While New York has secured eight offshore wind contracts for development, energy experts say not enough investment is being made in the port infrastructure needed to assemble the turbines and deploy them out to sea.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Gov. Hochul, Hold Amazon Accountable this Prime Day
Maritza Silva-Farrell |
“As Amazon gets richer, workers are waiting for protections they needed yesterday, and the state has an important role to play. Gov. Hochul can demonstrate her leadership and prove that she will fight for working people. The first step is signing the Warehouse Worker Protection Act.”
Housing and Homelessness
New York City Housing Calendar, July 13-20
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing-related events and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
2022 election
Housing, Reproductive Rights on Voters’ Minds as Quiet NY Primary Unfolds
Jeanmarie Evelly, Liz Donovan and David Brand |
Tuesday marked the first of this year’s primary elections in New York. Some voters told City Limits they were motivated to show up by the recent, controversial U.S Supreme Court decisions that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion as well as New York’s concealed-carry gun law.
City Limits archives
Flashback Friday: Staten Island’s Sandy Ground, 1982
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Mayor Eric Adams commissioned a new Staten Island Ferry boat dubbed Sandy Ground—named after New York’s first free Black community, founded on the island more than two centuries ago. In 1982, City Limits published an interview with William “Pops” Pedro, who was then 100 years old and had lived his whole life in the historic enclave.
CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
Plastic Bags Still Ubiquitous in NYC Shops, Months After Enforcement of Ban Began
Liz Donovan |
The effectiveness of New York’s plastic bag ban could serve as a portend for other, similar bans on single-use plastics either already approved or under discussion at both the city and state legislative levels. To get a better sense of how its implementation is going, City Limits’ CLARIFY interns spoke to more than 50 bodega owners and store workers in the outer boroughs to see if they’re still using plastic, and if so, to tell us why.
Election 2021
General Election Breakdown: NYC Republicans See Wins in Key Council Races
Ese Olumhense |
While turnout was not particularly high across the city, GOP wins signal that moderate and conservative voters were pushed to the polls in key districts, perhaps propelled by a rejection of more progressive proposals that have become mainstream, like diverting money from the police department.
2021 City Council Races
On Staten Island, It’s Red vs. Blue in Tight City Council Race
Jeanmarie Evelly and David Brand |
“Albanese might have the support of the law enforcement union, but I think more law enforcement officers would rather lick the floor of the Ferry Terminal than vote for him,” said Republican Councilmember Joe Borelli. “He’s had more positions than the Kama Sutra.”
NYC council elections
NYC General Election Day: Updates From Across the Boroughs
Jeanmarie Evelly, David Brand, Adi Talwar and Liz Donovan |
New York City will choose its next mayor on Tuesday. Check here throughout the day for developments in the 2021 election.
primary election
2021 Primary Day Thread: NYC Votes for a New Mayor, City Council
City Limits |
The winner of the primary will go on to compete on the ballot in November’s general election—which in a city that leans as heavily Democratic as New York means most seats will be filled by whoever wins in June.
Council Countdown
It’s Insider Vs. Outsiders in Republican Council Primary on Staten Island
Jarrett Murphy |
A tradition of handing down power within this 50th Council district office is under assault in the most contested Republican primary in this cycle.
