Age Justice
NYC’s Seniors Get Solid Wins in City’s Budget
Roshan Abraham |
Overall, the budget for the Department for The Aging will grow 13 percent in 2020 from the previous year, reaching $411 million.
Agenda 2019
Update: Parole Reforms Fall Short
Jarrett Murphy |
In an otherwise productive session for progressives, efforts to reform the state’s parole system fell short in Albany in the legislative season that ended this week.
Mapping the Future
The Trees are Gone. The Hill is Leveled. The Building is Coming.
Jarrett Murphy |
The question is, if they’re building on steep hillsides now, where will the Bronx’s development boom go next?
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: State’s New Climate Law is Huge Move, And a Compromise
Jarrett Murphy |
New York State legislators on Tuesday passed one of the most ambitious pieces of environmental legislation seen in the United States: a bill that sets the Empire State on a path to net zero greenhouse-gas emissions.
Max & Murphy: Sizing Up the Race for Queens DA
Jarrett Murphy |
The 2019 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney is anything but drowsy, because it embodies the yawning gap between yesterday’s mainstream thinking on criminal justice and today’s.
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Affordable-Housing Workers Deserve Fairness, Too
Kyle Bragg |
The mayor’s housing plan will generate more than 1,800 new jobs for porters, maintenance workers, superintendents and other building service workers—which could provide life-changing opportunities, if they come with good wages and benefits.
