The Department of Transportation is considering a proposal to let some Access-a-Ride (AAR) vehicles utilize the city’s bus lanes — an effort to speed up trips for users, who complain the service is painstakingly slow.
Agenda 2019
On Jails and Schools, De Blasio Admin Faces Questions About Closed Meetings
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Meetings of a school siting task force and Neighborhood Advisory Councils for each of the four proposed borough jails have been closed to the public.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Battle Over Rent Regulations Will Dominate Albany’s Spring
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The weather is warming. The budget is done. And rent regulations that affect millions of tenants and thousands of landlords are up for renewal.
access-a-ride
New MTA Plan to Put Disabled Riders in Taxis is Off to a Rocky Start, Users Say
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In an effort to improve the AAR program, the MTA began offering e-hail services to users in 2016, allowing them to reserve trips in taxis or for-hire vehicles instead of the traditional blue and white AAR cars.
Age Justice
Report Sees Economic Hit from Cuts to Medicaid Program for Aides
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The more than 600 fiscal intermediaries statewide allows elderly and disabled people to hire and manage personal assistants. Critics say the governor’s executive budget would cut that number by at least 90 percent by changing eligibility requirements.
Agenda 2019
Delays, Denials, Documents That Disappear?: Survey Reveals Range of Concerns About FOIL in NYC
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While a vital tool, FOIL has also long been a source of frustration for reporters, advocates and others.
Agenda 2019
Will Congestion Pricing Create Parking Problems at the Periphery?
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Some lawmakers and residents in areas outside the proposed congestion zone worry drivers will park and ride. But there are reasons to suspect that won’t occur.
Agenda 2019
Hopes Grow (and Doubts Remain) That New York City Will Adopt Comprehensive Planning
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The 2019 Charter Revision Commission is considering a menu of changes to the city’s land-use system, including the possibility of requiring a comprehensive plan.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: State Comptroller on Bullying, Billionaires and the Budget
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‘The reality is if you lose even a handful of those billionaires or multi-millionaires, those who have two or three houses somewhere else and can pretty quickly change their legal address and avoid New York taxes, it does have an impact.’
Age Justice
Advocates See ‘Broken’ Budget Process for City’s Seniors
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Provider after provider, several with tears in their eyes, expressed dismay at the city’s inadequate reimbursement rate for meals.
FOIA
Has the Freedom of Information Law Worked for You?
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Calling all journalists, advocates and concerned residents: Celebrate Sunshine Week by taking our quick survey.