Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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When New Yorkers discuss housing, they typically talk about affordability, not fairness. That doesn’t mean the two goals are totally exclusive. But it does mean they will not always or…

ByJarrett Murphy

ByMarc Bussanich 3 minRead time

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May 2018

Government

City’s Libraries Say New Gov’t Policies are Squeezing Their Budgets

The New York, Brooklyn and Queens library systems are pushing for a boost in funding to keep up with the rising cost of books—and of complying with new rules around…

ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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May 2018

Economy

Study Reveals Stark Income Disparities and Widespread Stress in Northern Manhattan

Income is up and poverty is down in Central Harlem, West Harlem and Washington Heights. But those neighborhood-wide numbers don’t capture what different segments of each community are experiencing.

ByJarrett Murphy 7 minRead time

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May 2018

Justice

Call for State to Address Crisis of Aging in Prisons

New York state’s prison population is getting smaller. It is also getting older.

ByJarrett Murphy 4 minRead time

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May 2018

Video

Video: Conservative Party Chief on the AG Scramble, a Staten Island Primary and the Gov’s GOP Rival

With an interesting gubernatorial race, a mad scramble to replace Eric Schneiderman as attorney general, and control of the state senate and midterm Congressional elections on the docket this year,…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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May 2018

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Former ‘Cuse Mayor Miner Sizes Up Possible Gov Run

The two-term mayor of New York’s fifth-largest city talks about the Eric Schneiderman fallout, her record in City Hall, the connection between voting obstacles and public corruption and whether or…

ByJarrett Murphy 3 minRead time

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May 2018

Housing and Homelessness Video

Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC

An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.

ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

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May 2018

In Depth

UrbaNerd: East New York Tells its Own Story

An oral history project captures all the nuance and depth of a neighborhood that briefly moved in and then out of the media spotlight during the run up to its…

ByJarrett Murphy 5 minRead time

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May 2018

Podcasts