Property tax reform is not the kind of topic that gets hearts a-thumping. Urgency seems to be building for some kind of reform, however.
amazon
On the Air: ‘Innovation’ and Amazon’s Agenda in New York State
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City Limits’ editor appeared on WNYC to discuss our report on Amazon’s lobbying and political operation in Washington state, the nation’s capital and our own backyard.
ECONOMY
NY Firms Benefit From Trump’s Military Spending Binge
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New York voted against Donald Trump, polls show the president to be deeply unpopular here, and his policies have negatively affected many, like transgender people and immigrants. But the president’s increased military spending has meant bigger contracts and more jobs at some NY defense and supply companies.
ECONOMY
Federal Work Safety Inspectors Have Eased Penalties in NY Under Trump
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According to its own statistics, OSHA is performing slightly more inspections, but finding fewer infractions per visit, issuing fewer violations overall, and, accounting for inflation, issuing smaller penalties.
amazon
NY’s Leaders Pledged to Support ‘Innovation’ to Get Amazon Here. What Exactly Does That Mean?
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The mayor and governor have promised to make New York’s policy environment as friendly as they can for the corporate giant. What do the company’s lobbying disclosures say about its agenda?
barge
De Blasio’s Freight NYC Plan Spurs Optimism, Concerns
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Will building up the city’s barge ports it really get big trucks off the interstates? Will it do so without putting more diesel trucks on Brooklyn streets?
Agenda 2019
UrbaNerd: Who Holds New York City’s Debt?
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New York City certainly knows how much it owes to municipal bondholders—about $37 billion—for lending it the money to build bridges, schools and other important stuff. But it doesn’t know who holds all those IOUs.
buses
Dollar Van Drivers: City Should Let Us Help During L-pocalypse
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‘We are a licensed commuter van service and you’re trying to tell us you’re going to shut us out of the city?’ one driver complains. ‘They’re leaving the room for Uber, Lyft, Ford Chariot.’
amazon
Imagining an Amazon Worker’s Subway Ride
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Even having missed a train, this reporter arrived at her imaginary high-tech workplace by 8:35 or so. Granted, City Limits was just one imaginary worker – our 24,999 or more Amazon colleagues were not in the equation.
CityPlate
New York’s Hungry Will Benefit from a Byproduct of Trump’s Trade War
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Soup kitchens and pantries will get surplus food the feds bought to help farmers hurt by the presidents tariffs. But other federal food policies, like cuts to SNAP, continue to hurt the hungry.
The Ride
East Harlem Braces as Next Phase of 2nd Avenue Subway Nears
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Some East Harlem residents are less optimistic about the prospect of the new stations, and are particularly concerned about the potential disruption caused by their construction, which is estimated to take about nine years.