Agenda 2019
CityViews: For Dems Promising Criminal-Justice Reform, Opposing Trump or the IDC Won’t Be Enough
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‘Opening new jails is a down payment ensuring we stay stuck in our old ways. That’s not a price we should be willing to pay.’
Agenda 2019
CityViews: City Must Choose Between Two Different Visions of Policing
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‘There are significant warning signs that could jeopardize the progress we have made against crime. These warnings come in the form of two competing visions for the role police officers play in our city and society in general.’
Agenda 2019
Staten Island Rezoning Begins Public Review; 1700 at Risk of Displacement
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The launch of the seven-month public review process starts the clock toward the likely rezoning of 14 blocks along the Bay Street corridor.
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Video: How Criminal Justice Reform Looks from Brooklyn’s Courtrooms
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Are defendants in Brooklyn getting a fairer shake thanks to the reforms already undertaken?
HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT
City Asks for Extra Time to Craft Broad Plan to Reduce Water Pollution
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And the advocates that often prod the city’s Department of Environmental Protection to act faster to address pollution support the move. Sort of.
ECONOMY
Congress’s Tinkering With SNAP Could Help Some People a Little, Hurt Others Deeply
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The House is considering tinkering with how the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program calculates benefits.
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With a Fare Hike Looming, Activists Demand Funds to Fix the Struggling Subway
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Advocates are pushing back against the MTA’s plan to raise fares next year, saying straphangers shouldn’t be forced to pay more until lawmakers secure a plan to fund improvements for the city’s deteriorating transit system.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Soon-to-be Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins is Cautious on Agenda
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The leader of Senate Democrats, who will enjoy a solid majority come January, says she has avoided getting into specifics about what the conference will accomplish in its first months in power.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: What Are the Prospects for Bail Reform in 2019?
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The sponsor of an Assembly measure that would sharply constrain the use of financial bail says she is optimistic her proposal will become law now that Democrats control the State Senate.
Agenda 2019
CityViews: 2019 is the Year to Totally Change Policing in New York City
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‘Our recommended changes will aim to advance meaningful and substantive remedies that no mainstream politician will currently support. Not because they don’t make sense but because they are too politically charged.’