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Jersey Vindicator housing and affordability reporter.

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How New York's Attorney General Sidelines Innocence Claims

How New York's Attorney General Sidelines Innocence Claims

Prisoners seeking help from the AG's office have little chance of review. Here's one applicant's story.

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New York's AG Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Politics Got in the...

New York's AG Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Politics Got in the...

The attorney general's conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hu…

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Another Alamo Drafthouse Theater in NYC Is Unionizing in Barbenheimer's Wake - Hell Gate

Another Alamo Drafthouse Theater in NYC Is Unionizing in Barbenheimer's Wake - Hell Gate

"This summer, especially with Barbenheimer, things were just so unbearably horrible, like, abnormal. And ever…

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Citing Mold and Short Staffing, Alamo Cinema Workers Push to Unionize

Citing Mold and Short Staffing, Alamo Cinema Workers Push to Unionize

"They insist on cutting every corner," said Bridge Squitire, a server and trainer at the theater who helped o…

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NYC trading card communities keep tradition alive in changing industry

NYC trading card communities keep tradition alive in changing industry

Collectible trading card games (TCGs) are bigger than ever, but players are becoming increasingly alienated f…

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Property destroyed, people separated from services, no reduction in street homelessness: Adams' s...

Property destroyed, people separated from services, no reduction in street homelessness: Adams' s...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) - "They left a note, and said they were going to do a sweep. But unfortunately I had run…

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New Jersey’s high rents undermine efforts to reduce poverty

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By Curtis Brodner
| The Jersey Vindicator
Housing costs account for about 28% of poverty in New Jersey, the third-highest share among states, according to new research by Zachary Parolin, an Oxford University professor who studies inequality. Only Hawaii and California had larger shares of poverty attributable to housing costs. Washington, D.C., also ranked higher than New Jersey. Between 1985 and 2023, rents in New Jersey grew by 48%, the seventh-highest increase in the country, while income grew by 32%, according to Parolin’s study.
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Sherrill unveils plan to build more homes, lower costs in NJ

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By Curtis Brodner
| The Jersey Vindicator
Gov. Mikie Sherrill speaks at the 30th annual Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development on Tuesday. Photo by Curtis Brodner. Gov. Mikie Sherrill unveiled a housing strategy Tuesday that would double planned development on state-owned land to 40,000 homes, establish deadlines for permit decisions, and make it easier to apply for affordable housing.
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Workfare could offer path to meeting Medicaid work rules

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By Curtis Brodner
| The Jersey Vindicator
An existing food assistance program alternative could allow some NJ FamilyCare members to meet new Medicaid work requirements by volunteering for far fewer than 80 hours a month. But it remains unclear whether the federal government will allow recipients to use the program that way.
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