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CityPlate: Food Policy in NYC

NYC Street Vendor Enforcement Back at Pre-Pandemic Levels, Despite Shift Away From NYPD

By Daniel Parra | March 3, 2022

From June to December 2021, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), which took over street vendor inspection and enforcement duties in 2021, issued 762 fines, and another 171 fines so far this year. The top five zip codes that saw the most enforcement were those with large immigrant populations.

Podcasts

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

By David Brand | February 16, 2022

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch this week.

Una Ciudad sin Límites

Tres candidatos de ascendencia dominicana se disputan el escaño en la Asamblea por el Alto Manhattan

By Daniel Parra | February 14, 2022

Nayma Silver-Matos, Manny De Los Santos y Edwin De La Cruz son los tres candidatos que compiten por sustituir a Carmen De La Rosa, quien renunció a su escaño cuando fue elegida como concejal del distrito 10 de la ciudad.

Podcasts

Meet Your New NYC Council: Bronx Students Interview Their Reps

By Daniel Parra | January 26, 2022

To learn more about these new officials and their plans for their time in office, City Limits partnered with students from the Department of Journalism & Media Studies at CUNY’s Lehman College, who contacted their district representatives for audio interviews.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

NYC Heat Mapping Study Finds Higher Temps in Lower-Income Neighborhoods

By Liz Donovan | January 24, 2022

For instance, during one data collection, neighborhoods surrounding Central Park measured between 80 and 82 degrees, while parts of The Bronx and upper Manhattan were between 88 and 89 degrees at the same time.

Homelessness

Aggressive Subway Policing Contrasts Mayor’s Pledge to Involve Outreach Workers

By David Brand | January 12, 2022

Video of two NYPD officers dragging and handcuffing a man at the 8th Ave L train station Monday underscores concerns about Mayor Eric Adams’ new plan to send more cops into the subways, advocates say. And an accompanying initiative to have state-funded social service workers conduct outreach in lieu of police won’t roll out until spring.

Housing and Homelessness

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

By David Brand | December 20, 2021

While developers will seriously benefit from a chance to build market-rate apartments in one of the city’s most coveted zip codes, the de Blasio administration says the new construction will also create about 900 apartments deemed affordable under the mayor’s signature Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) policy.

nyc rezonings

NYC Officials Pledge More Affordable Housing, New Artists Rules in SoHo Rezoning Plan

By David Brand | December 13, 2021

Lawmakers are expected to vote on the rezoning later this week. A 22-item “Points of Agreement” package includes pledges to develop more affordable housing outside the rezoning area—on city-owned land at 388 Hudson St. and an NYPD parking lot at 324 East 5th St.—and outlines new rules for the neighborhoods’ unique artist residences.

Opinion: It’s Time for Permanent, Equitable 24/7 Open Streets

By Vanessa Gibson and Carlina Rivera | November 17, 2021

‘The limited Open Streets we have are not distributed equitably. There are no active Open Streets in any of the six community boards that have the fewest residents living near parks. Of all the active Open Street miles in operation today, only 2.2 percent are in the Bronx.’

policing

Officials Probe Police Beating of Man in West Village, Renewing Debate Over NYPD Role in Homeless Response

By David Brand | November 17, 2021

The incident came on the heels of another violent encounter between police and New Yorkers who were camping out on a Lower Manhattan sidewalk near Tompkins Square Park Nov. 10.

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