Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Elected on a platform of police reform, the de Blasio administration has cut arrests for some low-level drug crimes, but busted more people for the controversial charge of trespassing.

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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May 2014

Economy

De Blasio Administration Unveils Big Social Service Changes

The city’s welfare agency will change a list of policies that advocates for low-income New Yorkers had criticized for years.

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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May 2014

Education Government

Update: Corrected Library Budget Numbers

When pre-payment is taken into account, the current year’s budget and Mayor de Blasio proposed fiscal 2015 spending are almost identical.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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May 2014

Government

Woops! Turns Out Libraries Aren't Getting Big Increases

The mayor’s executive budget does not include massive increases for the city’s library system, as City Limits previously reported.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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May 2014

Government

Libraries Win, Emergency Management Loses in Budget

The modest growth in the city budget proposed by Mayor de Blasio encompasses the ups and downs that individual departments face. This story has been corrected.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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May 2014

Uncategorized

Seniors Push for Funding On Eve of De Blasio Budget

In their annual Advocacy Day at City Hall, senior citizens pressed Councilmembers to shore up funding for naturally occurring retirement communities and to prevent elder abuse.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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May 2014

Economy

What Will De Blasio's Approach to Welfare Be?

Some welfare foes fear the progressive mayor will reverse years of declining rolls. Critics of welfare reform hope he does just that.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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May 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Some Cautious in Reacting to Mayor's Housing Plan

Amid widespread praise for the mayor’s 10-year, 200,000-unit, $41 billion affordable housing plan, a few notes of caution were sounded.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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May 2014

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Housing Plan Promises Inclusion, Density

The mayor’s housing vision describes an array of programs the administration will pursue to build or preserve 200,000 units. But the key is the rezoning of several city neighborhoods.

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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May 2014

Education

See the Outlines of the New Teachers' Contract

The deal includes changes to teacher training, parent involvement and school innovation. The retroactive pay and raises over nine years are funded by healthcare efficiencies for which approval is still…

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

Jarrett Murphy

Complex Changes in Low-Level Arrests Under De Blasio

De Blasio Administration Unveils Big Social Service Changes

Update: Corrected Library Budget Numbers

Woops! Turns Out Libraries Aren't Getting Big Increases

Libraries Win, Emergency Management Loses in Budget

Seniors Push for Funding On Eve of De Blasio Budget

What Will De Blasio's Approach to Welfare Be?

Some Cautious in Reacting to Mayor's Housing Plan

De Blasio Housing Plan Promises Inclusion, Density

See the Outlines of the New Teachers' Contract

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