Eric Dinowitz’s city council district would gain a larger portion of Marble Hill Houses and Kingsbridge Heights, while losing Wakefield to a neighboring district, as part of a preliminary redistricting that reflects the new 2020 census figures.
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By Sachi McClendon
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7/22/22
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When voters go to the polls on Tuesday, it will have been nearly two months since the city was battered by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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10/31/21
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation over nearly a dozen sexual harassment allegations dominated the news cycle in New York last week. So, it may have been easy to miss the other big story that broke the same day — the U.S. Senate finally passing an infrastructure bill, bringing it yet another step closer to landing on President Joe Biden’s desk.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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8/22/21
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Jessica Haller was ready to be her neighborhood’s next representative on the city council. She even ran in a competitive March special election to replace Andrew Cohen.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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7/18/21
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Sometimes I feel like we’re living through a season of hate. Between police violence against the Black community, random attacks on Asian-Americans, and violence against Jews across the city — including the recent anti-Semitic attacks on four local synagogues in my community of Riverdale — followed by violence against Jews across the country, it is hard to not feel overwhelmed by this rising tide of contempt.
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By JESSICA HALLER
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6/13/21
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Memories of the Holocaust still haunt Jessica Haller, even though she didn’t personally live through it.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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6/6/21
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A few voters here just made their choice for who should represent them on the city council. But now they’ll have to choose again.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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5/23/21
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Gov. David Paterson, who led the state between the tenures of two embattled executives — Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo — is backing Councilman Fernando Cabrera in his quest to become the next Bronx borough president.
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By MICHAEL HINMAN
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5/15/21
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The Spuyten Duyvil non-profit executive director was on the verge of officially finished runner-up to now-Councilman Eric Dinowitz in a March 23 special election to replace Andrew Cohen. She was gearing up to take another crack at the seat for the June 22 primary until she received word the city’s elections board wasn’t going to allow her name on the ballot.
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By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
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4/25/21
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