Agenda 2019
On Jails and Schools, De Blasio Admin Faces Questions About Closed Meetings
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Meetings of a school siting task force and Neighborhood Advisory Councils for each of the four proposed borough jails have been closed to the public.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Battle Over Rent Regulations Will Dominate Albany’s Spring
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The weather is warming. The budget is done. And rent regulations that affect millions of tenants and thousands of landlords are up for renewal.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Bronx Boro Prez Ruben Diaz Jr. on Jails, Power and Running for Mayor
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City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy and Ben Max from Gotham Gazette interview Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., about borough jails, affordable housing and the 2021 mayoral race.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Would a Comprehensive Plan Map a Better Future for NYC?
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Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max and Jarrett Murphy from City Limits talk to Pratt Center’s Elena Conte about the possible adoption of comprehensive planning.
Agenda 2019
Delays, Denials, Documents That Disappear?: Survey Reveals Range of Concerns About FOIL in NYC
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While a vital tool, FOIL has also long been a source of frustration for reporters, advocates and others.
Agenda 2019
Review Begins of City’s Plan to Build Four New Jails en Route to Closing Rikers
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The number of outstanding questions reflects the size of the population involved, the magnitude of the construction projects the effort entails and the unique nature of building temporary housing for people who live there involuntarily.
Agenda 2019
Hopes Grow (and Doubts Remain) That New York City Will Adopt Comprehensive Planning
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The 2019 Charter Revision Commission is considering a menu of changes to the city’s land-use system, including the possibility of requiring a comprehensive plan.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Threatened Tenants, Struggling Landlords and Mayoral Memory: Housing Headlines in the Five Boroughs
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The push for tighter rent regulations is heating up. Meanwhile, the push against tighter rent regs has begun.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: The Morals and Mechanics of Marijuana Legalization
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Revenue, licensing, expungement, home growth, medical use. They’re all important mechanics of marijuana legalization. But they are not as important as the reason for it, which is a question of justice.
Albany
Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City
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And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?