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Panel OKs Question on Cops Who Lie, Avoids Major Land-Use Changes

In a dramatic reversal, the Charter Revision Commission approved a proposal to allow the CCRB to go after cops who make false statements during investigations of police misconduct. But it rejected comprehensive planning.
By Jarrett Murphy
City Panel Has Eye on Tweaking the Way NYC Plans for its Future

The city's Charter Revision Commission meets Tuesday to consider another batch of potential questions for the November ballot—including a measure related to how the city does its land-use planning.
By Sadef Ali Kully
Special Election Marked a Political Milestone Long in Coming for NYC’s Haitians

When Farah Louis formally takes office, New York will for the first time have two Haitian-Americans in the City Council—a major milestone for the largest and one of the oldest ex patriate Haitian communities in the world.
By Alain Gaillard
Advocates Push Charter Commission for Bolder Action on Land Use

See our video explaining the debate about comprehensive planning.
By Sadef Ali Kully
Video: Climate Change, Campaign Cash and Charter Check-In

MacKenzie Fegan and Jarrett Murphy talk though three big stories that could reshape policy and politics New York City.
By City Limits
Max & Murphy: Amid Calls for Sweeping Charter Reform, Panel Aims Toward Modest Changes

The 2019 commission began winnowing its work down to the questions that it will put on the ballot in November. And the focus discernibly shifted from the sweeping to the particular.
By Jarrett Murphy
Opinion: Is the Charter Revision Commission Looking at the Wrong Election Reforms?

Increasing voter engagement and making politics more vibrant is a goal of the 2019 charter revision panel. But by exploring instant-runoff voting and eschewing any re-examination of term limits, the author warns, the commission might be hampering hopes for real progress.
By Joseph P. Viteritti
Max & Murphy: Corey Johnson on Measles, Amazon, Charter Revision and 2021

The speaker weighed in on whether Mayor de Blasio's presidential flirtation is a distraction, what he's learned so far as Council leader, what he wants to see out of charter revision and what vision he'll project if he runs in 2021.
By Jarrett Murphy