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A former city sanitation commissioner and deputy mayor applauds the city’s ambitious goal to remove compostable waste from the garbage stream—but wants to know more about where that refuse is…

ByNorman Steisel 2Comments

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Jan 2016

Opinion

No Backspace:
Fear and Loathing of Our Homeless Neighbors

Read our latest opinion blog: “Elite New Yorkers still treat homelessness as “a quality of life” issue for the non-homeless and still equate destitution with criminality.”

ByJoel Berg 7Comments

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Jan 2016

Government

Progressive Advocates Weigh in on De Blasio’s First Two Years

City Limits teamed up with The Nation to compile a mid-year report card on a mayor who, through ups and downs, remains a progressive standard-bearer.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

For months volunteers at dozens of community gardens have wondered which ones might be targeted for affordable housing. Our partners at Brooklyn Deep were in the room when gardeners learned…

ByCole Rosengren 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Opinion

Cuomo, De Blasio Could Deliver a Holiday Miracle for the Homeless

Faith leaders write that they are praying for the governor and mayor to come together on a massive supportive-housing initiative to continue a successful policy effort that began when another…

ByLaura Jervis and Marc L. Greenberg 1Comment

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Dec 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Stringer Deplores Conditions in City Homeless Shelters

The comptroller’s audit finds that too many DHS apartments are in poor shape and too few families who live there are getting the services they need. City Hall says it…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2015

Justice

Can NYC Reform Rikers Island Without Replacing it?

The jury is still out on whether reforms – segregating the most violent inmates, a crackdown on smuggling, faster use-of-force investigations – will be effective.

ByEd Morales 1Comment

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Nov 2015

Investigations Justice

Behind the Growing Calls to Close Rikers Island

The key question might not be whether the city should live without Rikers, or how it would do so, but whether it has the political will to finish the transformation…

ByEd Morales 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

In Mayor’s Fight Against Inequality, NYCHA Chair Faces Toughest Battle

In Bill de Blasio’s effort to create a more equal city, the housing authority—a successful Big Government program that now faces existential threats—is the ultimate test flight. And Shola Olatoye…