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State Budget Proposal Opens Door for Three NYC Casinos

By Jarrett Murphy | March 16, 2021

The Senate’s version of the 2021 spending plan fast-tracks the siting process—even as it carves out tax breaks for existing casinos that are struggling—and gives the City Council a voice.

Nonprofits Say They've Felt a Legal Squeeze from the De Blasio Administration

City Pushes Feds to Deliver More Vaccines to NYC

The Limits of NYPD Reform: Is it Possible to Control the Police?

Jerome Avenue development

Six Down, One to Go: Where de Blasio's Rezonings Stand

Economy

Fear of Traffic and Crashes as NYers Skip Subway for Cars and Bikes

By Jeanmarie Evelly | September 3, 2020

Driving, cycling and bus usage have all rebounded somewhat since the first two months of the pandemic, but subway and commuter rail ridership remain low.

Mapping the Future

No Longer a ‘Cluster Site,’ But Problems Remain for Tenants

By David Brand | September 3, 2020

Dead rodents, broken lights and missing smoke detectors are among the issues at one property moved out of the controversial housing program.

Coronavirus

Delayed School Start Doesn’t Resolve Worries About Disparities

By Jeanmarie Evelly | September 1, 2020

From school to school and district to district, differing infection rates and resource levels will make for disparate experiences this fall.

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Even After a COVID-19 Vaccine is Approved, Distribution Will Be Challenging

By Kate Griem, Lauren Pehlivanian and Arushi Talwar | August 18, 2020

If and when a vaccine becomes available, legislators and health officials will have to decide how to best distribute it across the city, as well as overcome public skepticism.

The 47th Precinct is a car-theft hot spot
car theft

NYC’s Rise in Auto Thefts Puzzles Experts

By Holly DeMuth | August 11, 2020

Since the beginning of the year, rates of reported car thefts in New York City have climbed by 60 percent—the biggest increase of any of the seven major felonies tracked by the NYPD

consumer fireworks
fireworks

In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws

By Jarrett Murphy | June 30, 2020

Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
train yard resiliency

Steps to Boost Climate Resiliency Hit by Delays and Cuts, Thanks to COVID-19

By Danielle Cruz | June 18, 2020

Budget cuts and delays in the planning process or construction on work threaten to bog down plans that critics thought were too limited to begin with.

52nd precinct, Bronx
Budget

Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC

By Holly DeMuth | June 17, 2020

Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.

2020 election
diaz sr hat

In Run for Congress, Díaz Sr.’s Strategy is to Give Out Food and Skip Debates

By Daniel Parra | June 15, 2020

His campaign relies on Twitter and Facebook posts, pictures and videos capturing him doing old-school politics, like giving away food, toys and—since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York—masks.

looting damage on Burnside Ave
Community Boards

How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?

By Jeanmarie Evelly, Holly DeMuth, Danielle Cruz, Nicole Javorsky, Sadef Ali Kully, Jarrett Murphy and Daniel Parra | June 9, 2020

To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.

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