The Max & Murphy Show
Concerns Remain About School Reopening, Advocate Says
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‘Delaying school for 10 days without calling for adequate funding so that schools can meet the needs of this moment, it does nothing.’
The Max & Murphy Show
The True Lessons the 1970s Fiscal Crisis Offers Pandemic NYC
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The crisis is held up as a morality tale about the limits of democracy and progressive government—lessons that some would apply to our current, pandemic-driven emergency.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Los comercios de El Bronx sobreviven… por ahora
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Afortunadamente, según entrevistas hechas la semana pasada a representantes de varios BIDs de El Bronx, Land & Sea es uno de los pocos negocios que han tenido que cerrar permanentemente a causa de la pandemia y del programa PAUSE del Estado de Nueva York. La pregunta es cuánto más podrán resistir los otros, y qué puede hacer la Ciudad para ayudarlos a sobrevivir.
Economy
Video Shows NYC Pantry’s Work: Should Billionaires Get the Bill?
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A group of lawmakers and their advocacy allies are hoping to change that, with a law that creates a fund for excluded workers and pays for it with a tax on billionaires.
2020 election
Working Families Party Believes Primary Wins Will Help It Maintain Ballot Spot
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‘What we see as we’re still in this historic crisis is voters are looking to vote their values, which is what our party and our line has always been about.’
2021 election
Donovan, Eyeing ’21 Race, Says Obama Years Were Prep for Managing NYC
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The former city and federal housing commissioner says he’s a progressive who can get things done. And he believes NYCHA is a city, not a federal, problem.
News
Hiroshima +75: Where the NYC Council’s No-Nukes Legislation Stands
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One measure would demand that the city’s pension funds begin divesting from nuclear weapons stocks.
Budget
Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal
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First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.
Economy
Most Bronx Businesses Hanging On— For Now
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The boroughs BIDs says COVID-19 hasn’t swamped most business. The question is how long they can tread water.
El plazo para el alivio de la renta de COVID-19 se reabre en medio de las críticas
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El plazo para el envío de solicitudes al fondo de ayuda estatal de $100 millones para inquilinos afectados por COVID-19 cerró el jueves, 30 de julio, pero la administración de Cuomo anunció el viernes que reabriría por una semana adicional, hasta el 6 de agosto.