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The Election Changed Nothing in NYC. But Change is Coming All the Same.

Mayor de Blasio was resoundingly re-elected. Almost every other incumbent was also safely returned to power. NYC’s government in 2018 will look much like it has for the past four years. But rising seas, term limits, population growth and federal cuts could reshape the city and its politics even if the voters did not.

ByJarrett MurphyNovember 8, 20171Comment

In Depth

On the Environment, De Blasio Defied Expectations with Bold Goals, but Now Must Deliver

A mayor who was not known for environmental advocacy when he took office has set ambitious goals for carbon reduction, zero waste and air quality. Advocates hope he’ll turn more of those plans into reality if he’s re-elected.

ByJarrett MurphyNovember 2, 20176Comments

Uncategorized

Bill’s Bundler Testifies, Malliotakis Eyes Property Taxes: Campaign Headlines for Oct. 27

Plus, the dollar figures on Gov. Cuomo’s past support for the MTA. Or lack thereof.

ByJarrett MurphyOctober 27, 20170Comments

Government

How City Limits Tweeted the Comptroller Debate

Our take as the debate between Michel Faulkner and Scott Stringer played out live.

ByJarrett MurphyOctober 18, 20170Comments

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More Pressure on Vance and Comptroller Candidates Clash: Campaign Headlines for Oct. 18

Plus: Has de Blasio’s CCRB been too soft on bad cops?

ByJarrett MurphyOctober 18, 20170Comments

Justice

Timeline: The Saga of Bill de Blasio and the NYPD

While Mayor de Blasio has achieved success, faced opposition and registered failures on many issues during his first term, none played so large a role in his becoming mayor—or posed greater political risks through his tenure so far—as criminal justice.

ByJarrett MurphyOctober 16, 20171Comment

Justice

Bill de Blasio’s Police Reform Agenda has Achieved Much and Disappointed Many

Through human tragedy and political crisis, the mayor has delivered on specific reform promises and kept crime low. But he has fallen short of the sweeping change advocates hoped he would engineer.

ByJarrett MurphyOctober 16, 20172Comments

Opinion

CityViews: Queens House of Detention Could Be Refuge for the Homeless

‘At some point a mayoral administration that is in earnest about carrying out its agenda has to resolve that it won’t pander to any given neighborhood’s more sinister instincts.’

ByHoward SchneiderOctober 16, 20171Comment

Government News

Running Against the Grain: Five Council Races on Non-Traditional Party Lines

Can a socialist in Brooklyn, a fiscal conservative in Manhattan, a Dem in East Queens; a charter-school advocate in Harlem, and a Working Families Party candidate win the general?

ByAbigail Savitch-LewOctober 13, 201710Comments

Uncategorized

A Rowdy Debate, a Charge of Anti-Semitism and New Questions for the DA: Headlines for Oct. 11

"We've gotta fix what we've got." -Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl on Rikers Island* * * * De Blasio, Malliotakis & Dietl Engage in Raucous Mayoral Debate Gotham Gazette "While attacks flew throughout the night, largely from Malliotakis and Dietl toward de Blasio, on more substantive matters, the debate was largely a two-person contest, between de Blasio and…

ByJarrett MurphyOctober 11, 20170Comments

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