#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing

#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing

“#How the next NYC mayor can guarantee affordable housing” New York City mayoral candidates often make extravagant promises on affordable housing, and underproduce on results.  Back in 2013, for example, then-candidate Bill de Blasio banked on solving the city’s crisis of housing affordability with Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, a policy that required developers to build affordable…

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#Don’t make our students homeless

#Don’t make our students homeless

“#Don’t make our students homeless” The job of middle-school principal was always difficult but never more so than during COVID-19. As the founding principal of Success Academy Hollis Middle School, I have seen our teachers, scholars and parents rise to the occasion as never before. Our teachers built genuine relationships with their students and families…

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#No one acts like this

#No one acts like this

“#No one acts like this” Mayor de Blasio blasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a bully whose threatening behavior is abnormal and beyond the pale — even in the rough-and-tumble world of politics. “I talk to Chuck Schumer all the time, I talk to Nancy Pelosi,” de Blasio said on NY 1 Monday night. “I’ve talked…

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