Elizabeth Gonzalez

Pictures from a demonstration, May 1, 2012:

These pictures were taken in Union Square on the afternoon of May 1, 2012.

Bio: Elizabeth is an intern at Capital, and an undergraduate at New York University. She was born in Cuba and raised in Miami.

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Pictures from a demonstration, May 1, 2012

These pictures were taken in Union Square on the afternoon May 1, 2012. More

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 8:10am

 
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An assemblyman says the good and bad news for renewable energy is that Cuomo's asking about it

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“Let’s imagine we're all millionaires,” Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi said at the Manhattan office of the Women’s Club of New York on Friday. “Right now, even if you are a millionaire, investing in renewable technology is a bad investment.” More

Posted on April 17th, 2012 12:16pm

 
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Petitioning Cuomo, at City Hall, to get involved in the Dream Act in Albany

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Against a backdrop of more than 50 students holding banners and chanting “si se puede” on the steps of City Hall at high noon on Tuesday, council members and immigration advocates took turns demanding passage of the so-called New York State Dream Act, a proposal on which Governor Andrew Cuomo has yet to take a position. More

Posted on March 21st, 2012 1:06pm

 
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A hearing on the vexing problem of 'economic' homelessness among city seniors

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On Thursday, the City Council's Aging and General Welfare committees held a joint hearing to address the dramatic increase in the number of elderly homeless people in New York City shelters over the last decade. More

Posted on February 29th, 2012 9:54am

 
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In Flushing, a protest against 'turnaround' mode for the city's oldest public school

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The oldest public school in New York City is facing dramatic changes, and potential closure.

On Friday, opponents of the Bloomberg administration’s school-improvement measures, among them State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, gathered in front of Flushing High School in Queens to ask for a reprieve for the 139-year-old institution. More

Posted on February 27th, 2012 4:06pm

 
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AIDS housing activists protest a city drug-screening policy

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Reduced to a chant at a demonstration in front of the offices of HASA on Friday, as the protesters called on Commissioner Robert Doar to change the policy, the demands were rendered as: “What do we want? AIDS Housing. When do we want it? Now.” More

Posted on February 20th, 2012 9:43am

 
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Elizabeth Gonzalez commented on What's the real harm in an unpassable Republican proposal to gut New York transit?

The public transportation system in the country is already terrible and needs major improvement. It would be ridiculous to cut down the funds for the the one city in the United States that is an example of how effective public transportation is. This city should be used as a model for the country! Rather than a prime target to disable public transportation. Ridiculous. But, like you mentioned often, the relief is I don't expect it will happen.

Posted on February 7th, 2012 1:12pm

 
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At a protest planned before a cut to Planned Parenthood was reversed, lawmakers celebrate instead

Councilwoman Letitia James and some colleagues gathered Friday on the steps of City Hall to “celebrate” the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s reversal of a decision to stop giving money to Planned Parenthood. More

Posted on February 3rd, 2012 10:12pm