Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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It’s always odd to have a note duct-taped to your door, and even odder when it’s not about your car blocking someone’s driveway. So it was quite strange to find…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Housing Chief Rebuts Critics of East N.Y. Plan

Testifying about a controversial rezoning proposal, the HPD commissioner rejected the idea that city-subsidized apartments would charge rents out of step with prevailing rents or average incomes in the Brooklyn…

ByJarrett Murphy 12 minRead time

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Jan 2016

Government

Progressive Advocates Weigh in on De Blasio’s First Two Years

City Limits teamed up with The Nation to compile a mid-year report card on a mayor who, through ups and downs, remains a progressive standard-bearer.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

Can the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?

This weekend, City Limits will moderate a panel discussion featuring a tenant leader, artists and the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to try to answer that…

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Cold Enough for You? NYC Heat Complaints Lagging This Year

Baby, it’s cold outside today. In some apartments, it will be cold inside, too, if landlords flout rules for providing heat to tenants.

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Dec 2015

Justice

What is Life Like in Immigration Detention?

Reporter Batya Ungar-Sargon, immigration lawyer Talia Peleg and professional signer (and one-time immigration detainee) Nnecka Ifemesia appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the City Limits series “On the…

ByJarrett Murphy 0 minRead time

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Dec 2015

Uncategorized

Bronx Group’s New Path: Not Fighting Power, Taking It

The fight over the Kingsbridge Armory, above, ended in a great victory for the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. But it also forced a rethink over strategy, and a…

ByJarrett Murphy 19 minRead time

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Dec 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Stringer Deplores Conditions in City Homeless Shelters

The comptroller’s audit finds that too many DHS apartments are in poor shape and too few families who live there are getting the services they need. City Hall says it…

ByJarrett Murphy 6 minRead time

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Dec 2015

Justice Video

Surviving Immigration Court: A Video Discussion

Watch a lawyer, a woman who spent six months in immigration detention and a City Limits reporter discuss the court system that decides who gets to stay in the U.S.…

ByJarrett Murphy 0 minRead time

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Dec 2015

In Depth