Agenda 2019
Opinion: Mr. Mayor, it’s Time to Play Fair for Parks
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‘Parks are critical urban infrastructure. Parks don’t just make New York City tolerable – they make it livable. They are the soul of our city. And they are at a breaking point.’
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More than a Salary Dispute Divides the Mayor and his UPK Providers
Jarrett Murphy |
The nonprofits that deliver much of the mayor’s signature initiative say the city’s new program structure suffers from multiple flaws—beyond the issue of pay parity.
Age Justice
Video: Seniors Rally at City Hall
Jarrett Murphy |
In this year’s budget process, advocates have elevated two asks: one for $20 million in additional senior-center meals funding, and another for $15 million for delivered meals.
Age Justice
We Asked NYC Seniors: What’s Your Message to the Mayor?
Jarrett Murphy and Marc Bussanich |
What do New York City’s aging residents think of New York City’s aging services? City Limits asked people at three senior centers.
Age Justice
Can NYC Deliver Age Justice? Read Our Newsletters
Jarrett Murphy |
City Limits produced simple guides to the budget process for older New Yorkers, in three languages.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Corey Johnson on Measles, Amazon, Charter Revision and 2021
Jarrett Murphy |
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.
Agenda 2019
Video: Breaking Down the 2020 NY State Budget
City Limits |
Bail reform, congestion pricing, education aid … the 2020 state budget had a lot. Including, according to a quiz City Limits’ editor took on air, hundreds of uses of the word ‘miscellaneous.’
Age Justice
Report Sees Economic Hit from Cuts to Medicaid Program for Aides
Roshan Abraham |
The more than 600 fiscal intermediaries statewide allows elderly and disabled people to hire and manage personal assistants. Critics say the governor’s executive budget would cut that number by at least 90 percent by changing eligibility requirements.
Age Justice
Opinion: It’s Time to Make NY a #FairCity4AllAges
Margaret Chin and Katelyn Hosey |
‘At less than one-half of 1 percent of the city’s overall budget, the Department for the Aging has long struggled to receive the financial support it requires to meet its mission of ensuring the ‘the dignity and quality of life of diverse older adults.”
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: State Comptroller on Bullying, Billionaires and the Budget
Jarrett Murphy |
‘The reality is if you lose even a handful of those billionaires or multi-millionaires, those who have two or three houses somewhere else and can pretty quickly change their legal address and avoid New York taxes, it does have an impact.’
