Bill de Blasio is never going to be president. But he is going to be a former mayor someday. And he has a little less than 27 months to shape just what that legacy looks like, and the kind of city we get to live in when he’s gone.
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Editor’s Note: A Second Language, A New Lens
Jarrett Murphy |
Introducing City Limits en Español.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Critical Voice for Ethnic Community Press Re-launches at City Limits News
City Limits |
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and City Limits Announce Plan to Preserve ‘Voices of New York’
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
You Asked, We Answered: Prostitution Rules, MTA Ridership and School Diversity
Harry DiPrinzio |
What rules do the proponents for legalizing prostitution have in mind? How can I get racial demographics for Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island School Districts?
Awards
City Limits Honored for Coverage of the NYC Bus System
Jarrett Murphy |
Our 2018 ‘Can Buses Be Better?’ focused attention on the surface transit that rolled in the shadows of the subway crisis.
Agenda 2019
Update: Parole Reforms Fall Short
Jarrett Murphy |
In an otherwise productive session for progressives, efforts to reform the state’s parole system fell short in Albany in the legislative season that ended this week.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
What Do You Think About a Hike in Water Rates?
Jarrett Murphy |
The city’s Water Board is considering its annual rate adjustment, which will be effective July 1. The Board’s proposal is for a 2.31 percent increase. If you want to weigh in, here are the dates, times and locations of the public hearings on the rate proposal
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
As Other Cities Look to Copy it, a Report on How Right to Counsel is Working in NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
San Francisco voters approved a similar program, Los Angeles lawmakers tasked that city’s housing department with developing one, and places like Philly, Newark and the nation’s capital are headed down the same road. But there are lessons to be learned from the Big Apple.
City’s ‘Super Commuters’ Could Shave Hours Off Bus Rides Under Congestion Pricing, Report Says
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Riders Alliance analyzed how congestion pricing would impact commutes for express bus riders, and found it would shorten start-to-end trip times on 39 express bus routes in Brooklyn and Queens by between 37 minutes to two hours per week.
Health Disparities
Following Up: Council Acts to Shore Up Maternal Health in NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
The City Council passed a set of bills intended to at least partly address the problems of maternal morbidity and mortality, which, like so many health issues, disproportionately affect low-income women of color.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Be Part of Our Imaginary Gubernatorial Debate
Jarrett Murphy |
The candidates for governor might never have a debate. But that won’t stop readers from telling us the questions they want to hear answered.
