Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Final Menu of Nov. 5 Races in the Bronx

The official candidate list for the general election is out, and unlike Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, every municipal office has two major-party contestants, as well as third-party alternatives.

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Losing Mayoral Candidates Do Well Against the Spread

Will Bill de Blasio’s huge, crazy, enormous, commanding lead over Joe Lhota hold up on Election Day? Will the polls themselves shape the outcome they’re trying to predict?

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Five BK Councilmembers Will Let Residents Shape Budget

The city’s participatory budgeting experiment moves into its third cycle, with Brooklyn more deeply bought in than the other boroughs.

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Government In Depth

Deadline Looms for Food Stamp Families

Beyond the shutdown, and besides the debt-ceiling deadline, another date approaches for cuts to the Food Stamp program on which some 1.9 million New Yorkers depend.

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Uncategorized

EPA Approves Gowanus Cleanup Plan

The agency’s decision—which backtracked on a proposal to store some contaminated material in Red Hook—clears the way for a $506 million cleanup to begin.

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Clock Ticking for Voter Registration in NYC

There are certainly downsides to being a registered voter. On the upside, there’s the whole self-determination thing. Plus, the sticker.

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ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

Government Justice

De Blasio Stumped by Crime Wave. Wait, There's a Crime Wave?

A tabloid is taking the Democratic nominee to task for failing to offer a solution to an increase in shootings. But a stroll through the archives suggests recent crime spikes…

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Last-Minute Choices on Primary Day in Brownsville

The latest installment in our Five Borough Ballot series visits a polling center in the Van Dyke Houses as residents—at least, some of them—cast their votes.

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