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		 <title>Can New York Avoid a Foreclosure Crisis?</title>
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		 <description>More than 3 percent of all New Yorkers could face foreclosure on their homes over the next few years according to one study. If the figures hold, it could spell disaster not only for the homeowners but for their neighbors, for government and for lenders. What can the city and state do to avoid the crisis?</description>
		 <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Bridging Mass Transit's Budget Gap</title>
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		 <description>The transit system faces a struggle to meet operating expenses and a $17.5 billion deficit in its five-year capital program.</description>
		 <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Grading New York's Public School</title>
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		 <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Stated Meeting: Harlem Rezoning Approved </title>
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		 <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>The 2009 Budget: Drawing the Battle Lines </title>
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		 <description>The mayor told New Yorkers to pray for Wall Street as he presented his 2009 spending plan. An examination of the winners, losers and controversies.</description>
		 <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Batterers, Their Victims and the Right to Confront Witnesses</title>
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		 <description>Battered women often refuse to testify against their abusers. A recent court decision allows some of them to be convicted anyway.</description>
		 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Making Black Cars Green</title>
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		 <description>Though the city's new gas mileage standards for its black car fleet is admirable, one advocate argues their entire carbon footprint should be regulated. </description>
		 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>A More Secure Way to Feed to City</title>
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		 <description>Absent from the mayor's sustainability plan is how we'll feed another million mouths. One advocate argues for more locally grown food.</description>
		 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Blocking the Sun: Solar in the City</title>
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		 <description>An advocate attempts to put solar panels on his own home in Brooklyn. Instead of getting solar power, he gets a mound of paperwork. </description>
		 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Real Estate Slump Hits New York</title>
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		 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>Reclaiming the City's Abandoned Land</title>
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		 <description>How can the city clean up its brownfields when Albany has all of the authority? Two advocates discuss the options. </description>
		 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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		 <title>An Unknown Urban Forest </title>
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		 <description>As the city looks to plant a million more trees, they must also care for the ones that have already taken root in our own backyards. </description>
		 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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