Melissa Mark-Viverito is launching a commission to look at alternatives. The rationale for—and complexities in—shuttering the island of jails was the focus of a November City & State/City Limits series.
Where will the Council accept the mayor’s two sweeping zoning proposals? Where will they push back? And what’s next as the de Blasio housing plan continues to take shape? Ben…
The de Blasio administration’s intention to rezone parts of East New York and a corridor along Jerome Avenue have generated a lot of heat. A quieter discussion is taking place…
Critics target the city’s eight specialized schools for using a single test to determine who gets to enter. But other selective public high-schools use a confusing mix of admissions policies…
The Picture the Homeless Plan revolves around using aggressive enforcement tools and a community land trust to bring unused or overpriced units back into the pool of affordable housing, and…
City Limits exists to show New York another side of itself, and over the past 40 years, a roster of talented photographers (joined, occasionally, by a not-so-talented editor who happened…
Homeless people who age out of the shelters that serve teenagers face a difficult choice: enter the adult system in order to access the programs operated there’, or stay on…
