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Mayor Adams’ Pro-Housing Leadership: 190 Affordable Senior Apartments at Ridge Street, Lower East Side

Summary: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Grand Street Guild, and Catholic Homes of New York, has announced the financing of Ridge Street Apartments, a 100-percent affordable senior housing development at 145 Broome Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. This 16-story, $176 million project will deliver 190…

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Governor Hochul Announces Construction is Underway on $270 M

Governor Hochul Announces Construction is Underway on $270 Million 385-Unit Affordable and Supportive Housing Development in Brooklyn First Project of Multi-Phase Innovative Urban Village Program To Redevelop Christian Cultural Center’s Campus. Development Includes Commercial Space for Grocery Store Offering Fresh Produce Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that construction is underway at Innovative Urban Village Phase…

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Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History: Mayor Adams

Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History: Mayor Adams Breaks Ground on 385 Affordable and Supportive Homes in East New York Groundbreaking Kicks Off First Phase of “Innovative Urban Village” Project to Redevelop Christian Cultural Center’s Campus. Phase 1A Will Offer Mix of Affordable Housing Units for New Yorkers, Set Aside 94 Units for Formerly Homeless…

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White House. Biden Announces Over 1 Million Public Service Workers Receive Student Loan Forgiveness

President Biden announced today that over 1 million public service workers, including teachers, firefighters, and nurses, have benefited from student debt cancellation under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. This achievement marks a major milestone in the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to reform the student loan system. An additional $4.5 billion in forgiveness was granted…

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NY State. Balancing Youth Mental Health, Social Media Regulation, and Constitutional Freedoms in a Market Economy

In an op-ed published in Newsweek, Governor Kathy Hochul and Common Sense Media CEO James P. Steyer highlight the growing mental health crisis among American teens, driven by social media pressures and a culture that glorifies productivity. They call for stronger legislative action, such as New York’s SAFE for Kids Act, to hold tech companies…

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently explained how legitimate information on COVID-19 got censored in Facebook, due to external pressure. Video

Censorship of information about COVID‐19 In response to calls to combat misinformation about COVID‐19, a group of companies, including among others Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, issued a joint statement in mid‐March this year (2020 ) . They stated that they are “jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating authoritative content on [their] platforms”…

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