Budget
Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program
Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik |
A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction
Sadef Ali Kully |
The recently passed budget shifted capital spending on housing to later years. But some in the housing world think good news from Washington could lead the city to change course.
Budget
Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement
Lotus Chau for Sing Tao Daily |
For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
Budget
Opinion: NYC’s Budget Does Not Make Policing Safer for those with Mental Illness
Peggy Herrera |
‘My family—and families like mine all over this city—deserve to be able to call for help and actually get it.’
The Max & Murphy Show
A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD
Jarrett Murphy |
Two things can be said about the fiscal 2021 budget. One is that it made almost no one happy.
The other is that it did not meaningfully reduce the operational size of the nation’s largest police force.
Affordable Housing
Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget
Sadef Ali Kully |
The final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.
Budget
Opinion: Mayor de Blasio, Protect Funding for Victims of Domestic Violence
Margarita Guzmán, Kavita Mehra and Niketa Sheth |
‘You needed us when COVID hit and we have been there. Stand with us and demand adequate funding for our essential workers.’
Budget
Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC
Holly DeMuth |
Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.
Budget
Budget Axe and Pandemic Padlocks Have Put City’s Parks Under Pressure
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s decision to open parks but ban swimming has prompted an outcry. Meanwhile, proposed budget cuts to the already underfunded Parks Department threaten to strain the system during a summer when New Yorkers will likely flood to those spaces.
Budget
Opinion: Treat Homecare Aides as the Essential Workers They Are
Scott Short |
‘We are not asking to be prioritized over doctors and nurses. We simply need to be given the same resources.’
