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In an otherwise productive session for progressives, efforts to reform the state’s parole system fell short in Albany in the legislative season that ended this week.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Trees are Gone. The Hill is Leveled. The Building is Coming.

The question is, if they’re building on steep hillsides now, where will the Bronx’s development boom go next?

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Climate and Environment Podcasts

Max & Murphy: State’s New Climate Law is Huge Move, And a Compromise

New York State legislators on Tuesday passed one of the most ambitious pieces of environmental legislation seen in the United States: a bill that sets the Empire State on a…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Government Justice Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Sizing Up the Race for Queens DA

The 2019 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney is anything but drowsy, because it embodies the yawning gap between yesterday’s mainstream thinking on criminal justice and today’s.

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Government

Panel OKs Question on Cops Who Lie, Avoids Major Land-Use Changes

In a dramatic reversal, the Charter Revision Commission approved a proposal to allow the CCRB to go after cops who make false statements during investigations of police misconduct. But it…

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.

Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community…

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Report: What NYers Have Left After Housing Costs, Other Essentials

The full impact of the tension between slow-growing incomes and swelling costs for essentials in the city is most visible when you look at what—if anything—is left over after the…

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Justice

Legislature Closing in on Narrow Reforms to the State’s Parole System

Advocates believe the two bills under consideration would help, but say broader changes are needed to fix the system and facilitate the closure of Rikers Island.

ByJarrett Murphy 11 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

De Blasio & Senior Housing: What Was That Promise That He Made?

The problem isn’t that the mayor isn’t doing what he said in 2018. It’s that he didn’t say much of anything.

ByJarrett Murphy 19 minRead time

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Jun 2019

Government NYCHA Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Eric Adams Says Speaker & Comptroller Are Both Wrong on Campaign Finance

The beep weighed in on the beef between two of his likely 2021 rivals and also talked about borough jails, NYCHA develpment and the Queens DA’s race. Plus, a look…

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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Update: Parole Reforms Fall Short

The Trees are Gone. The Hill is Leveled. The Building is Coming.

Max & Murphy: State’s New Climate Law is Huge Move, And a Compromise

Max & Murphy: Sizing Up the Race for Queens DA

Panel OKs Question on Cops Who Lie, Avoids Major Land-Use Changes

Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.

Report: What NYers Have Left After Housing Costs, Other Essentials

Legislature Closing in on Narrow Reforms to the State’s Parole System

De Blasio & Senior Housing: What Was That Promise That He Made?

Max & Murphy: Eric Adams Says Speaker & Comptroller Are Both Wrong on Campaign Finance

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