[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, New York City, Mexico City, Tijuana, Mosul

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• Montréal mayor Valérie Plante outlines how, in the face of provincial government cuts to immigration in Québec, her city will continue to welcome immigrants and promote their integration, over at CTV.


• Gothamist shares the argument of new MTA transit head Andy Byford to New York City's city council there that the city simply must spend $US 40 billion to keep the MTA running.CityLab looks at how access to water is a major political issue in Mexico City, one that local community groups are acting upon.


• The Central American refugees in Tijuana, CityLab reports, are facing an increasing number of issues, including deteriorating conditions and local hostility.


• A VICE interview suggests that the city of Mosul, eighteen months after ISIS, is in such a poor state of repair that a resurgence of the Islamic State is possible.