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Education
covid school

Your Video Issues Guide to the 2021 Mayoral Race: Education

By Jarrett Murphy | February 22, 2021

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.

Economy
Shuttered stores

What’s the Economy, Stupid? A Video Breakdown of a Top 2021 Issue

By Jarrett Murphy | February 8, 2021

The economy would have been a major topic in this campaign year even if COVID-19 never happened. Now, amid massive unemployment, a fiscal emergency, and potential long-term changes in commuting and retail, it’s pivotal.

2021 election

What NYC Mayoral Hopefuls Answered When Community Journalists Asked

By Jarrett Murphy | February 1, 2021

Watch the Center for Community Media forum with four 2021 contenders.

Election 2020

VIDEO: How the Election Will Impact NYC Housing

By Nicole Javorsky | October 23, 2020

Whoever wins the presidency could have a huge impact on housing in New York City, from homelessness to homeownership, and private development to public housing.

assembly
Carl Heastie at protest

Sights & Sounds: Marchers Push Assembly Speaker to Cancel Rent

By Jarrett Murphy | September 16, 2020

But Carl Heastie says the next move in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the federal government’s to make.

Housing and Development
bay street rendering

Video: The de Blasio Rezonings, Revisited

By Sadef Ali Kully and Bianca Clendenin | September 16, 2020

So far, the city has approved six of the 15 rezonings Mayor de Blasio thought he’d accomplish, with one remaining on the docket. Here’s a quick video tour through the communities that have been rezoned.

News

Property Owners and Advocates for Tenants Clash Over Impacts of New Rent Laws

By Harry DiPrinzio | October 4, 2019

A rare discussion between a tenant leader, a real estate industry rep, pro-poor policy analyst and a Corcoran broker exposed divergent rhetoric about the state’s updated rent stabilization laws.

biodiversity

Climate Change Poses Serious Challenges for City’s Natural Areas

By Harry DiPrinzio | September 13, 2019

Three experts on New York City’s environment on New York City’s natural areas, the biodiversity that exists within them and how climate change is going to affect them.

affordability

Video: Does NYC Need a Comprehensive Plan?

By Harry DiPrinzio, Jeanmarie Evelly, Jarrett Murphy and Marc Bussanich | May 24, 2019

New York’s approach to land use has plenty of defenders. There are, however, those who disagree. ‘The current system exacerbates our worst selves rather than our best selves,’ a Brooklyn Councilmember told a City Limits panel Thursday night.

Mapping the Future

Video: City’s Planners Pitch Gowanus Rezoning Plan

By Marc Bussanich | March 1, 2019

The Gowanus proposal grew out of—but does not entirely reflect—a community-based discussion about how the Brooklyn neighborhood should grow.

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