Jeanmarie Evelly, Author at City Limits

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Some New Yorkers are indifferent about the upcoming election this fall, saying they either don’t know who the candidates are or don’t follow local politics enough to care.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3 minRead time

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Apr 2018

Government

A Mere Handful of Voters Likely to Decide Who Represents 125,000 Bronxites in Albany

Special elections are bound to draw relatively few voters because they occur in isolation and at odd times of year, but the mechanics of New York State’s special elections are…

ByRolando Cruz

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ByJarrett Murphy 8 minRead time

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Apr 2018

Government News

Special Election By the Numbers: Who’s Funding the 2 Bronx Races

A special election on April 24 will determine who fills New York’s 11 vacant legislative seats, including two in the Bronx: one in the 32nd State Senate District and the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 12 minRead time

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Mar 2018

Housing and Homelessness

At Inwood Rezoning Meeting, More Fears of Gentrification

Members of the crowd at Monday’s hearing expressed other concerns about the rezoning plan, including how the influx of residents the new development will bring could impact local schools and…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6 minRead time

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Jun 2012

Justice

One Day in the Life of Stop-and-Frisk

On May 13, 2011, police made 56 stops in one sector of the 75th precinct. A minute-by-minute account of who was stopped, why and what happened.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 11 minRead time

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Jun 2012

Justice

Life at the Epicenter of Stop-and-Frisk

No precinct saw more police stops in 2011 than the 75th in East New York, and no patrol sector in the 7-5 had more encounters than Sector E. There, realism…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 30 minRead time

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Mar 2012

Investigations Justice

Solitary Confinement On the Rise at Rikers

There’s been a 44 percent jump in the number of punitive segregation cells in city jails the past two years. Jail officials say it’s to prevent violence, but advocates argue…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 19 minRead time

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Mar 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Why Bad Landlords Aren’t Locked Up

Prosecuting property owners for alleged negligence linked to fatal fires is hard to do, experts say. It’s only regularly attempted in high-profile cases involving firefighter victims.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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Jan 2012

Investigations Justice

NY Prisoners Counted Differently, But Still Not Voting

Now that they’ll be counted in their hometowns rather than where they’re incarcerated, state inmates could shift district lines. One thing neither they nor parollees can do, however, is vote.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 17 minRead time

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Nov 2011

Justice

From Tix-Fix to Pepper-Spray, NYPD Discipline in Spotlight

Indictments in the Bronx, scuffles on Wall Street, cops charged with planting drugs and running guns. The NYPD is getting a lot of bad press these days. But calls for…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 17 minRead time

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Looming State Elections Met With Apathy by Many New Yorkers

A Mere Handful of Voters Likely to Decide Who Represents 125,000 Bronxites in Albany

Special Election By the Numbers: Who’s Funding the 2 Bronx Races

At Inwood Rezoning Meeting, More Fears of Gentrification

One Day in the Life of Stop-and-Frisk

Life at the Epicenter of Stop-and-Frisk

Solitary Confinement On the Rise at Rikers

Why Bad Landlords Aren’t Locked Up

NY Prisoners Counted Differently, But Still Not Voting

From Tix-Fix to Pepper-Spray, NYPD Discipline in Spotlight

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