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Fiorello LaGuardia

Fiorello LaGuardia

  • Goodbye to 'First Generation' NYCHA

    Goodbye-to-First-Generation-NYCHA

    photo: David Schalliol, from Affordable Housing in New York 


    Should NYCHA give up its controversial plan to generate revenue by adding mixed-income 50/50 percent (market/affordable) buildings at the Wyckoff Gardens and Holmes Towers public housing developments? Many residents and activists at these two sites dedicated for "infill" as

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  • 'New York Values' in Historical Perspective

    ted cruz

    Ted Cruz (photo: @SenTedCruz)


    Stereotyping New York in political debate
    In a Republican presidential debate in January, Senator Ted Cruz tried to score points, saying of Donald Trump, "Donald comes from New York and he represents New York values." Cruz went on to say that "everyone in the country knows exactly what New York values are and I've got to say they're not Iowa values or New Hampshire values." New Yorkers are "socially liberal and pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage and focus on money and the media," he said.

    Cruz repeated the message, with variations,

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