In April 2015, Diana Florence was a longtime prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office thinking about retirement. But a phone call—about the death of an immigrant laborer at a building site—changed her plans. And it went on to upend how New York State addresses construction fatalities.
February 8, 2023 https://citylimits.org/2023/02/08/more-than-just-an-accident-the-7-year-fight-to-pass-carlos-law/New Acting Commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik is an engineer and veteran Buildings Department official with previous experience in the private sector.
November 3, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/11/03/meet-the-new-buildings-commissioner-replacing-eric-ulrich/It’s the latest civil penalty leveled against Jason Korn, the former “Worst Landlord” on the Public Advocate’s annual list of terrible property owners.
October 26, 2022 https://citylimits.org/2022/10/26/worst-landlord-forced-to-pay-82k-in-latest-settlement-with-nyc-housing-agency/Andrew Yang talked traffic on Staten Island. Kathryn Garcia called for letting bars and restaurants use more public space. And both Loree Sutton and Mark Levin have called for new czars of public safety and COVID-19 recovery.
March 2, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/03/02/policy-shop-cars-bars-and-czars-in-nycs-future/It’s snowing outside, but it’s been raining policy in New York’s 2021 campaigns. Here’s the first installment of a series breaking down some of the big ideas.
February 2, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/02/02/the-policy-shop-sex-work-social-housing-and-15-minute-neighborhoods/While two candidates reported having more than a million on hand to fuel a five-month push to the Democratic primary, two others released policy plans for conviction review and re-entry planning.
January 22, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/01/22/fundraising-boasts-and-policy-ideas-as-manhattan-das-race-heats-up/City Limits’ editor Jarrett Murphy catches us up on the ongoing Manhattan District Attorney’s race. At least eight candidates are running, several of whom have announced policies that could greatly reshape the office’s role.
January 7, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/01/07/the-check-in-the-crowded-race-for-manhattans-next-da/Tahanie Aboushi is calling for independent investigations, more disclosure and a skeptical eye toward allegations of resisting arrest or assaulting a police officer.
January 6, 2021 https://citylimits.org/2021/01/06/how-manhattans-next-da-might-handle-lying-cops-and-bad-prosecutors/Janos Marton’s plan would pump $50 million a year to community-based providers in hopes of keeping people with mental illness out of police cars, courthouse lockups and jail cells.
November 24, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/11/24/da-hopeful-plans-to-use-forfeiture-money-to-fund-mental-health-services/Lucy Lang says prosecutors have a role advocating for better oversight of long-term care facilities, and pursuing those who harm the elderly.
November 10, 2020 https://citylimits.org/2020/11/10/da-hopeful-calls-for-cracking-down-on-elder-scams-and-failing-nursing-homes/
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