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New York City faces a range of fiscal challenges

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Adams wants to tell potential migrants in the region that New York is “at capacity”. Last week’s heavy flooding underscored the frailties of the city’s 19th-century…

Next New York mayor will be powerful but constrained

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The city's next mayor must get office workers back into New York to protect its commercial tax base. Polling day for the Democratic primary, which will in effect choose the mayor…

Amazon-NYC reversal will aid PPPs in other cities

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Corporate incentives to cities.

New York City's mayoral election may favour centrists

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In such a Democratic city, the party’s primary winner is expected to triumph easily over limited Republican opposition. However, several new factors in this year’s primary are…

New York Democrats prepare for governor contest

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The mayoral election starts a busy and uncertain year for Democrats in the city and state of New York. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in August, was widely expected to run…

Migrant arrivals in US cities will not change policies

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Republican candidates in next year’s elections see immigration as an issue that can connect them to traditional Democratic voters. Calls to control immigration generated support…

Migrants could help US urban areas if allowed to work

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Curbing migration across the US southern border has become a major source of bipartisan tension, but often lost in the political arguments is the extent to which migrants are…

US housing woes will hit ‘big tech’ expansion

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Political hurdles to 'big tech' expansion plans.

US homeless numbers will be slow to fall

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Voters increasingly associate homelessness with two other political issues: concern about immigration and a perception that urban crime is increasing. This is complicating efforts…

‘Smart cities’ offer partial solution to urban stress

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Smart cities.