City Limits’ editor appeared on BRIC-TVs 112BK to discusses the Gowanus rezoning, combined sewer overflows, the Queens DA race and Bill de Blasio’s run for president, among other things. Somehow, they got on to the topic of ‘mole people.’
GOVERNMENT
Video: Climate Change, Campaign Cash and Charter Check-In
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MacKenzie Fegan and Jarrett Murphy talk though three big stories that could reshape policy and politics New York City.
Events
What is RAD, and What Does it Mean for the Future of NYCHA?
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The city is moving forward with a plan to transfer 62,000 units to Section 8 housing vouchers under the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program but the program has raised numerous concerns. A panel Wednesday brought together advocates, tenant leaders and policy experts to discuss some of them.
Agenda 2019
Video: Breaking Down the 2020 NY State Budget
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Bail reform, congestion pricing, education aid … the 2020 state budget had a lot. Including, according to a quiz City Limits’ editor took on air, hundreds of uses of the word ‘miscellaneous.’
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Watch Live: City Planning Presents its Proposal for a Gowanus Rezoning
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Can’t make the February 28 meeting? Tune in here.
accessibility
Video: MTA Must Prioritize Subway Elevators as NYC Ages, Activists Say
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In the next two decades, New Yorkers 65 and older will account for 18 percent of the city’s population, according to the AARP. And they’re going to need a lot more elevators than the transit system currently offers.
Agenda 2019
Video: Breaking Down the Race for Public Advocate
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Sixteen people are running for a post with a staff smaller than an NFL team’s active roster, a budget less than one-fifteenth of one percent of the police department’s and a funky assortment of duties and powers. Does the race matter?
Agenda 2019
Video: A New State Senator Sizes Up the Task in Albany
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Jessica Ramos will be one of 15 rookie State Senators joining a 40-member Democratic majority in charge of the upper house of the state legislature for the first time in a decade.
GOVERNMENT
Video: Senate Democrats Mike Gianaris and Julia Salazar Preview 2019 in Albany
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The incoming Senate deputy majority leader and one of the 15 first-time legislators who’ll join the body come January talk about the Democrats’ agenda, the Amazon deal, single-payer healthcare and more.
GOVERNMENT
Video: After the Long-Hanging Fruit, Will Albany Look at Term Limits, Instant Runoffs?
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How ambitious will the wave of reform in Albany be when Democrats take full control of state government and start to address a long list of campaign-finance, voting and ethics reforms?
HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT
Video: New Phase in Long Push to Clean Up New York City’s Waterways
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After spending billions on reducing water pollution and promising to spend even more to make New York’s rivers, canals, bays and creeks cleaner, the city is about to embark on a plan that will deal with sewage in all five boroughs.