Age Justice
Advocates See ‘Broken’ Budget Process for City’s Seniors
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Provider after provider, several with tears in their eyes, expressed dismay at the city’s inadequate reimbursement rate for meals.
Opinion: Single-Payer Long-Term Care Would Be Good News for NY’s Women
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Family caregivers (who are mostly women) across New York State provide $31 billion of free care each year.
Related: Advocates See ‘Broken’ Budget Process for City’s Seniors
Opinion: Let’s Blanket the City With Life-Saving Speed Cameras
‘A city that prioritizes the lives of a majority of its people over the demands and convenience of automobile drivers would not hesitate to saturate every city street, avenue and highway throughout the five boroughs with speed cameras that operate 24 hours a day. ‘
Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City
And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?
Max & Murphy: State Comptroller on Bullying, Billionaires and the Budget
‘The reality is if you lose even a handful of those billionaires or multi-millionaires, those who have two or three houses somewhere else and can pretty quickly change their legal address and avoid New York taxes, it does have an impact.’
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Criminal Justice Reform Hits Critical Juncture in Albany
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As the governor and state lawmakers wrestle with weighty issues like congestion pricing and marijuana legalization during the state budget process, hope has slightly dimmed that they will address the problems playing out in courtrooms and jail cells.
adaptation
Billions in Costs, Decades of Work, Dozens of Questions: Scope of NY’s Coastal Defense Project Reflects the Scale of Local Risks
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It won’t be until the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy that there is a formal federal plan in place for how to defend the New York region from catastrophic storms.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York City Students Need Wellness Education
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‘Put simply, setting aside time for meditation each week makes people better learners and better human beings. Isn’t that what we want for all our children?’
Does New York City Need a Sea Wall? Your Chance to Weigh In Has Arrived
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The federal agency has identified alternatives—some very expensive and ambitious—to protect the city from bigger waves and stronger tides.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers
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‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from legal protections or mechanisms to fight against it.’
FOIA
Has the Freedom of Information Law Worked for You?
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Calling all journalists, advocates and concerned residents: Celebrate Sunshine Week by taking our quick survey.
Age Justice
Alarm Over Proposed Cuts to State Program Overseeing Home-Health Aides
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Advocates predict that changes proposed by the governor could reduce the number of ‘fiscal intermediaries,’ who help administer the Medicaid program that pays for home-health aides, by 90 percent.
BRONX BUREAU
Resident Input Sought as City Edges Toward Possible Bronx Rezoning
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Councilman Rafael Salamanca, who represents the area, says his biggest concern is the possible displacement of residents and small businesses.
Rising Rents Threaten Immigrant Small Businesses: Report
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Rising commercial rent is a major worry for immigrant businesses around the city, according to a survey released this week by the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Hudson Valley Lawmaker on Commuter Concerns About Congestion Pricing
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‘We have to make sure we make the investments throughout the MTA region if were going be successful,’ Sen. David Carlucci told the WBAI program. ‘We also have to address the issue of double tolling.’
The Max & Murphy Show
Max & Murphy: Corey Johnson Defends His Plan to Put NYC in Charge of NYC Transit
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‘I want to have substantive conversation about that with the governor and with the state legislature, and not have it just be dismissed out of hand.’