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The state of New York is on the verge of banning natural gas-powered appliances under a budget deal forged by Governor Kathy Hochul and Albany lawmakers. "We're going to be the first [...]
Albany Democrats are getting ready to make New York the first state to ban natural gas in new buildings, but not everyone supports the idea.
Readers discuss what one writer calls “the bitter ideological civil war raging in America today.” Also: Women’s voices; living wills; a childhood home.
SHARE: This Thursday, homeless New Yorkers will ask questions directly of New York City mayoral candidates during a virtual forum. The historic event’s conception and organization was led in part by a New Yorker who is homeless himself – Shams DaBaron, an advocate for the city’s homeless and a resident at the Lucerne, an Upper West Side hotel operating as a shelter, who developed the event in partnership with activist groups including the UWS Open Hearts Initiative. Thursday’s forum marks the culmination of a recent foray into activism for DaBaron, who spent last fall organizing and s...