Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking the Trump administration for greater support for vaccine distribution, including extra doses to cover city commuters from other states.
Affordable Housing
Does Mayor’s Housing Plan Help Where It’s Needed? Report Offers Complex Answers
Sadef Ali Kully |
The detailed study by the city’s Independent Budget Office set out to address questions that have dogged the de Blasio plan, as they dogged the Bloomberg administration’s housing plan before it.
Homepage Featured
What Does the City’s Eviction Data Really Mean?
Sadef Ali Kully |
The number of evictions has dropped again, but some areas were still hit hard.
community engagement
Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?
Jarrett Murphy |
There’s a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about their membership.
Agenda 2019
UrbaNerd: Who Holds New York City’s Debt?
Jarrett Murphy |
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.
Housing and Homelessness
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.
Election Watch 2018
New York City Adding Interpreters to Poll Sites Ahead of Midterm Vote
Jarrett Murphy |
The languages served will be Russian, Yiddish, Haitian Creole, Polish and Italian. One site will serve Russian and Arabic speakers. There are already Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Bangla interpreters at many sites.
ARTS and CULTURE
Effort to Rename Columbus Day is Stalled; Statue Still Awaits Historical Markers
Harry DiPrinzio |
Cities across the country including Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis, Austin as well as the states of South Dakota and Hawaii have renamed Monday’s holiday to honor Native Americans.
Budget
UrbanNerd: As Fiscal ’19 Begins, a Breakdown of Agency Budgets
Jarrett Murphy |
Have you made your New (Fiscal) Year resolutions yet?
UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail
Sneha Dey |
The journey of the Vernon C. Bain began in 1987 in New Orleans at a time of high crime and few options for the city. Neighbors near its current Mott Haven docking hope it sails into the sunset soon.
East New York
UrbaNerd: East New York Tells its Own Story
Jarrett Murphy |
An oral history project captures all the nuance and depth of a neighborhood that briefly moved in and then out of the media spotlight during the run up to its 2016 rezoning.
