CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC’s Teens Need Universal Rent Control to Save Their Place in the City
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‘With our lives before us, we are struggling to envision a future in the city in which we were born and raised.’
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Ydanis Rodriguez Focuses on Immigrants & Small Businesses in Run for Advocate
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The northern Manhattan Councilmember wants to restore voting rights for non-citizens and shield small businesses from rising rents.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: ‘Activist-Elected Official’ Williams Talks PA Race & Amazon Pullout
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Jumaane Williams has had to articulate how he would manage a citywide office with potentially sweeping focused but fairly limited resources.
ECONOMY
Property Tax Reform Could Ease Housing Emergency: Report
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Property tax reform is not the kind of topic that gets hearts a-thumping. Urgency seems to be building for some kind of reform, however.
Agenda 2019
We Asked Public Advocate Candidates: Is NYC Following the Freedom of Information Law?
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The Charter says the public advocate is to investigate “the effectiveness of the public information and service complaint programs of city agencies.” Will the next person to hold that job actually do so?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Texas Paves the Way for NY to Make Criminal Justice More Fair
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Numerous wrongful convictions like Michael Morton’s taught Texas that it was time for a significant change to the old ‘business as usual’ approach to criminal discovery. What might that teach New York?
Agenda 2019
Tenant Organizations Ramping Up Push to Strengthen and Expand Rent Laws
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While it seems almost certain the rent laws will be tightened it’s less sure that the geographic reach of the laws will be expanded.
Agenda 2019
A Voice From the Albany Hearings on Combatting Sexual Harassment
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The state’s ‘severe and pervasive’ threshold for harassment must go, says Rita Pasarell. But other changes are also needed.
Agenda 2019
Melissa Mark-Viverito Points to Her Track Record in Bid for Public Advocate
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The former speaker joined Max & Murphy to talk about NYCHA, the need for a woman’s voice at the citywide level, and what she thinks of the anti-gay comments of a Bronx Councilmember.
Agenda 2019
CityViews: Save the NY Program that Keeps Homeowners Out of Foreclosure
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‘This is the type of investment that will pay for itself tenfold by keeping our neighbors in their homes and by keeping our communities strong.’