Age Justice
City Council Gearing Up to Combat Age Discrimination
Jarrett Murphy |
A suite of new laws will aim to increase awareness, strengthen enforcement and coordinate services for seniors looking to stay in or rejoin the workforce.
Bronx
With Five NYC Special Elections Ahead, Concerns Over Timing and Turnout
Jarrett Murphy |
The problem with special elections is that they attract a pathetic level of turnout. The City Council has two vacancies now and three more looming, with special elections slated for December, February and (most likely) March. Here’s a look at who’s running.
City Council
Street Merchants Demand First Vendor License Increase in Decades
Edwin Martínez for El Diario |
Only 4,000 street vending permits and 5,000 street food licenses have been issued in the city since 1983.
Economy
Council Bills Could Pave the Way for a Public Bank in NYC
Sadef Ali Kully |
The measures would require broader disclosure of where the city stashes its money now.
Brooklyn
Tough Questions for Industry City in First Council Hearing on Rezoning Bid
Sadef Ali Kully |
Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.
2021 election
Early Moves in Bronx Council Race Preview What ’21 Could Look Like All Over
Jarrett Murphy |
In the race to replace Councilmember Fernando Cabrera, money won’t matter as much as grassroots support, and one candidate is pitching a new way to share power in the Bronx.
City Council
Opinion: Luxury Rezoning Will Displace Flushing Residents, and Our Politicians Know It
Fiona Zhao and Joseph J. Jung |
‘Just as the pandemic has laid bare long-standing societal issues, not created them from thin air, the Special Flushing Waterfront Project is tied to a long legacy of corporate real-estate pushing for development that will displace us.’
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
Advocates: NYC Needs More Money, New Model to Meet Housing Crisis
Sadef Ali Kully |
Resisting budget cuts is just part of the plan, they say. Changing how the housing market works is the deeper goal.
Albany
A Wave of Legislation Aimed at Renters and Small Biz
Sadef Ali Kully |
As much as the reopening is testing whether or not New Yorkers can avoid a second wave of illnesses, it will also reveal whether the steps taken so far are all the help that’s needed.
