Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Will the Euro crisis bust the city’s budget? Who shoulders NYC’s tax burden? What would WalMart mean for Harlem? What do immigrants mean for native employment? All that and more…

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Dec 2011

Economy

NYC Area Gets a D for Economic Security

According to a new report on economic security, the New York region’s high housing costs and serious mortgage delinquency rate place it 74th among America’s 100 biggest metropolitan areas.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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Dec 2011

Government Justice

Ruling Touches But One Part of Church-City Relationship

A policy news round-up: Churches still get city funding and tax breaks, housing vouchers show mixed results and the West Indian Day Parade episode turns attention to the rules cops…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Justice

Is NYC Going Solo on Solitary Confinement?

A report questions whether increasing the number of solitary cells in the city’s jails is a wise move. Our weekly round-up of policy reports also looks at new findings on…

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Uncategorized

Meet the Brooklyn Bureau!

City Limits’ new project combines investigative reporting, opinion, a round-up of neighborhood news and information on jobs, arts and events.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Government

City Says New Bus Service Works; Job Numbers Dip

As the mayor unveils a scaled-back Select Bus System for 34th Street, a look at how bus experiments on 1st and 2nd Avenues have worked out. Plus, new city employment…

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Justice

Who Are the Victims of the Ticket-Fixing Scandal?

Missing from the debate about whether it was right to indict cops for fixing tickets: A look at just how many tickets New York City writes.

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Government

Guidance for Election 2011's Few Choices

November 8 is Election Day. While the Bronx and Queens offer district attorney races featuring a single candidate on multiple lines, several boroughs have judicial races. Now there’s a place…

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Economy

March to Bring Communities of Color to Occupy Wall Street

Critics of Occupy Wall Street fault its lack of racial diversity on one hand, and the diversity of its political messages on the other. A march planned for Monday will…

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Economy Housing and Homelessness

More Poor People=More Crime? Not Necessarily, Says Report

A study of the effect of housing vouchers on public safety finds no evidence that the arrival of subsidy recipients leads to increases in crime. Rather, voucher holders tend to…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

Jarrett Murphy

Gesundheit! Euro Zone Sneeze May Sicken NYC Economy

NYC Area Gets a D for Economic Security

Ruling Touches But One Part of Church-City Relationship

Is NYC Going Solo on Solitary Confinement?

Meet the Brooklyn Bureau!

City Says New Bus Service Works; Job Numbers Dip

Who Are the Victims of the Ticket-Fixing Scandal?

Guidance for Election 2011's Few Choices

March to Bring Communities of Color to Occupy Wall Street

More Poor People=More Crime? Not Necessarily, Says Report

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