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New York is an incongruous state. We are home to fantastic wealth – if the state were a country it would have the tenth largest economy in the world – but also the highest level of wealth inequality. We are among the most diverse – but also the most segregated. We passed the nation’s most ambitious climate law – but have missed its deadlines and continue to subsidize industries that are accelerating the climate crisis.

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Over the past two decades, the number of local news outlets in New York has nearly halved, allowing elected officials and powerful individuals to increasingly operate in the dark—with the average New Yorker none the wiser.

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