NYC safe injection sites reduce OD deaths — but not in the worst neighborhoods
Yet residents of low-income neighborhoods of color are exactly those in which overdose deaths are supposed to be reduced by ...
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The Terrible Urban Mistakes That All of America Made
Thanks to a celebrated book, we know all about Robert Moses’ dictatorial misdeeds in New York City. But the truth is that many of his worst visions were being realized in cities across the country.
How one Brooklyn neighborhood became instrumental in the rise of the New York Mafia: ‘Everyone paid. Those who didn’t were offed’
Red Hook is best known to today’s New Yorkers for the blue and yellow glow of its IKEA store, pulling in urban furniture ...
Voters blamed Biden and Harris for rising costs. Was that fair? We asked economists.
“Biden/Harris don’t bear primary blame for the inflation,” said Jeffrey Frankel, a Harvard University economist. “Primary ...
Dozens indicted over NYC gang warfare that led to the deaths of four bystanders
Four bystanders were shot dead in the last 18 months because of gang rivalries in upper Manhattan, authorities said Thursday as they announced the indictments of dozens of people ...
Why Democrats Lost Latinos
Donald Trump once again made large gains with Latino voters. Unless Democrats understand what is going wrong, they could be ...
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The Suburbs Are Making A Comeback — Have We Learned Nothing?
In the Salt Lake Valley, the world is humming merrily along. The belches and clatters of machines fill the air — the sounds ...
Lawyer, 75, pummeled by shirtless bozo near Times Square says he’s never going back: ‘Off my visit list’
A 75-year-old attorney battered by a would-be robber while walking with his gal pal in Hell’s Kitchen vowed he’ll never again ...
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Vantage Point: Sifting the political tea leaves
“All politics is local,” famously said the late Boston pol Tip O’Neill. His insight was that people vote according to their ...