Minimizing the negative effects of truck traffic is no easy task, experts say, as the movement of goods is integral to the city’s economy, and is compounded by the rise of home-delivery services like Amazon Prime and FreshDirect.
Bill de Blasio
Data Shows Lackluster Results for City Hiring Program
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HireNYC gets a lot of hype from the de Blasio administration, but four years in, 80 percent of applications through the initiative are listed as ‘pending.’
affordability
The Disappearing 3-Bedroom: Larger Families Have Few Affordable Options in NYC
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The housing market is shedding three-bedroom units, and the mayor’s affordable-housing plan is producing few of them, leaving larger families in cramped quarters.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Seven Years After Sandy, Slow Moves Toward Resiliency in High-Risk Nabes
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There has been some progress toward making New York City as a whole—and the Resilient Neighborhoods in particular—safer. But much remains undone.
Should NYC Evaluate its Housing Policies for Their Racial Impact?
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Amid deep concerns about the way city housing policies impact different racial groups—and the lack of attention during the official planning process to those effects—some advocates and elected officials are pressing for change.
Agenda 2019
Opinion: Affordable-Housing Workers Deserve Fairness, Too
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The mayor’s housing plan will generate more than 1,800 new jobs for porters, maintenance workers, superintendents and other building service workers—which could provide life-changing opportunities, if they come with good wages and benefits.
Report: What NYers Have Left After Housing Costs, Other Essentials
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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 bills for life’s necessities are paid.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio & Senior Housing: What Was That Promise That He Made?
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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.
bikers
Can the City Change Course on How a Key ‘Vision Zero’ Law is Enforced?
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Forcing cops to attend hearings? Letting victims be part of the process? Reforming the law itself? We asked experts and advocates to weigh in on how to fix flaws in the city’s ‘failure to yield’ law exposed by a City Limits investigation.
bikers
‘Vision Zero’ Failing to Stick? Many Drivers Escape Penalties for ‘Failing to Yield’
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A majority of summonses issued under the city’s ‘failure to yield’ law end up getting dismissed after hearings, a City Limits investigation found, and victims rarely learn the outcome of those cases.
CityPlate
See Which NYC Schools Eat Lunch Before 10 a.m.
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Students at 51 percent of schools citywide head to the lunchroom at 11:00 a.m. or earlier. Where does your child’s school rank? And why is it so hard to feed kids at a normal time?