Video reports and media appearances by City Limits’ staff and contributors
Dirty bath water and a slew of apartment rejections test the faith of three single moms trying to get out of the city’s homeless shelter system. After 14 months, Johanna Garcia finally found an apartment for her and her children—but the journey wasn’t easy, and the average length of stay in shelter for families like hers is only getting longer, new data shows.
Homelessness survivors played a lead role in creating a video voters’ guide on family homelessness starring Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia, Ray McGuire, Dianne Morales and Scott Stringer.
A video primer on the challenges and opportunities that New York City’s growing 65+ population will deliver, and the questions candidates should answer about it.
City Limits hosted a mayoral forum on aging, quizzing the candidates on how they would serve their older constituents when it comes to affordable housing, discrimination in the workplace, social services, internet access and street safety.
Tune in to City Limits’ mayoral forum on aging policy on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 with candidates Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia and Ray McGuire.
From subways and buses to bikes and ferries, the people who win this year’s elections for mayor and other city offices will not only shape how New Yorkers get around, but also how public space and taxpayer money gets used.
The pandemic has shuttered government offices across the country, slowing down Freedom of Information requests. In New York, several agencies are reporting delays due to the crisis, worsening what advocates and journalists say was an already burdensome process.
As Max & Murphy discuss in their latest issue brief, health has rarely been a big topic on the campaign trail but often had a defining effect upon mayors.
Breaking down the issue that defined and sometimes derailed the de Blasio administration and the challenge confronting the next mayor.
The next mayor will have to deal with the educational damage wrought by COVID-19 and the profound problems of quality and equity that challenged the city’s schools even before the pandemic.
Five hoping to replace Andrew Cohen in representing the northwest Bronx staked out different positions on housing, policing, the budget and more.
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