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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.
A rent freeze, eviction moratorium and a relief fund will not be enough, tenant advocates say.
But Michael Mulgrew believes a blended learning model can work.
‘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.’
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.
Two veteran political strategists broke down the 2021 mayoral field and the landscape on which their contest is already playing out.
The mayor’s decision to open parks but ban swimming has prompted an outcry. Meanwhile, proposed budget cuts to the already underfunded Parks Department threaten to strain the system during a summer when New Yorkers will likely flood to those spaces.
Reacting to the drastic drop in city revenue, Mayor de Blasio has proposed shifting $1 billion in capital spending on his housing plan from this fiscal year and next to later years.
The Max & Murphy team talks with WNYC about the races to watch on June 23.
Lindsey Boylan and Jonathan Herzog are challenging the veteran Congressman.