Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Just north of 125th Street, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture displays a timeline of black political activism. The familiar faces— Garvey, DuBois, King, Malcolm X, Jackson— are…

ByJarrett Murphy 11 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Government

Charter Debate: A Zero-Sum Game?

At a Charter Revision Commission hearing in the Bronx, the theme was power: Who wants more, and who’s supposed to give it up.

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

In This Recession Pain Has A Color

The day that Barack Obama became President, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Plaza outside the state office building on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue was alive with expectant joy. The crowd…

ByJarrett Murphy 11 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Economy

The New Dream

In January and February the national unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent— lower than in late 2009. That was seen as a sign that the economy was rounding the…

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

Where The Murders Are

A precinct-by-precinct look at this year’s killings reveals that the increased bloodshed is affecting some neighborhoods more than others.

ByJarrett Murphy 9 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Uncategorized

Census Worry: Whither Williamsburg?

In a last effort to get more New Yorkers to return their Census forms, City Hall is outing the neighborhoods with the lowest response rates.

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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Apr 2010

Government

Who's Got The Power? Citizens To Weigh In

The first public hearing of the mayor’s Charter Revision Commission could be the start of a fast-track effort to change the way New York City governs itself.

ByJarrett Murphy 6 minRead time

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Mar 2010

Economy Housing and Homelessness

A Minefield for Obama

When will the President address the disproportionate color of unemployment?

ByJarrett Murphy 6 minRead time

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Mar 2010

Economy Justice

Hello, Mr. Elephant!

Some tiptoe around the subject, but the connection between black worker status and immigration deserves to be faced.

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Nov 2009

Government In Depth

Bronx Living Wage Battle Moves To City Council

As the City Council takes up consideration of the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment plan, the developer and local pols are locked in a dispute that could derail the project.

ByJarrett Murphy 23 minRead time

Jarrett Murphy

Like A Canyon

Charter Debate: A Zero-Sum Game?

In This Recession Pain Has A Color

The New Dream

Where The Murders Are

Census Worry: Whither Williamsburg?

Who's Got The Power? Citizens To Weigh In

A Minefield for Obama

Hello, Mr. Elephant!

Bronx Living Wage Battle Moves To City Council

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