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.
‘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.’
Sixteen people are running for a post with a staff smaller than an NFL team’s active roster, a budget less than one-fifteenth of one percent of the police department’s and a funky assortment of duties and powers. Does the race matter?
‘The governor has proposed speeding up to 2040 his target for going to 100 percent clean electricity. We believe we can go faster. ‘
The de Blasio administration is moving to consolidate and expand its birth-to-five education programs. Will it take this opportunity to address a yawning gap between what city teachers and their nonprofit counterparts make?
Will a looming budget crunch slow down the Empire State’s progressive wave?
‘Passing Dream alone is not enough for legislators or the governor to check off the box and say enough has been done for our communities.’
Do your homework on the 16 candidates running in the February 26 election to be the No. 2 citywide official.
‘Because the law required a test score for evaluations, state test scores were simply replaced by scores from locally-chosen tests. But it gets even more insane.’
There’s ‘outside’ as in out the parking lot, and then there’s ‘outside’ like outside in the woods next to the highway.
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