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What’s the Advantage?

Why, in the midst of both a budget crisis and an economic downturn, would both the city and state pursue policies that would both needlessly and dramatically increase spending, while increasing homelessness in New York City by 15,000 people?  It’s unclear, but there is a very real chance that this is exactly what could happen as soon as the end of April.  But how?

Well, it started when Cuomo left about $35 Million out of his proposed budget.  A small… Read More

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Marriage Equality + New York

One of the things we’ve seen over the past few months is that the tide and atmosphere are changing and we are reaching critical mass around Marriage Equality.  Prop 8 was struck down, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is on its back foot, a recent poll showed that for the first time ever more Americans are in favor of Gay Marriage than are opposed, and the front-runner for NY Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has pledged his support for a bill in… Read More

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The 7th NYC Wedding March

Recently, several of my (smart, progressive, and compassionate) friends have expressed their oddly stern convictions that the issue of marriage equality is a marginal one at best. In these troubled times – two wars, downed economy, etc. – the right to marry, they say, doesn’t deserve the same level of attention as other issues on the Democratic agenda.  It’s interesting, though. Framed another way, the “right to marry” contains 1,138 individual rights (that’s according to the Department of Justice –

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