Underworld Turns

Build a better Jamaica that works for everyone

Jamaica is more than just a neighborhood. It’s the heart and soul of Queens — a community with a rich, multicultural heritage and a dynamism born from people of all backgrounds living side-by-side. But recently, Jamaica has been challenged with few housing options, high rents, and displacement pressures, leading many to wonder if they have a future in this city. We’re in a housing emergency. It needs an emergency response.
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Summer problem has year-round solutions

With Labor Day and the swimming season over, it’s understandable that many people put water safety out of mind with beach and pool days behind us. But for a country facing a national water safety crisis, this should be a year-round issue that demands our attention. Through strategic partnerships, targeted investments, and innovative programs, NYC has the makings of a blueprint on water safety for other cities to follow.
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Nobody Wants This Dirty Gas Plant. Trump is Forcing It To Stay Open.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration, citing an ongoing “energy emergency,” has once again saddled a community already overburdened by pollution with a dirty, obsolete power plant it doesn’t want or need. The decision has confounded residents and environmental justice advocates, who called the […]
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Supreme Court Blesses Racial Profiling by ICE

In greater Los Angeles, the Trump administration’s goal of deporting millions of people is being operationalized through often violent raids that target people who appear Latino while waiting for the bus or working in low-wage jobs. A shorter way to say this is racial profiling of low-income people. Today, the Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme […]
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Man, 86, killed in Southern California rottweiler attack

An elderly man was killed in an incident involving two rottweilers in Norwalk over the weekend, authorities said.  Deputies were dispatched to the area of 166th Street and Gladstone Avenue around 6:45 a.m. Saturday on a “vicious dog” call, according to the the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Arriving deputies found one victim, an elderly […]
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Caesars Palace Times Square puts transit first

New York is at a pivotal moment reimagining how people move through our city. Congestion pricing is reshaping habits, cutting down unnecessary car trips, and strengthening the case for more walkable, transit-oriented development. Nowhere is that more important than in Times Square: a district in the heart of the Congestion Relief Zone that serves as the crossroads of the world and one of the most complex pedestrian environments on Earth.
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