‘The reality is if you lose even a handful of those billionaires or multi-millionaires, those who have two or three houses somewhere else and can pretty quickly change their legal address and avoid New York taxes, it does have an impact.’
2020
Max & Murphy: Bill de Blasio … Presidential Candidate?
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Go ahead and diss Hizzoner’s apparent flirtation with a run for the highest office in the land. Just do it for the right reasons.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Ydanis Rodriguez Focuses on Immigrants & Small Businesses in Run for Advocate
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The northern Manhattan Councilmember wants to restore voting rights for non-citizens and shield small businesses from rising rents.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: ‘Activist-Elected Official’ Williams Talks PA Race & Amazon Pullout
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Jumaane Williams has had to articulate how he would manage a citywide office with potentially sweeping focused but fairly limited resources.
Agenda 2019
A Voice From the Albany Hearings on Combatting Sexual Harassment
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The state’s ‘severe and pervasive’ threshold for harassment must go, says Rita Pasarell. But other changes are also needed.
Agenda 2019
Melissa Mark-Viverito Points to Her Track Record in Bid for Public Advocate
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The former speaker joined Max & Murphy to talk about NYCHA, the need for a woman’s voice at the citywide level, and what she thinks of the anti-gay comments of a Bronx Councilmember.
Max & Murphy: Council’s NYCHA Point-Person Has Open Mind on the Monitor and Infill Development
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But Alicka Ampry-Samuel took issue with City Hall appointing a person with no housing expertise as interim head of the housing authority.
Max & Murphy: Rookie Sen. Biaggi on Early Progress, Looming Tests for Albany Dems
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Will a looming budget crunch slow down the Empire State’s progressive wave?
GOVERNMENT
Get Your Public Advocate Special Election Voters’ Guide!
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Do your homework on the 16 candidates running in the February 26 election to be the No. 2 citywide official.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Benjamin Yee and Jared Rich Offer Distinct ‘Outsider’ Choices for Public Advocate
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There’s ‘outside’ as in out the parking lot, and then there’s ‘outside’ like outside in the woods next to the highway.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Nomiki Konst Wants to Change the Role of NYC’s Public Advocate
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Job No. 1, the journalist and activist says, would be to take the public advocate out of the mayoral line of succession.