Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Ydanis Rodriguez Focuses on Immigrants & Small Businesses in Run for Advocate
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The northern Manhattan Councilmember wants to restore voting rights for non-citizens and shield small businesses from rising rents.
Free Parking:
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?
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In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that generates traffic, obstructs deliveries, slows buses and drives motorists crazy.
Related: Video: MTA Must Prioritize Subway Elevators as NYC Ages, Activists Say
Max & Murphy: ‘Activist-Elected Official’ Williams Talks PA Race & Amazon Pullout
Jumaane Williams has had to articulate how he would manage a citywide office with potentially sweeping focused but fairly limited resources.
Corps of Engineers Eyes Multibillion-Dollar NYC Defenses vs. Climate Change
The report offers a detailed—but still preliminary—look at whether the city needs massive tidal barriers, or other measures, to protect against storm surge and ‘wave attack’ as sea levels rise.
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Video: MTA Must Prioritize Subway Elevators as NYC Ages, Activists Say
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In the next two decades, New Yorkers 65 and older will account for 18 percent of the city’s population, according to the AARP. And they’re going to need a lot more elevators than the transit system currently offers.
East Harlem Advocates’ Shocking Demand: Could We Use the Restroom?
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Hear the voices of those who want the city to reopen a comfort station that has been closed since the 70s in an area where cops write hundreds of tickets each year citing homeless people and others for public urination.
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LaGuardia AirTrain Faces Questions Over Route and Rationale
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There has been talk about building an ‘air train’ to LaGuardia Airport since before the place was officially known as LaGuardia Airport. Now there is a plan is for shovels to go into the ground in 2020 and for service to begin in 2022.
ECONOMY
Property Tax Reform Could Ease Housing Emergency: Report
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Property tax reform is not the kind of topic that gets hearts a-thumping. Urgency seems to be building for some kind of reform, however.
Agenda 2019
We Asked Public Advocate Candidates: Is NYC Following the Freedom of Information Law?
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The Charter says the public advocate is to investigate “the effectiveness of the public information and service complaint programs of city agencies.” Will the next person to hold that job actually do so?
climate change
Key Moment for NYC’s Post-Sandy Flood Protection Plans
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As community groups oppose the city’s moves on an East Side resiliency project, the region awaits the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal for harbor storm barriers.
Affordable Housing
Does Mayor’s Housing Plan Help Where It’s Needed? Report Offers Complex Answers
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The detailed study by the city’s Independent Budget Office set out to address questions that have dogged the de Blasio plan, as they dogged the Bloomberg administration’s housing plan before it.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Texas Paves the Way for NY to Make Criminal Justice More Fair
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Numerous wrongful convictions like Michael Morton’s taught Texas that it was time for a significant change to the old ‘business as usual’ approach to criminal discovery. What might that teach New York?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Legal and Financial Advice Must Be Part of Every Community’s Disaster Response Kit
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‘Having a non-profit lawyer or housing advocate on your side as you navigate insurance, mortgage relief, and complex federal and local regulations impeding your recovery can make all the difference.’
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When the Applause and Anger Over Amazon’s Withdrawal Fade, There Will be Work to Do
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Whether you blame or credit the opponents for killing the deal, or chalk it up to weird company decision-making, and whether you are pleased or peeved that the deal is dead, the important question is: What happens now?
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What Everybody is Saying About the Amazon Pullout
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On Thursday, Amazon announced that it was pulling out of its planned HQ2 in Long Island City. Here’s what elected officials, candidates, unions, advocacy groups and business organizations had to say about it
Opinion: NYC’s Teens Need Universal Rent Control to Save Their Place in the City
‘With our lives before us, we are struggling to envision a future in the city in which we were born and raised.’