Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

This Post Has Nothing to do With Caitlyn Jenner

… but everything to do with what a gender transition can mean for people who don’t make the cover of Vanity Fair.

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Jun 2015

In Depth

Want to be a Cop? Or a Dietician? Take the Exam!

If you’ve time and a modest application fee and it’s a day other than Sunday, you can probably drop in today to take a civil service test.

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ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

Justice

Report Tells Horror Stories of NYPD’s Broken Windows Strategy

An advocacy group has collected 117 anecdotes about the NYPD’s enforcement of low-level criminal offenses. The tales come in varying flavors of injustice, inconvenience and inefficiency.

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Landfill Legacies in New York City

A multimedia look at the past, present and future of waste in New York City.

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ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

In Depth

Some City Agency Headcounts Have Soared. Others, not so Much.

The civilian headcount at the Fire Department has more than tripled in the past two decades, while staffing at the Commission on Human Rights has been more than halved. How…

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Video

‘Straight Up!’ Talk About Covering Race, Violence, Policing

From Ferguson to Freddie Gray, the past year’s headlines have driven unprecedented attention to the question of how the media covers—or fails to cover—race. The latest episode of Brooklyn Independent…

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ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

Little Known About How Much Time Kids Spend in Gym Class

For the second time in four years, a city comptroller has faulted the city school system for failing to provide adequate physical education—but been unable to assess the full scope…

ByAsamia Diaby

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ByJarrett Murphy 19 minRead time

Investigations

Life Near a Landfill: The Towns and People Who End Up with NYC Trash

From upstate Seneca County to the banks of the Delaware River, people who live near landfills and trash-burning energy plants are parsing Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste” pledge—and taking action…

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Was Your Library Deemed One of New York City’s Best?

For the second year in a row, two leading foundations have designated five branch libraries as the best of an increasingly popular bunch. Meet the winners.