets.
As climate disasters threaten a home insurance crisis, a new state bill aims at the problem’s root.