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The crisis is held up as a morality tale about the limits of democracy and progressive government—lessons that some would apply to our current, pandemic-driven emergency.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Aug 2020

Economy Education

Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal

First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Aug 2020

Opinion

Opinion: NY Faces Three More Years of Harmful Budget Cuts Unless Legislative Leaders Act Now

We look forward to voting for second passage of the Budget Equity Act next year, then working with community groups across the state on a public education and organizing campaign…

ByKhaleel Anderson

ByEmily Gallagher

ByJessica González-Rojas

ByZohran Mamdani

ByMarcela Mitaynes 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Uncategorized

Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut

The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.

ByRoshan Abraham 3Comments

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Jul 2020

Education

Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program

A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.

ByWojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik 1Comment

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement

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.

ByLotus Chau for Sing Tao Daily 1Comment

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Jul 2020

Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Budget Does Not Make Policing Safer for those with Mental Illness

‘My family—and families like mine all over this city—deserve to be able to call for help and actually get it.’

ByPeggy Herrera 2Comments

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Jul 2020

Government Justice Podcasts

A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD

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…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

The True Lessons the 1970s Fiscal Crisis Offers Pandemic NYC

Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal

Opinion: NY Faces Three More Years of Harmful Budget Cuts Unless Legislative Leaders Act Now

Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut

Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program

Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction

Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement

Opinion: NYC’s Budget Does Not Make Policing Safer for those with Mental Illness

A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD

Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget

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