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Keep Youth Happy, Healthy and Out of Trouble by Launching a Wrap Around Program
Janos Marton, Campaign Research Volunteer
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Reduce Waste and Save the Environment by Requiring Restaurants and Bars to Recycle
Chelsea Clime
Increase community participation in local government by getting social workers to educate their clients on local government
Alexandra Frank- Graduate Student from NYU, Masters in Social Work
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Access Roosevelt Island: Reactivate Water Front Ferries and Investigate Improvements to Subway Service
Saul Nadel, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Minimize Impact of Cornell NYC Tech Construction on Roosevelt Island Residents by Bringing Construction Materials by Waterway
Saul Nadel, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Save $7 million by Converting the Power Plant into the Roosevelt Island Technology, Arts and Sciences (RITAS Museum) to Provide Roosevelt Island as well as New York City and State with a Valuable Cultural Center Serving Our New Technology Community
Saul Nadel, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Expand Proposed Bike-Share Program to Roosevelt Island
Saul Nadel, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Improve Democratic Process on Roosevelt Island by Putting More Roosevelt Island Residents on the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) Board
Saul Nadel, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Create "Cornell Alumni on Roosevelt Island" Group to Help Liase with Cornell NYC Tech
Ethal Romm, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Expand Playgrounds for Toddlers on Roosevelt Island
Susy, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Opening A City Council Office on Roosevelt Island: Make Government Accessible to Roosevelt Island by Opening Federal, State and City Offices for Elected Officials on Main Street
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Free and Easy Exchange of MetroCards After MTA Implements “Green Fee.”
Barbara Pearl
http://www.mta.info/mta/budget/feb2012/Master.pdf
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Save New Yorkers $52 Million by Recalculating MetroCard Refill Bonuses to Prevent Waste
Barbara Pearl
http://blog.metrochange.org/post/12692925981/getting-the-most-from-metrocard
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Establish a Community Review Board for Oversight of the Public Safety Department
Saul Nadel, Roosevelt Island Resident
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Why not let NYCHA residents elect their own board members?
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Empower the Next Generation of Leaders by Adopting the Manhattan Young Democrats 2013 Policy Platform
Manhattan Young Democrats
http://gomyd.com/2013/05/22/myd-2013-platform-approved/
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Demand mandatory sexual violence prevention teaching in all middle and high school health classes
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Start really enforcing laws against driving while on a phone and turning without signaling and on bike riders.
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Instant Runoff Voting for City Wide Elections
Citizen's Union
http://www.citizensunion.org/www/cu/site/hosting/IssueBriefs/CU_IRV_IssueBrief_M...
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Instead of building an MTS, turn the site into a recreational pier that would serve as a destination for the Bobby Wagner Walk.
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MTA Sponsored Social Media Campaign for 2nd Avenue Businesses
https://www.thunderclap.it/en
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NYC Neighborhood Small Business Investor Guide
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