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New Yorkers Tell Schumer: ‘Say No to Dirty Deal’ to Aid Data Center Expansion
Environmental activists gathered Friday morning outside Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home to demand he stop a bill that would undermine key environmental and historical preservation laws.
“Child’s Play:” How Capitalism Extinguishes Creativity Through Repression of Play
Susan Ferguson delves into the organization of kindergartens and playgrounds as spaces that transform children into productive workers under capitalism.
Follow Tisch Watch for The Indy’s Latest Coverage of Controversial Police Commissioner
While Mamdani tolerates Jessica Tisch, The Indy’s Theodore Hamm will keep her under 24/7 surveillance.
Why Mamdani Should Keep Tisch As Police Commissioner
By avoiding a fight he can’t win at this time, NYC’s democratic socialist mayor has been free to focus on other initiatives that have helped make him a wildly popular city leader. And that bodes well for what he and his DSA allies could accomplish in the future.
Danny Valdes: JVP Was the Inspiration for New Organization Challenging Bellicose US-Cuba Policy
Right-wing Cuban exiles in South Florida have long played an outsized role in driving Washington’s unremitting hostility to the Cuban government. A younger generation of Cubans wants to change that and is getting organized.
Supporters of Mayor Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Decry Lawsuit by Wealthy Property Owners
The pied-à-terre tax targets luxury secondary residences in New York City, and is expected to generate $500 million in yearly revenue for the City.
New Museum Exhibit Celebrates the Heritage, Resiliency of the Lenape People
The Lenape people inhabited for millennia the land on which New York City was built. And their culture continues to this day throughout the eastern half of North America.
Peter Sterne and Alex Vitale on the Scrutiny Facing Mamdani’s NYPD
Noted police critic, Alex Vitale, and journalist, Peter Sterne, delve into Mamdani’s NYPD 10 months into his mayoralty, as well as renewed pressure for the mayor to enact police reform promises made during his campaign.
New York City’s History of Resistance Chronicled at Museum of the City of New York
Sara Seidman and Neal Rosenstein discuss the new permanent exhibition that displays the tactics New Yorkers have used to demand change in their communities.