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City Watch

City Watch features City Limits’ reporter David Brand and communications veteran Jeff Simmons interviewing guests about the social, economic, and political issues affecting New Yorkers.

 

Affordable Housing

City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch

By David Brand | June 1, 2022

Non-profit developers and tenants rights advocates have also been sounding the alarm on the need to create more income-restricted apartments across the five boroughs and to keep existing renters stably housed, especially in communities of color.

Art at the Limits

City Watch: Council Arts Chair Urges NYC to Boost Budget in ‘Cultural Capital of the World’

By David Brand | April 28, 2022

Brooklyn Councilmember Chi Ossé wants to commit 1 percent of New York City’s budget to the arts sector, which shed more than 208,000 jobs during the early months of the pandemic.

Podcasts

City Watch: Too Soon to Grade Subway Policing Plan, Council’s Homeless Services Chair Says

By David Brand | March 17, 2022

“Using police to remove the homeless off the subways, we have to be very careful about that,” Councilmember Diana Ayala said in an interview on WBAI’s City Watch. “Most of these people are not hurting anyone.They’re just looking for a warm place to sleep at night.”

Podcasts

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

By David Brand | February 16, 2022

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch this week.

Podcasts

City Watch: Queens Councilmember on Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare

By Jeanmarie Evelly | February 9, 2022

“Access means a lot of different things, and language access is a huge part of it,” Councilmember Linda Lee, who now chairs the committee on mental health, told WBAI’s City Watch.

NYC Housing

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

By David Brand | February 2, 2022

“This comes down to the inefficiencies of government,” said Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who represents Brooklyn’s 35th District. “We need to create systems that work for people, not against them.”

Podcasts

City Watch: A Universal Right to Counsel in NYC Housing Court?

By David Brand | January 20, 2022

“What we need to do is to ensure that, no matter how much money you’re making, you can access a free attorney if you’re at risk of eviction,” North Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch Sunday.

Housing and Homelessness

City Watch: Should NYC Land Use Decisions Consider Hospital Capacity?

By David Brand | January 4, 2022

New Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman wants to incorporate hospital capacity into New York City’s zoning process, following decades of medical facility closures, including several in Queens.

New York City

City Watch: Looking Back at NYC in 2021 & to the Year Ahead

By David Brand | December 28, 2021

City Limits staff talk about the biggest stories in the last 12 months; TurboVax creator Huge Ma discusses his 2022 run for State Assembly in Queens.

nyc politics

City Watch: Behind the Drama of the NYC Council Speaker’s Race

By David Brand | December 14, 2021

City Limits reporter David Brand speaks with Politico New York’s City Hall Bureau Chief Sally Goldenberg about the ins and outs of the race to lead the incoming City Council.

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