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UrbaNERD

City Pushes Feds to Deliver More Vaccines to NYC

Jeanmarie Evelly | January 5, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking the Trump administration for greater support for vaccine distribution, including extra doses to cover city commuters from other states.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer

Report: What NYers Have Left After Housing Costs, Other Essentials

How Often do Preferential Rents Rise? Rarely, But More Than They Used To

A Snapshot of Poverty Among Older NYers Shows Pockets of Deep Need

Free Parking:
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC's Traffic Problem?

Affordable Housing

Does Mayor’s Housing Plan Help Where It’s Needed? Report Offers Complex Answers

Sadef Ali Kully | February 18, 2019

The detailed study by the city’s Independent Budget Office set out to address questions that have dogged the de Blasio plan, as they dogged the Bloomberg administration’s housing plan before it.

Homepage Featured

What Does the City’s Eviction Data Really Mean?

Sadef Ali Kully | February 8, 2019

The number of evictions has dropped again, but some areas were still hit hard.

community engagement

Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?

Jarrett Murphy | January 21, 2019

There’s a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about their membership.

Agenda 2019

UrbaNerd: Who Holds New York City’s Debt?

Jarrett Murphy | December 18, 2018

New York City certainly knows how much it owes to municipal bondholders—about $37 billion—for lending it the money to build bridges, schools and other important stuff. But it doesn’t know who holds all those IOUs.

Housing and Homelessness

New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market

Abigail Savitch-Lew | October 30, 2018

Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.

Election Watch 2018

New York City Adding Interpreters to Poll Sites Ahead of Midterm Vote

Jarrett Murphy | October 29, 2018

The languages served will be Russian, Yiddish, Haitian Creole, Polish and Italian. One site will serve Russian and Arabic speakers. There are already Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Bangla interpreters at many sites.

ARTS and CULTURE

Effort to Rename Columbus Day is Stalled; Statue Still Awaits Historical Markers

Harry DiPrinzio | October 5, 2018

Cities across the country including Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis, Austin as well as the states of South Dakota and Hawaii have renamed Monday’s holiday to honor Native Americans.

Budget

UrbanNerd: As Fiscal ’19 Begins, a Breakdown of Agency Budgets

Jarrett Murphy | June 29, 2018

Have you made your New (Fiscal) Year resolutions yet?

barge

UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail

Sneha Dey | May 10, 2018

The journey of the Vernon C. Bain began in 1987 in New Orleans at a time of high crime and few options for the city. Neighbors near its current Mott Haven docking hope it sails into the sunset soon.

East New York

UrbaNerd: East New York Tells its Own Story

Jarrett Murphy | May 9, 2018

An oral history project captures all the nuance and depth of a neighborhood that briefly moved in and then out of the media spotlight during the run up to its 2016 rezoning.

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