Jarrett Murphy, Author at City Limits

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Video: Jumaane Williams on His Arrest & Possible Statewide Run; Tom Robbins on Wayne Barrett’s Legacy

Talking to a potential future lieutenant governor. Remembering a legendary investigative journalist. And equipping local football fans to enjoy a playoff weekend where they’ve no horse in the race.

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Max & Murphy: Ritchie Torres on the Council’s Bulked Up Oversight Role

Torres said his initial focus would be on city departments, but that it could broaden to include non-mayoral agencies like the MTA and even private companies that have a contractual…

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In Depth Investigations

Through Illegal Pipes and Improper Dumping, Homes and Businesses Pollute NYC Waterways

As the decades-long work to clean up the city’s rivers and creeks, canals and bays rolls on, it’s unclear just how big a problem unauthorized sewage connections and illegal industrial…

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Uncategorized

Read the FBI Report on Its Spying Campaign Against MLK

The bureau’s “illegal counterintelligence program directed to discredit and neutralize the civil rights leader” extended beyond his death, to a campaign to thwart the establishment of today’s holiday.

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Max & Murphy: Ten Days In, Two Rookie Councilmembers Take Stock

Carlina Rivera of the Lower East Side and Bay Ridge’s Justin Brannan were waiting to learn their committee assignments, office locations and where they’ll get to sit in the chamber…

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Max & Murphy: Mayor Takes Oath, Speaker Takes Office, Gov Takes Stock

The first week of 2018 offered government stories galore, from a chilly inauguration to a new speaker’s elevation to the governor’s state of the state address. Ben Max of Gotham…

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NYCHA Uncategorized

From Jails to Jamaica Bay: 18 New York City Stories to Watch in 2018

The election? Well, duh! The 2020 Census? Wait, huh?

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Max & Murphy: Mark-Viverito on Advocates, Power and Her Future

In an exit interview with City Limits and Gotham Gazette, the outgoing Council speaker discusses the future of issues like Rikers Island, talks about the ‘laughable’ claims of some advocates…

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ByJarrett Murphy 1 minRead time

Economy

Update: Cuomo Signs Bill to Boost Minority Contracting

The law will give the city the ability to aware higher-value contracts through the kind of discretionary process that gives minority- and woman-led firms a leg up.

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