Kathryn Garcia, the city’s sanitation commissioner, food czar and former interim NYCHA chief, has resigned from working for the current mayor, perhaps with an eye on becoming the next one.
The Max & Murphy Show
Brooklyn Reps on How NY Should Handle School Reopenings, COVID-19, Rent Crisis
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Brooklyn State Sen. Julia Salazar and Jabari Brisport — who won the democratic primary in June and is likely to secure a State Senate seat in the upcoming general election — discuss ways the city and state can address school safety, potential evictions and other pandemic-related issues.
2020 election
Working Families Party Believes Primary Wins Will Help It Maintain Ballot Spot
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‘What we see as we’re still in this historic crisis is voters are looking to vote their values, which is what our party and our line has always been about.’
2021 election
Donovan, Eyeing ’21 Race, Says Obama Years Were Prep for Managing NYC
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The former city and federal housing commissioner says he’s a progressive who can get things done. And he believes NYCHA is a city, not a federal, problem.
Coronavirus
Fewer Than 10% of NYC Office Workers Expected Back This Year
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‘We have flattened and contained the virus better than almost any place in the country,’ says Partnership for New York City chief Kathy Wylde, ‘but there still is a deep concern.’
crime
Public Advocate Says Cops & ‘Cure Violence’ are Both Part of the Solution to Shootings
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Jumaane Williams blames the rise in bloodshed not on criminal-justice reform or a slowed court system but on the devastation wrought by COVID-19.
correction
Jail Reformer: City Can End Punitive Segregation, Close Rikers
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A member of the Board of Correction and Mayor de Blasio’s new task force on punitive segregation is confident the city can develop a new model for managing people behind bars.
Albany
Has NYS Only ‘Delayed the Inevitable’ When it Comes to Evictions?
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A rent freeze, eviction moratorium and a relief fund will not be enough, tenant advocates say.
COVID-19
Union Chief Says Plan for School Reopening is Overdue
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But Michael Mulgrew believes a blended learning model can work.
Education
NYPD’s Community Affairs Chief Says Cop Morale is Low
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‘People are asking us to address quality of life issues. People are asking us to stop the violence that’s happening out here but the police need the support of the people as well.’
The Max & Murphy Show
A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD
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Two things can be said about the fiscal 2021 budget. One is that it made almost no one happy.
The other is that it did not meaningfully reduce the operational size of the nation’s largest police force.