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Adam Wisnieski

Security Guards

NY’s Security-Guard Industry Grows Amid Lax Oversight

By Adam Wisnieski | May 3, 2016

Laws and regulatory agencies have failed to keep up with the explosion in demand for security services, with consequences for guards and the public they serve.

Government

NYC’s Open Data Law Lacks Teeth, Lags Deadlines

By Adam Wisnieski | December 15, 2015

The de Blasio administration is behind schedule on making information from city agencies available on the city’s Open Data website. Advocates say the law requiring data releases broke new ground, but lacked any enforcement mechanism.

The Cost of Our Water

City Tracks Tummy Trouble to Identify Water Problems

By Adam Wisnieski | June 17, 2015

The departments of health and environmental protection log purchases of stomach medicine from major drug-store chains as part of an effort to spot water contamination.

The Cost of Our Water

Croton Plant Still Stirs Anger, Questions about Water Projects

By Adam Wisnieski | June 17, 2015

The federally mandated plant in the Bronx is finally operating, but neighbors still wonder why a site that was supposed to save money ended up costing $2 billion more than planned.

The Cost of Our Water

Climate Change and Cloudy Water Challenge City’s Water System

By Adam Wisnieski | June 16, 2015

You might not know what “turbidity” is but it’s a long-standing issue in the city’s Catskills watershed—one that climate change is likely to exacerbate.

The Cost of Our Water

Steps to Protect NYC Water Boost Eagles and Trout

By Adam Wisnieski | June 16, 2015

Historically known as black bear, bobcat and beaver country, the Catskills have become popular for trout fishing and bald eagle spotting, due in part because of how we get our drinking water.

The Cost of Our Water

Watershed Residents Offered Buyout of Flood-Damaged Homes

By Adam Wisnieski | June 15, 2015

FEMA deals didn’t work for many upstate residents affected by 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene. So New York’s DEP is offering to buy some homeowners out—a way to improve city-watershed relations and pick up small but important tracts of land.

The Cost of Our Water

City’s Watershed Protection Plan Seeks Difficult Balance Upstate

By Adam Wisnieski | June 15, 2015

Since 1997, New York City has spent $438 million to protect 135,149 acres of land in the Catskill/Delaware watershed, a land area greater than Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens combined. Decades-old resentment in watershed towns has eased, but there are still points of tension.

Government

City Boosts Transparency on Millions in Spending

By Adam Wisnieski | February 19, 2015

The hidden contracting world that’s existed underneath the day-to-day business of the City of New York is finally being uncovered.

Justice

Will State End the Confusing Ban on Parolee Voting?

By Adam Wisnieski | January 15, 2015

Advocates say banning people on parole from voting is unjust. A City Limits investigation finds it’s just plain confusing.

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