Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Last month, NYCHA was named a 2020 WellBeing Cities Forum Laureate for its Connected Communities Guidebook, a manifesto for how to engage NYCHA communities in redesigning the 2,400 acres of…

ByJarrett Murphy 10 minRead time

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Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness

In ‘Holistic’ Approach to Crime, DA Hopeful Wants to Prosecute Landlords

Diana Florence says landlords who game the rent-regulation system ought to face criminal sanctions.

ByJarrett Murphy 13 minRead time

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Oct 2020

Economy

La buena noticia sobre reducción de pobreza en NYC no es nueva, y eso es malo

La tasa de pobreza de la ciudad cayó en 2019. Pero los eventos de 2020 casi ciertamente han revertido esa tendencia.

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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Oct 2020

Podcasts

How School Reopening Looks From the Principal’s Office

The head of the union that recently voted ‘no confidence’ in Mayor de Blasio’s leadership talks about how the resumption of in-person school is going, and Manhattan BP Gale Brewer…

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Government

No ‘Fraud’ in Maloney’s Primary Race, But Concerns About Trump’s Postal Service

There was—and continues to be—concern that delays by election boards and postal service failures could lead to mail-in ballots being omitted from the final tally of votes.

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Podcasts

Did ‘Wishful Thinking’ Drive NYC Schools to Their Chaotic Opening?

The mayor’s intense desire to provide in-person learning led the city to underestimate the obstacles to bringing kids back.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Podcasts

Lawmakers Waiting to See if Biden Victory Comes Before Fiscal Pain

A Senate leader says talks are underway about whether to tax the rich to avoid cuts. But how deep the hole will be, and whether the federal government will step…

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Llamado a la acción para aliviar crisis de vivienda en Sunset Park

El plan incluye la protección de los nuevos inquilinos, la reutilización de tierras de propiedad del gobierno y de parcelas de fabricación aisladas para viviendas, y una rezonificación para generar…

ByJarrett Murphy 13 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Economy

The Good News on NYC Poverty is Old News, Which is Bad News

The city’s poverty rate fell in 2019. But the events of 2020 have all but certainly reversed that trend.

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Justice

New York Courts Accepting Requests to Destroy Marijuana Arrest Records

Arrests for two lower-level weed charges have been expunged and the records sealed, but if you want those records destroyed altogether, there’s a form to fill out.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

Jarrett Murphy

NYCHA Gets Nod for Work to ‘Connect’ Communities

In ‘Holistic’ Approach to Crime, DA Hopeful Wants to Prosecute Landlords

La buena noticia sobre reducción de pobreza en NYC no es nueva, y eso es malo

How School Reopening Looks From the Principal’s Office

No ‘Fraud’ in Maloney’s Primary Race, But Concerns About Trump’s Postal Service

Did ‘Wishful Thinking’ Drive NYC Schools to Their Chaotic Opening?

Lawmakers Waiting to See if Biden Victory Comes Before Fiscal Pain

Llamado a la acción para aliviar crisis de vivienda en Sunset Park

The Good News on NYC Poverty is Old News, Which is Bad News

New York Courts Accepting Requests to Destroy Marijuana Arrest Records

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