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City Council Set To Debate On A Living Wage Bill This Thursday
Unions, affordable housing groups, progressive democratic clubs and faith-based institutions are just a sampling of the partners that make up the diverse LivingWage NYC Campaign, a broad-based coalition that has been fighting to secure a better standard of living for many of New York City’s working families over the last year. Despite a growing opposition movement funded by business interests embolden after their defeat of the sick-leave bill earlier this year, LivingWage NYC received a bolt of momentum when Speaker… Read More
Tagged christine quinn, economic development, jobs, living, living wage, new york city
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Alexis de Tocqueville in 2011
h/t Adam Bermudez for the awesome title!
Last night I popped into my local Community Board meeting (the Transportation Committee of Community Board 8 to be exact). I did not have high expectations. I suppose I expected it to be something like those insanely boring City Commission meetings I had to cover for my college radio station; hours upon hours of prattling with nothing much accomplished.
Well, I was pleasantly surprised. In just over an hour the committee addressed issues… Read More
Tagged community boards, new york city
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Food for Thought: Hunger in NYC
Next time you dine out at your favorite restaurant and complain that the food is too hot or too cold, or that the chef did not get the sauce “just right,” consider this:
400,000 people living in New York City suffer from moderate to severe hunger on a daily basis. 118,000 of them are children. In fact, in New York City, one in three children lives in poverty.
There are over 1,000 soup kitchens and food pantries in New York… Read More
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Census Update
In a follow up to Al’s post, Senator’s Gillibrand’s post and Taylor’s post,the Times reported yesterday that “New York City’s mail participation rate was 59 percent, compared with the 57 percent rate recorded a decade ago.”
Some neighberhood by neighberhood breakdowns:
An examination of neighborhoods showed that a census tract near Todt Hill on Staten Island had a response rate of 84 percent, the highest in the city.
While a relatively well-to-do tract in Douglaston,
Tagged 2010 Census, New York, new york city, New York News, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US Census
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New York, Be Counted!
This Friday, April 16th, is the deadline for mailing in your US Census form. If you haven’t yet, please take 10 minutes to fill out the form and mail it back. It’s only 10 quick questions and the information is guaranteed by law to be confidential. It’s crucial that all New Yorkers are counted.
The purpose of the Census is more than just to count the number of people that are in our country. The data is also used
Tagged 2010 Census, New York, new york city, New York News, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US Census
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Food Policy Is Next On The Plate For Some NYC Democrats
Public officials are making good on promises made last year to take a long look at food policy in New York City. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn included this topic in her recent State of the City address and spoke about the impact our local food industry has on economic development:
One of our strongest business sectors is food manufacturing. It’s a five billion dollar industry that employs tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
Last year, working with Council Member Melissa
Tagged Anna Lappé, Food, new york city, policy, Quinn, stringer, urban planning
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