Amsterdam Aldermen Survive Debate over Controversial Housing Project

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Despite fierce criticism in the council, the Amsterdam city council has decided to proceed with a housing project housing young refugees with residence permits alongside students and first-time homebuyers. Two motions of censure were rejected. The council debate followed a series of sometimes violent incidents at Stek Oost, the largest mixed-use housing project in Amsterdam. GroenLinks aldermen Zita Pels and Rutger Groot Wassink, in particular, …

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Things are threatening to go terribly wrong again in the Amsterdam city council. While everyone knows that the real problem in this country is the continued stigmatization of refugees, the Amsterdam city council is once again (yes, once again!) debating something as trivial as the situation at Stek Oost. As if a city council exists to solve actual existing problems for citizens, and not to guide a debate in which everyone is treated equally, whe…

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Once a month, the Amsterdam City Council meets in the Stopera, and half an hour before the meeting begins, AT5 will broadcast a live poll of the "Mood at the Stopera." This final council meeting before the election recess has a packed agenda, including the future of sea cruises in Amsterdam, the fat bike ban in busy areas, and safety at Stek Oost. We'll discuss the latter with VVD council member Myron von Gerhardt and Cas van Berkel (JA21) on "M…