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‘Fusion voting should exist because if we want to have legitimate third parties that people can feel comfortable voting for and not playing the spolier, then it gives us the option.’
‘For the first time in a decade, the DHS shelter census is flat and actually trending downward,’ Steven Banks, the commissioner of the Department of Social Services, told the Max & Murphy Show.
Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism and Intelligence John Miller says the threat to New York has evolved from spectacular plots directed by large ‘terrorist bureaucracies’ to lone-wolf attacks across a broad spectrum of beliefs.
Yes, the School Diversity Advisory Group called for ending Gifted & Talented programs. But, as a group member and a Council education leader told the Max & Murphy Show, its recommendations don’t start or end there.
Even if the most intense reverberations from Commissioner James O’Neill’s August 19 decision subside, the Garner case will continue to shape conversations about the mayor, the police department and the system in place to oversee cops.
The Max & Murphy Show spoke with the former mayor and the veteran journalist about the race, Dinkins’ mayoralty and the legacy of New York’s first (and so far only) chief executive of color.
Councilman and public advocate candidate Joe Borelli joins WBAI’s Max & Murphy Show to map the GOP’s road to renewed relevance.
In a state that used to specialize in building prisons, the closures are a landmark. But they also mean there are fewer options for housing people from the city within the city.
NY’s gun laws are tight. A large share of the crime guns recovered here come from out of state. So the question is, what more New York can do to reduce gun violence in the wake of the tragedies in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton?
In the wake of a shooting that left one person dead and triggered calls for NYPD policy changes, Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel says stronger federal gun laws and more local funding for youth intervention programs are what’s really needed.