El martes 11 de enero la Corte Suprema llevó a cabo dos audiencias para decidir si los inmigrantes detenidos que llevan largos períodos privados de la libertad pueden ser liberados bajo fianza mientras sus casos avanzan y luchan contra la deportación.
Whoever wins the presidency could have a huge impact on housing in New York City, from homelessness to homeownership, and private development to public housing.
A new short film extracts lessons from the experiences of community advocates in the Bronx, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles to inform neighborhood efforts at survival.
The city is moving forward with a plan to transfer 62,000 units to Section 8 housing vouchers under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program but the program has raised numerous concerns. A panel Wednesday brought together advocates, tenant leaders and policy experts to discuss some of them.
If passed, the rezoning will reshape a neighborhood that is home to active heavy industry, a vibrant arts scene, major public-housing complexes and a massive Superfund clean-up.
The former City Councilmember and former de Blasio administration member discuss their efforts to unseat incumbent State Senators who are members of the IDC, whether they’ll refuse anyone’s donations and how realistic it is to argue that Albany will ever give city schools the funding they deserve.
The Brooklyn Councilmember discusses his run for statewide office, his critique of Gov. Cuomo, his record on reproductive rights and marriage equality, and the state of the Council’s progressive caucus.
Also: Marking the anniversary of Malcolm X’s death.
CUNY Professor John Mollenkopf, a student of New York City mayors since John Lindsay, says the mayor’s state of the city was on target in diagnosing serious shortcomings in local democracy.
It’s an annual rite of mid-winter: The mayor of New York City travels to the state capitol to give his take on the governor’s proposed budget, and state legislators pelt the mayor with questions about whatever is on their minds. Bill de Blasio’s fifth trip to Albany involved some familiar themes and faces, but a slightly different feel.
Immediately after his resounding re-election, de Blasio named education “the issue I put my greatest passion and energy into.” Does that mean a mayor who avoided big controversies over education policy in his first term is gearing up for bigger fights?
