A report questions whether increasing the number of solitary cells in the city’s jails is a wise move. Our weekly round-up of policy reports also looks at new findings on…
The city is in the midst of an historic plan to build affordable housing. But people who want to live in those low-income units face enormous difficulty finding and applying…
As the mayor unveils a scaled-back Select Bus System for 34th Street, a look at how bus experiments on 1st and 2nd Avenues have worked out. Plus, new city employment…
From schools to public housing to hospitals that serve the poor, private firms are being brought in to rescue remnants of an earlier, more ambitious era of government.
In the past year, the housing authority has let contracts worth $10 million to a consultant to oversee a major restructuring. The content of that advice is under wraps.
Facing a severe fiscal crisis, New York’s public hospitals brought in a consultant for advice. But determining best practices for a one-of-a-kind charity healthcare system is a tricky operation.
Many private firms’ projects in city schools have not been “disasters.” But that doesn’t mean these multimillion-dollar projects are the best way for a school system to spend its money.
Not only has city spending on outside contractors swelled in the past decade. The role of private firms in developing city policy has expanded. Have accountability and transparency kept pace?
Community leaders know they can’t stop every new bar. But they can try to impose rules—on everything from hours of operation to soundproofing—for watering holes to live by.
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