campaign finance
Flawed Process Could Mar State’s Campaign Finance Reform Effort
Kate Pastor |
‘You’re asking the winners of the game to change the rules and that’s always a hard thing to do.’
Debate Over Fine Points of Campaign-Finance System as Deadline Nears
Kate Pastor |
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
Roshan Abraham |
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?
Jarrett Murphy |
Only one complainant out of 170 cases spanning five years and the entirety of New York City government was officially considered a ‘whistleblower.’
campaign finance
City Campaign Finance System Charts Path—and Highlights Challenges—for State Reform
Kate Pastor |
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
Jarrett Murphy |
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
Jeanmarie Evelly |
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
Olivia Schwob |
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
Virginia Jeffries and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky |
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
Anna Rhoads, Sadia Haque, Rainier Harris, Lakhsmi Chatterjee, Mia Gindis, Jeanmarie Evelly, Brandon Yam, Manoli Figetakis and Hailey Del Valle |
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.
