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Agenda 2019
Update: Parole Reforms Fall Short
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Awards
City Limits Writer Honored by Newswomen’s Club
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A year-long investigation found that ‘many of the families who rely on NYCHA’s emergency transfer program are not getting the help they need.’
Andy Byford
It Might Not Feel Like It, But Subway Service is ‘Stabilizing,’ Transit Chief Says
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“Customers say to me that they are noticing it’s certainly not getting any worse,” Transit President Andy Byford said. “What we really want is for them to say is it’s absolutely getting better.”
City Limits internship
Apply Now: City Limits’ Fall 2018 Reporting Internship for NYC Students
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Calling all aspiring journalists! City Limits is currently accepting applications from NYC high school students for its CLARIFY (City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) introductory internship program for the fall of 2018.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Calling Obama Version Ineffective, Trump’s HUD Crafting New Fair-Housing Rule
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The department is soliciting public comment on a new version of a rule originally aimed at making sure federal housing resources go to reduce, rather than exacerbate, housing segregation.