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NYC Council Considering Law Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote | TPMDC
New York City could soon become the first major city in the country to give non-citizens the right to vote. The proposal, which would allow certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, appears to have a veto-proof majority in the New York City Council — enough to overcome opposition by Mayor…
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Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez outlines a sweeping vision for the rebirth of Northern Manhattan – NY Daily News
A new City University of New York campus for immigrant students in upper Manhattan. A waterfront park along Sherman Creek...
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Major expansion of business improvement disticts is planned for northern Manhattan – NY Daily News
A major expansion of business improvement districts — the self-taxing, public-private partnerships that provide services for retail districts across the...
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Ydanis Rodriguez.
Born in the Dominican Republic, the son of Catholic farm workers and a brother to eleven siblings, Ydanis and his family came to the Washington Heights area when he was eighteen years old. Ydanis worked tirelessly to lift his family out of extreme poverty and set an example of perseverance and hard work for his siblings and community. Read more..
