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Vote, Donate, Complain: Some Brooklyn Nabes Stand Out
A report on civic engagement found that Borough Park's residents donate the most to charity, East Flatbush is tops when it comes to voting and East New York has 311 on speed dial.
City Spent $1M on Report, Used Questionable Data
A study that says a proposed city living wage law would kill 13,000 jobs based its analysis on a state subsidy program that wouldn't actually be covered by the city measure.
Living Wage Law The Next Council Battleground?
Following the defeat of paid sick leave, unions and business group prepare to face off over tying wages to city development subsidies.
Student Safety Act Passes City Council
Third time’s the charm for the bill, which requires detailed reporting on school crime, arrests, suspensions and expulsions.
City Council Endorses School Turnaround Zone
Council's Angry Over Housing,
But That Doesn't Pay The Rent
Bronx Living Wage Battle
Moves To City Council
CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES:
A Week At City Council
Get Up, Stand Up: Council
Ranked On Human Rights
Mayor, Council At Odds
Over Voucher Tenant Bill
Parents, Council Still
Angry About School Grades
STILL IN DOUBT: ADVOCATES
GIVE CRITIQUE TO COUNCIL
INSPECTION PROTECTION: WILL NEW COUNCIL BILL SAFEGUARD WORKERS?
PRIMARY 2005: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH
POLITICS AS UNUSUAL IN THIS FALL’S CITY COUNCIL RACES
A PRIMARY PRIMER: CITY COUNCIL RACES TO WATCH ON SEPT. 9
ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK LUXURY DECONTROL FAILS IN CITY COUNCIL
The city council’s responsibility is to address problems faced by communities throughout the city. Sometimes they enact changes to better the city, sometimes they have to fight to make those changes a reality, and other times they are unsuccessful in fulfilling their duties.
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A Place at the Table
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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Word for Word: Dan Savage
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Justice For All: Appleseed at 20
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses
Thousands of New Yorkers face an impossible choice when they get sick: Go to work and get yourself and others sicker, or stay home and risk losing pay or your post.
Business Owner: Paid Sick Leave Bill Not Bad Medicine
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she killed a bill requiring paid sick leave out of concern for small businesses. But at least one store owner says the idea would have been good for business.
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Falling Off The Fiscal Cliff
Race, Opportunity and Sequestration: This report examines ten marquee programs for Americans struggling to make it into the middle-class.
The New Wage Movement
New York's lowest-paid public workers want a raise - and a hard-driving labor coalition intends to raise election year hell to get it.
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Defining Brooklyn Launch
City Limits celebrates the launch of its March 2011 issue: Defining Brooklyn.The 35th Anniversary Celebration
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The Brooklyn Bureau launch as part of Social Media Week 2012.Tackling Poverty
The Tackling Poverty Series at Galapagos Art Space in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.Tackling Poverty (Manhattan)
City Limits & the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
