Michael Gecan
@gecaniaf
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Senior Advisor, Industrial Areas Foundation; author Going Public & After America's Midlife Crisis, essays in the Boston Review and Village Voice
Joined March 2012
Op-Ed: Jersey City must not become a playground for predatory landlords again https://t.co/m0dh7bRMQQ via @HudsonCoView
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@moetkacik @matthewstoller reminded me of this never-to-be-forgotten gem from @gecaniaf: https://t.co/tD8a7itk8C
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This is a good piece from @pahlkadot, but let's also be clear: no matter what we do, it will take decades to rebuild trust in the federal gov as an employer. DOGE made the job of all future governments *harder* by pummeling the workforce while Congress sat by idly.
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Black Families Are Leaving New York. Can a Pastor’s Plan End the Exodus?
nytimes.com
In the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, a pastor is devoting his time to building affordable housing for his congregation.
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Black Families Are Leaving New York. Can a Pastor’s Plan End the Exodus?
nytimes.com
In the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, a pastor is devoting his time to building affordable housing for his congregation.
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NYC mayor’s race: Five Democrats offer big promises on homelessness and housing at interborough forum | amNewYork https://t.co/PIOFUWK3S0
amny.com
Five Democrats pitched their ideas to help the homeless, build affordable housing and improve the New York City Housing Authority.
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Major US university achieves groundbreaking energy milestone that could set precedent nationwide: 'Serves as a blueprint' < https://t.co/Kglw9tu9qA>
thecooldown.com
The solar farm now supplies 100% of Loyola University Chicago’s electricity and about 70% of Chicago’s municipal operations energy.
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Tom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76
nytimes.com
He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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"I love New York, and I love the job of being a reporter...Reporting is the best job you can have. You get paid to talk to people." https://t.co/0JojWgNi0n
journalism.cuny.edu
The J-School’s longtime Investigative Reporter in Residence died at age 76.
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A great journalist and Prince of Our City and a beloved friend has died. @tommy_robb took investigative zeal & married it to a great empathy for those without power, behind bars unjustly and so on. "Be skeptical but never cynical":
journalism.cuny.edu
The J-School’s longtime Investigative Reporter in Residence died at age 76.
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What a graph. The median age of first-time home buyers is spiking, now approaching 40.
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1 Writing Class, 35 Years, 113 Deals, 95 Books
nytimes.com
For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives. His brand of tough love has paid dividends.
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To deliver plentiful housing and clean energy, we have to get the story right about what’s standing in the way.
bostonreview.net
To deliver plentiful housing and clean energy, we have to get the story right about what’s standing in the way.
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Lessons from a community organizer on building political power.
bostonreview.net
Lessons from a community organizer on building political power.
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The Jersey City Times tells the story of the visionaries who made yesterday's groundbreaking at the massive Bayfront development possible. https://t.co/yHJKYbuuSl
jcitytimes.com
Decades after a group of churches mobilized to force the cleanup of chromium-tainted land along the Hackensack River, officials gathered yesterday to break ground on the long-awaited first phase of…
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Decades After Churches Sued to Clean Up Toxic Land, Bayfront Construction Gets Underway
jcitytimes.com
Decades after a group of churches mobilized to force the cleanup of chromium-tainted land along the Hackensack River, officials gathered yesterday to break ground on the long-awaited first phase of…
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Professional baseball has a pitching crisis, as its starters throw harder and faster—and get injured more often. @powellAtlantic visited the old-school baseball coach Leo Mazzone to give him a chance to say “I told you so.”
theatlantic.com
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
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