The pandemic is spurring home sales as prosperous city residents seek more space. One listing had 97 showings and received 24 offers. Source: New York Times
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$1,000 ‘Baby Bond’ Proposed in N.J. in Bid to Narrow the Wealth Gap
By Gotham Rex on August 25, 2020
A plan would set aside money at birth for children in most families, giving them a financial lift when they reach 18 and enter adulthood. Source: New York Times
Claire Shulman, First Woman to Lead Queens, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2020
She became borough president in the wake of a corruption scandal in 1986, then won elections that kept her in office as an advocate for Queens for 16 years. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor Over Virus
By Gotham Rex on August 4, 2020
The resignation of Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the commissioner since 2018, came after Mayor Bill de Blasio stripped her agency of a key virus tracing program. Source: New York Times
Did New York Just Get the Nation’s Most Liberal Legislature?
By Gotham Rex on July 24, 2020
Among those toppled by progressive insurgents was a Brooklyn assemblyman who was first elected in 1972. Source: New York Times
'Freeholder,' Title ‘Born From Racism,’ to Be Eliminated
By Gotham Rex on July 11, 2020
New Jersey will replace “freeholder,” the 18th-century designation for county lawmakers, with the word “commissioner.” Source: New York Times
Descendants of Suffragists Reflect on the Fight for Women's Right to Vote
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2020
One hundred years after the 19th Amendment, suffragists’ descendants consider how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go. Source: New York Times
Buried in N.J.’s Budget Cuts: a Break for a Billionaire
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2020
A stopgap budget with $4 billion in cuts also includes an opening for private development in state parks, like a long-desired expansion of a golf course into Liberty State Park. Source: New York Times
MTV to Hold V.M.A.s in Brooklyn With Limits on Audience
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2020
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday that the MTV Video Music Awards would be held at the Barclays Center on Aug. 30. The network said social distancing precautions would be followed. Source: New York Times
Pandemic May Force New York City to Lay Off 22,000 Workers
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2020
“We are running out of options here,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said, referring to the economic impact of the outbreak. “That is the blunt truth.” Source: New York Times