The legislature passed a law allowing workers to place a lien on owners’ personal property to prevent them from absconding with cash and starting fresh without making court-mandated payments to workers. It awaits Gov. Cuomo’s signature.
Making the Match: Public Financing in New York State
Flawed Process Could Mar State’s Campaign Finance Reform Effort
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‘You’re asking the winners of the game to change the rules and that’s always a hard thing to do.’
Making the Match: Public Financing in New York State
Debate Over Fine Points of Campaign-Finance System as Deadline Nears
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While commending Gov. Cuomo’s proposal for a voluntary matching system on the state level, many experts have also suggested that the governor’s blueprint requires significant changes to be successful.
age discrimination
Debate Over How to Root Out Age Discrimination in NYC Workplaces
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A package of Council bills would mandate more workplace testing, but an administration official says that’s not the best way to detect a subtle form of bias that often intersects with other types of discrimination.
GOVERNMENT
Where Have All the Whistleblowers Gone?
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Only one complainant out of 170 cases spanning five years and the entirety of New York City government was officially considered a ‘whistleblower.’
Making the Match: Public Financing in New York State
City Campaign Finance System Charts Path—and Highlights Challenges—for State Reform
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A look at some recent races illustrates the many successes of the New York City campaign finance system, as well as limitations that the new state system will also have to deal with.
affordability
Call for City to Take Aggressive Steps on Affordable Homeownership
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Affordable homeownership was an ingredient in the prescription that brought New York City back from the dead. Now, some experts say, it is homeownership that needs saving in New York.
ASL
Shortage of Sign Language Interpreters in City Courts Creates Delays
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Postponed hearings, delayed arraignments and miscommunication are caused by the limited number of interpreters, making the already high-stakes, onerous process of navigating the legal system even more challenging for those who rely on such services.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
NYC Homeowners Face Huge Unknowns as Flood Insurance Changes Loom
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Owners on the city’s coastline and their advocates are bracing for impact as two more major anticipated changes to federal flood insurance policy promise to fundamentally alter the landscape of affordable housing in New York City.
Age Justice
NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care
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In New York City’s worst-staffed homes, nursing home residents get fewer than three hours on average of direct nursing care each day—below the recommended amount. City Limits found that those gaps have serious consequences for residents.
CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
No Easy Answers as NYC Searches for Better Ways to Get Freight into a Crowded City
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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.