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New York City elections hold promise of change

March 21, 2013 By Danny Rubin

During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.

Under pressure GOP dumps “poison pills” from Sandy aid

January 16, 2013 By PAI

The Republican-run House Rules Committee decided not to invite more confrontations over GOP reluctance to aid the millions of victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Could you survive on $2 a day?

December 18, 2012 By Gabriel Thompson

Nearly 1.4 million American households live on that much per person.

Insurance companies getting FEMA to pay their post-Sandy bills

November 27, 2012 By John Wojcik

Anger is growing in Brooklyn as thousands in the New York area are told by their insurance companies that they're not covered for damages resulting from Hurricane Sandy.

$27 million granted to hire New York’s unemployed for Sandy relief

November 27, 2012 By Jarvis Tyner

There were protests to demand power be restored and for more help with the clean up. This situation to too big and too costly for private, profit-making companies to handle.