>Listen to this story as it appeared on WNYU here. Immigrant New Yorkers deserve a voice in their city. A super-majority has been secured on Introduction 1867, which would expand the right to vote in municipal elections to immigrant New Yorkers with legal permanent resident status or work authorization. To celebrate this achievement, on June […]
Politics
Looking Toward Chinatown’s Future
Chinatown will receive $20 million in funding from winning the fifth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), Governor Kathy Hochul announced in November 2021. last Wednesday. The funding will be used to help increase housing, improve connectivity and create new arts and cultural spaces to attract more tourists to the area. The grant is […]
The Rise of Asian American Presence in American Politics
Asian Americans are beginning to see more faces like them in the political sphere after a long history of being under-represented. Last November, Michelle Wu became the first Asian American, first woman, and first person-of-color to ever become the mayor of Boston, and in New York City, five new Asian Americans joined the City Council, […]
Legalized Marijuana Has Arrived In New York, Many Awaiting New Rules
New York officials have yet to roll out fresh regulations now that the state has joined more than a dozen others that have legalized marijuana and cannabis to help boost revenue. Andrew Rosner, the co-founder of HR Botanicals, a small farm located in Sullivan county New York that grows a species of marijuana known as […]
How Will Reparations Move Forward In America?
A bill that would advance the fight for reparations is moving up the legislative ladder in Congress, opening the door for a national conversation about how America will finally address reparations after 400 years of enslavement of African Americans. Since slavery’s abolishment 150 years ago in the United States, a path to carrying out overdue […]
The Yang Gang Just May Be Behind Yang’s Success
Andrew Yang’s fresh face and bold ideas struck a chord with voters around the U.S during the Democratic presidential primary. Now the original members of the “Yang Gang” are ushering in his success in the New York City mayoral race. The Yang for New York campaign conducted a poll of 824 likely Democratic primary voters […]
NYU International Students Face Additional Pandemic Hurdles
The Covid-19 health pandemic created a new set of hurdles for international students at New York University from travel restriction to securing visas, leaving many bewildered about what to do next and causing enrollment rates to drop. As student lives were abruptly uprooted across the United States last March, more than a million international students […]
New York Legalizes Marijuana
On March 31, 2021, New York legalized the use of recreational marijuana. See what people in NYC’s Washington Square Park think about the new legislation. By Laura Beard, Rachel Fadem, Jack Gordon, and Kiana Turner
Dianne Morales’ Community-Based Approach to Defunding the Police
For New York City Mayoral candidate, Dianne Morales, calls to “Defund the Police” is more than just a slogan — it’s her campaign promise to the city. Morales, former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio, has laid out a multi-prong platform to reform how the city approaches policing in the city. “We’ve got to move […]
NYC Mayoral Candidates Vow to End Exclusive Admissions Tests
New York City’s leading Democratic mayoral candidates are pledging to end the use of all exclusive admission screens at Thursday’s Teens Take Charge forum. And NYC’s teens, who attend high schools among the most segregated in the nation, plan to hold them to it. Students, experts, and advocates have worked for years to dismantle the […]