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Jake Bittle

NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Life as a City Council Newbie Has Been Rough for ‘Angry Bob’

For Queens neighborhood activist Bob Holden, defeating Joe Crowley’s cousin Elizabeth for a council seat turned out to be the easy part

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Neighborhoods

Bushwick Residents March to Block New DeKalb Monolith

‘This is a bad deal,’ said Councilmember Rafael Espinal, vowing to prevent a rezoning that could destroy local businesses

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Neighborhoods

Tompkinsville and Stapleton: Diverse Staten Island Destinations

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Neighborhoods

Corona Is Queens’ Cultural Smorgasbord

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

City to Bushwick: Displacement Not Our Problem

At a meeting about the neighborhood’s community-led rezoning plan, residents say the city dismissed their biggest concerns

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Housing

Sunset Park Is Hopping Mad Over De Blasio’s Hotel Shelters

DHS has converted six local hotels to house the homeless, and many residents are saying “enough”

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Transit

Five Over-the-Top New York City Transit Expansion Ideas

The Regional Plan Association wants to build rail and streetcar lines more or less everywhere to improve service and please developers, but money will be an object

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Neighborhoods

No Room at the Holiday Inn

A battle over a homeless shelter in Maspeth could be the first of many for de Blasio’s City Hall

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Vance’s Double Standards Long Predate Trump and Weinstein

The Manhattan D.A., now facing a write-in challenger, has a record of throwing the book at the poor while going easy on those with pull

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NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

Marc Fliedner Wants to be Brooklyn’s DSA D.A.

Gonzalez challenger promises systemic change, but can “the white guy” win over voters of color?

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