Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Pedro Espada, the Bronx senator at the center of last year’s leadership battle in Albany, has been sued for allegedly looting a nonprofit he helped run. Read the attorney general’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 0 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Economy

Rates and Race: The Fed And Black Workers

The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful forces in the American economy. This City Limits web extra asks whether its policies help or hurt the black unemployed.

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

White House: Congestion Pricing On The Table

The Obama administration’s efforts to stop sprawl and make cities livable might include new rail lines, water commuting and—possibly—using tolls to fight traffic and pollution.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

Census Uncertainty For New York's Prisoners

This week Maryland became the first state to say it will count prison inmates in their home towns when redrawing legislative districts. Will New York follow?

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Economy

Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks

As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn’t—helped.

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

Now What?

In the lobby of STRIVE, an employment-training program in East Harlem, the messages are clear, stated in a bold, black font on posters that greet the overwhelmingly black and Latino…

ByJarrett Murphy 33 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

How Fares Welfare?

While the mild post-9/11 recession was a dry run, the current downturn is the first real test of the safety net since welfare reform.

ByJarrett Murphy 0 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Economy

Where It Hurts

In the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens on a slate gray Friday in February, the food pantry at St. Gertrude the Great was devoid of clients. The woman working there,…

ByJarrett Murphy 17 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Economy

Bigger Slice, Shrinking Pie

With 15 percent of all black employees represented by unions nationwide, blacks are more likely to be organized than are white, Asian or Latino workers. And black men are more…

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Housing and Homelessness Justice

The Search for the Smoking Gun

During four decades of debate over the causes of black-male joblessness and unemployment, there have been two broad schools of thought. There were those who blamed the problem on the…

ByJarrett Murphy 38 minRead time

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Espada Sued For Raiding Nonprofit

Rates and Race: The Fed And Black Workers

White House: Congestion Pricing On The Table

Census Uncertainty For New York's Prisoners

Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks

Now What?

Where It Hurts

Bigger Slice, Shrinking Pie

The Search for the Smoking Gun

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