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1 month ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | William Diep
I first joined Spec as a joke. Throughout my freshman fall, during a raging pandemic, I regularly heard stories about how toxic the Spec environment was. People around me prepped days in advance of their interviews, and I thought I never wanted to step foot into an organization that had such a reputation. But freshman spring rolled around and I wanted a new club to join.
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2 months ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Anna Fedorova |William Diep
Mark Levine was the District 7 City Council member from 2014 to 2021. Mark Levine was the District 7 City Council member from 2014 to 2021. “This is a community that is ground zero for housing displacement, that has seen thousands of residents who have been priced out,” Levine said.
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Mar 30, 2025 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Gabriella Gregor Splaver |William Diep |Isabella Ramírez |Esha Karam
Levine used to represent District 7, an area that includes Morningside Heights, as a City Council member. Levine used to represent District 7, an area that includes Morningside Heights, as a City Council member. Levine covered topics such as housing affordability, public safety, and attacks from Washington D.C. during President Donald Trump’s administration in his address.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
columbiaspectator.com | William Diep |Miranda Lu
Two years after the closure of the Red Balloon Learning Center, Columbia is set to open a new childcare center in the same location, Associate Provost and Director of the Office of Work/Life Amy Rabinowitz announced on Friday. The opening is pending regulatory approval from the New York City Department of Health, and applications will be available once approvals have been confirmed, Rabinowitz wrote in a release to Spectator. The new center will be Columbia’s ninth affiliated childcare site.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
columbiaspectator.com | William Diep
Both borough president candidates also expressed support for property tax reform and said they would collaborate with more block associations and neighborhood groups if elected. Hoylman-Sigal said he wants the borough president’s office to have an “annual conclave” of block associations. “We need to protect our economy, we need to build housing, get rents down, create good jobs for the people who build the housing,” Abreu said. “We need to make childcare cheaper for families.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Evin Schwartz |William Diep
The date for the move is not yet set, but Eric Herman, senior director of Manhattan planning in the Office of District Planning, said he hopes to complete the move by next year. This will allow for more space for the secondary school, and the KIPP elementary and middle schools would be under the same roof.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
columbiaspectator.com | William Diep
From September 2024 to January 2025, the overall district attendance rate decreased, according to a slideshow Davenport presented in the meeting. From September 2024 to January 2025, the overall district attendance rate decreased, according to a slideshow Davenport presented in the meeting. From September 2024 to January 2025, the overall attendance rate in the district decreased, according to a slideshow Davenport presented during the meeting.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cityandstateny.com | William Diep
After over 20 years in the Assembly, Daniel O’Donnell will retire at the end of 2024, with Democrat Micah Lasher taking over his seat. O’Donnell was the first out gay man to serve in the Assembly after he was elected in 2002 to represent part of Manhattan. After serving as a public defender with The Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn and opening a public interest law firm, O’Donnell ran for the Assembly to replace retiring Assembly Member Edward Sullivan.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cityandstateny.com | William Diep
State Sen. Iwen Chu was defeated by Republican Steve Chan by about 10 percentage points in the increasingly Republican 17th state Senate District. Chu was the first Asian American woman to serve in the state Senate and was first person to represent the newly redrawn and predominantly Asian American district in southern Brooklyn. City & State spoke with Chu to reflect on her time in the state Senate and what she hopes to do in the future. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
nynmedia.com | William Diep
Nonprofit community health plan Amida Care, specializing in providing comprehensive health coverage and coordinated care to people on Medicaid suffering from chronic conditions, including HIV/AIDS and behavioral health disorders, is celebrating two decades of service to New Yorkers. And to mark the milestone, the organization published a 20-year legacy report on Dec. 1 in commemoration of World AIDS Day.
