William Alatriste for the NYC Council
Then-Council Speaker Christine Quinn running a Council meeting in late 2013.
It was cold on Wednesday when Christine Quinn—CEO of the homeless-services organization WIN—spoke to the Max & Murphy Show on WBAI. For the former Council speaker and 2013 mayoral candidate, the temperature was an important point of reference.
The end of the 2019 elections means the 2020 election year has officially begun, although in reality it’s been underway for months, if not longer.
Voters will make important decisions on citywide offices, changes to the city’s governing structure and judicial posts. Some will decide a race for district attorney and others will settle the contest for a City Council seat.
Of the 25 cases closed in 2019, which included some that were opened in earlier years, five were deemed to qualify for whistleblower protection.
‘Mistakes were made early, they were made often, they were repeated, they were compounded.’
Summers are going to get hotter, and heat waves more common, longer and more extreme, exacerbating what is already the deadliest weather-related risk to life and health in the United States. Is New York City ready? A special video report.
Two leading advocates say the proposed changes to police misconduct investigations, the land-use process and budget rules are substantive if not sweeping—while ranked-choice voting represents a significant change to how democracy operates in New York.
‘You can’t cook on a hotplate,’ says a 26-year resident of the building. So she spends on take-out food. ‘It eats up an exorbitant amount of money that I don’t have.’ During the holidays last year, ‘We were unable to invite families to our homes because we had no gas.’
The three candidates running for public advocate provide different rationales for how to use the office. The common thread is that each sees potential for the office to make a difference, if big changes are made.
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.