Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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The former comptroller and 2013 mayoral hopeful repeated familiar policy positions on schools, business and crime, but did announce his backing for the governor’s controversial economic development plan.

ByJarrett Murphy 6 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Driving? Fuhgeddabout it! Brooklyn Stats Say Transit Rules

A new report paints the most detailed statistical picture ever of Brooklyn and its 18 community districts, and suggests residents today are less poor, better educated, paying more for housing…

ByJarrett Murphy 13 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Feds Fall Down on Homeless Women Vets

The number of homeless women veterans tracked by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs has more than doubled in the past five years, but they are poorly served by existing…

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Plan Calls for Longer Shelter Stays

A new report on homelessness in New York calls for some shelter residents to be housed for a year to 18 months, so they can get the time and resources…

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Government

Brooklyn Donors Favor de Blasio

Is it too early to be thinking about the 2013 municipal election? Of course! But that hasn’t stopped New York’s mayoral hopefuls from collecting half a million bucks in Brooklyn…

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

What’s Not to Like About the Cuomo Budget?

Amid a sea of praise for Gov. Cuomo’s second budget, advocates for low-income New Yorkers raised complaints. That, plus the latest on NYCHA, city job creation and the sick leave…

ByJarrett Murphy 6 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Investigations

Hope, Hesitation as Waste-to-Energy Gets New Look

Amid coverage of what Mayor Bloomberg said in his annual address about schools, cops and wages, the mayor’s reference to a once-controversial notion—”the possibility of cleanly converting trash into renewable…

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Government

Will Cities Be Heard in Campaign 2012?

Great nations feature great cities. But American campaigns usually don’t. Four years after voters elected a president who pledged to do more for cities, is that about to change?

ByJarrett Murphy 33 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Government In Depth

Cuomo Calls For Easier Food Stamp Access

In a wide-ranging annual speech, the governor said fingerprinting applicants is an unnecessary barrier to access. He also called for $1 billion in investment to renew Buffalo.

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Government

Following the Story: Nationwide, Firefighter Deaths Drop

The number of on-duty deaths dropped by 7 percent nationwide. New York City closed out another year without a fatality during an operation, despite responding to 23,000 blazes.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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Queens Scene: Thompson Backs Convention Center

Driving? Fuhgeddabout it! Brooklyn Stats Say Transit Rules

Feds Fall Down on Homeless Women Vets

Plan Calls for Longer Shelter Stays

Brooklyn Donors Favor de Blasio

What’s Not to Like About the Cuomo Budget?

Hope, Hesitation as Waste-to-Energy Gets New Look

Will Cities Be Heard in Campaign 2012?

Cuomo Calls For Easier Food Stamp Access

Following the Story: Nationwide, Firefighter Deaths Drop

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