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A Senate leader says talks are underway about whether to tax the rich to avoid cuts. But how deep the hole will be, and whether the federal government will step in to help fill it, are big unknowns.
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.
Was the problem here really the process, or privilege?
‘Delaying school for 10 days without calling for adequate funding so that schools can meet the needs of this moment, it does nothing.’
The crisis is held up as a morality tale about the limits of democracy and progressive government—lessons that some would apply to our current, pandemic-driven emergency.
Councilmember Donovan Richards, the likely next Queens Borough President, talks about his plans for the office, while political expert Christina Greer discusses the lessons New York can take from June’s primary election.
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.
‘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.’
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.
‘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.’