Elections
The 2019 Election Results: What They Mean, and What Comes Next
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The end of the 2019 elections means the 2020 election year has officially begun, although in reality it’s been underway for months, if not longer.
Candidates & Ballot Questions: Your 2019 New York City Voters’ Guide
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Voters will make important decisions on citywide offices, changes to the city’s governing structure and judicial posts. Some will decide a race for district attorney and others will settle the contest for a City Council seat.
Government
Update: Bumper Crop of NYC Whistleblowers in 2019
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Of the 25 cases closed in 2019, which included some that were opened in earlier years, five were deemed to qualify for whistleblower protection.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Staten Island Beep Oddo Says Post-Sandy Planning Was a Failure
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‘Mistakes were made early, they were made often, they were repeated, they were compounded.’
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
The Summer of 2019 is Over but the Heat Risk to NYC is Not Going Away
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Summers are going to get hotter, and heat waves more common, longer and more extreme, exacerbating what is already the deadliest weather-related risk to life and health in the United States. Is New York City ready? A special video report.
Charter Reform Proposals: One Big Change and Lots of Modest (But Important) Tweaks
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Two leading advocates say the proposed changes to police misconduct investigations, the land-use process and budget rules are substantive if not sweeping—while ranked-choice voting represents a significant change to how democracy operates in New York.
Housing and Development
Thirteen-Month Struggle for Bronx Tenants to Get Their Stoves Back On
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‘You can’t cook on a hotplate,’ says a 26-year resident of the building. So she spends on take-out food. ‘It eats up an exorbitant amount of money that I don’t have.’ During the holidays last year, ‘We were unable to invite families to our homes because we had no gas.’
Elections
Early Voting Starts Soon. Meet the Citywide Candidates You Can Vote For.
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The three candidates running for public advocate provide different rationales for how to use the office. The common thread is that each sees potential for the office to make a difference, if big changes are made.
Closing Rikers
Rikers Closure Plan Passes: How We Got Here
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A look at City Limits’ coverage is far from a comprehensive rendering of the Rikers saga. But it does provide a sense of how long this argument has been going on, of the twists and turns it has taken, and of the many passionate viewpoints New Yorkers have about it.
Art at the Limits
Editor’s Notebook: Searching for the Ghost of Harold Bloom at the Melrose Library
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Could the Melrose branch of today nurture a similar life of ideas?