One of Alessandra Biaggi’s main issues she championed on the campaign trail to win the state senate seat she now holds was passage of what could become the country’s first single-payer health care system, the New York Health Act.
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By SIMONE JOHNSON
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2/17/19
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Protesters picket Russian residence
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5/8/14
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They care so deeply about the planet, they huddled in front of U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel’s office Feb. 6, under a gray sky as ominous as their message, to deliver what they see as nothing less than a radical, urgent charge to their local congressman.
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By ZAK KOSTRO
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2/17/19
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Multitasking smokers looking to pick up smokes and pills in one fell swoop at their local pharmacy are out of luck.
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By ZAK KOSTRO
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2/17/19
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It was a chilly evening last week for some 200 protesters in front of a Mount Eden community center on a somewhat somber strip of Jerome Avenue reiterating a collective cry: Rent is “too damn high,” and “it ain’t right.”
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By ZAK KOSTRO
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2/17/19
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Focus on 2011 year in photos
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12/28/11
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When Aliza Nisenbaum paints a portrait, her muses are more than a prop. Over the course of completing her canvas, Nisenbaum becomes a friend.
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By SIMONE JOHNSON
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12/9/18
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When it comes to walking in a winter wonderland, the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy has got you covered.
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By SIMONE JOHNSON
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12/9/18
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A reputedly crafty, if brazen, homeless woman targeted Kingsbridge Tuesday morning, allegedly slipping in through the window of a neighborhood Santa — and a stalwart of the local Democratic establishment — to get to his holiday gift-giving stash.
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By ZAK KOSTRO
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12/9/18
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Joseph Bohm claims there’s no better way to zip through Kingsbridge and Riverdale than on his electric bicycle.
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By ZAK KOSTRO
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12/9/18
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