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Rory Lancman
The Queens District Attorney’s office under outgoing DA Richard Brown is among the last to embrace a shift in the conversation around criminal justice away from a punitive system to one focused more on rehabilitation and restoration.
‘Out of the tens of thousands of people granted voting pardons by Cuomo, only an estimated 1,000 had registered by early October.’
After years of fighting for these reforms, we can start to rebuild the broken trust New Yorkers have in the NYPD by bringing more transparency and accountability to everyday interactions. But to do this, we need full and immediate cooperation from the NYPD and the Mayor’s Office.
The more moderate Cuomo may have new battles on his hands with a Legislature controlled by his party-mates as opposed to the split control that allowed him to triangulate.
‘There are questions, however, about the degree to which the progressive mayor deserves credit for the city’s continued overall economic boom and to what extent de Blasio has really shrunk economic inequality beyond simply income.’ From our 2017 election partners.
‘As de Blasio seeks a likely reelection on Tuesday, budget watchdogs warn that the incumbent Democrat might face his biggest tests in a second term, to which there are no easy solutions.’ From our 2017 election coverage partners.
‘Despite signs of further improvement down the road, NYCHA continues to have major problems, including too many units still in disrepair, and there has been vocal pushback from residents concerning the administration’s willingness to lease NYCHA land to private developers.’ From our 2017 election partners.
Whether it’s affordable housing, sustainability, economic development, community infrastructure, or education, the administration has sought to build equity, though de Blasio has at times been accused of not going far enough by those who had immense expectations of him.
From our 2017 election coverage partners: De Blasio rode into power promising the most transparent administration in the city’s history, but his nearly four years in office have been marked by continuing questions and controversies over both his administration’s opaqueness and ethics.
After failed talks between developers and labor unions, the real-estate tax break lapsed last month, threatening the mayor’s housing plan. Who will get to shape the next version of the costly exemption?
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