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2017: Speaker Mark-Viverito and Mayor de Blasio announce the plan to close Rikers.
A look at City Limits’ coverage is far from a comprehensive rendering of the Rikers saga. But it does provide a sense of how long this argument has been going on, of the twists and turns it has taken, and of the many passionate viewpoints New Yorkers have about it.
Could the Melrose branch of today nurture a similar life of ideas?
Many tenants facing eviction in housing court are unaware of their right to a publicly funded lawyer, Bronx advocacy organizations contend.
Only one complainant out of 170 cases spanning five years and the entirety of New York City government was officially considered a ‘whistleblower.’
‘There is a moral imperative to provide humane care for those who are held in any form of detention, a standard that jails on Rikers could never meet, and which existing borough jails—in their current design—do not yet meet.’
History offers little guidance for how Bill de Blasio should navigate his remaining time in office now that his presidential campaign is done.
Affordable homeownership was an ingredient in the prescription that brought New York City back from the dead. Now, some experts say, it is homeownership that needs saving in New York.
For all its positives, the plan doesn’t answer all the questions facing the MTA over its finances or ability to achieve its ambitions.
‘Fusion voting should exist because if we want to have legitimate third parties that people can feel comfortable voting for and not playing the spolier, then it gives us the option.’
The big wrinkle for registered voters concerns the 2020 elections.