Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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With three of her children already languishing in foster care with the case stalled in court, a young immigrant hides among the faithful rather than turn her newborn baby over…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Dec 1999

Uncategorized

Don't Bank On It

As banks reinvent themselves with mega-mergers, community developers worry what the new financial order will bring. Could the fall of neighborhood banks bring neighborhoods down, too?

ByJarrett Murphy 26 minRead time

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Nov 1999

Uncategorized

RUDY'S LEGACY? FORGETTABOUDIT!

A new report claims that Mayor Giuliani’s fiscal and management missteps will outweigh any positive achievements in the history books.

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Nov 1999

Uncategorized

WHEN WILL VALLONE DELIVER ON JOBS BILLS PROMISE?

City Council Speaker Peter Vallone promised welfare advocates that he’d support two key workfare bills, but they say he’s taking his own sweet time.

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Nov 1999

Uncategorized

GREENS, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY DOWN WITH BROOKLYN LOSS

Another election, another step forward for the Green and Working Family parties, as each gained credibility, even as they took a few potshots at each other.

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Nov 1999

Uncategorized

Law & Borders: In Red Hook, a Justice Center Courts an Entire Community

This fall a Brooklyn neighborhood will not only welcome a new courthouse–it will become a laboratory. The experiment? Whether criminal justice can be as pervasive as crime.

ByJarrett Murphy 20 minRead time

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Nov 1999

Uncategorized

Signs of the Times

If Flushing’s multilingual collage of signs appeals to you, take a Polaroid–along with Goldfingers and dairy farms, it could soon be a relic of Queens past.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Oct 1999

Uncategorized

ONLY THE LOAN-LY

According to a new report by ACORN, predatory loans–which are overly expensive and designed to drive a borrower into default–are all too pervasive in low-income communities.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Oct 1999

Uncategorized

THE CLOCK Y-NDS DOWN

Facing repairs that could cost $15 million, the YMCA is planning on selling its building on 23rd Street and evicting the low-income residents.

ByJarrett Murphy 2 minRead time

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Oct 1999

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

TENANTS, POLS DEMAND THE DIRT ON PUBLIC HOUSING PLAN

Hundreds of public housing tenants swarmed a public hearing last week about NYCHA’s five-year plan, which they say is too vague in some parts and wrong in others.

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

Jarrett Murphy

GETTING MEDIEVAL: MOTHER HIDES FROM CITY IN CONVENT

Don't Bank On It

RUDY'S LEGACY? FORGETTABOUDIT!

WHEN WILL VALLONE DELIVER ON JOBS BILLS PROMISE?

GREENS, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY DOWN WITH BROOKLYN LOSS

Law & Borders: In Red Hook, a Justice Center Courts an Entire Community

Signs of the Times

ONLY THE LOAN-LY

THE CLOCK Y-NDS DOWN

TENANTS, POLS DEMAND THE DIRT ON PUBLIC HOUSING PLAN

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