Now that 2020 has dawned, here are the big land-use stories that Mapping the Future is tracking.
It’s the same city as it was in 2018, but a different place thanks to these developments.
‘Individuals not currently concerned with our large jail population may start to care when they see what 3,300 really looks like.’
‘Around the country, more and more billionaires are getting involved in criminal justice reform.”
A new report says rural counties, suburban areas and small cities are adding jail capacity even as big cities and state systems shed cells. A handful of upstate counties are part of that trend.
‘Without voting rights, prisoners nationwide are waging nonviolent direct action to fight for better conditions.’
‘Chinese voters need to be smarter. We are not an ATM for politicians,’ one community leader said, according to a report from the World Journal. ‘We should mobilize our ballots to elect someone who can really help us.’
On Tuesday, New Yorkers will hit the polls to cast ballots in a number of races: for public advocate, for district attorneys in three boroughs, in one City Council race and for a number of judicial posts. There are also proposed charter changes.
“Roughly eighteen months ago I was released from state prison after serving nearly forty years throughout the state of New York. Contrary to what you may have heard today, there are no good prisons. Jails, prisons, and correctional facilities are cruel, inhumane, and oppressive places.” —Jose Saldana (Director, Release Aging People in Prison) Mayor…
A look at some recent races illustrates the many successes of the New York City campaign finance system, as well as limitations that the new state system will also have to deal with.
