Two leading advocates say the proposed changes to police misconduct investigations, the land-use process and budget rules are substantive if not sweeping—while ranked-choice voting represents a significant change to how…
The three candidates running for public advocate provide different rationales for how to use the office. The common thread is that each sees potential for the office to make a…
‘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…
‘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…
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,…
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…
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)…