Bill de Blasio
Progressive Advocates Weigh in on De Blasio’s First Two Years
Jarrett Murphy |
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.
Video
Two Years After Election ’13, is De Blasio Still the Progressive we Elected?
Jarrett Murphy |
To answer that, one has to decide what it means to be a progressive mayor and how well the current one has matched that description in both intention and delivery. Watch a video of NYC reporters wrestling with those questions.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
‘Straight Up’ Talk About Covering the Mayor
Jarrett Murphy |
The latest edition of the Brooklyn Independent Media reporters’ roundtable show features two veteran journalists who spent the past year getting used to Mayor de Blasio.
Boroughs
Is the Bronx as Progressive as De Blasio Says?
Kate Pastor |
The mayor lauds the borough’s “progressive values,” but the buzzword’s application to Bronx politics is uneven at best—a fact that may complicate the mayor’s ability to execute his agenda.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Making NYC's Machinery Work
Aaron Roller |
As a new team prepares to take over the NYC Mayor’s Office of Operations, a former staffer there offers some words of advice.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
How Will Council Reforms Affect Progressives' Power?
Jarrett Murphy |
The progressives who lifted Melissa Mark-Viverito into the speaker’s chair have called for reforms to reduce the speaker’s authority. What will that mean for the de Blasio agenda?
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Nation-City Limits Blog: De Blasio Facing Diversity Questions
Jarrett Murphy |
On Sunday Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio named a black man to be his corporation counsel. Will that quell concerns about the diversity of the incoming administration?
Economy
MWBE Programs Face Court Scrutiny
Adam Wisnieski |
Cities and states that want to diversify their contractor pool have to prove that genuine disparities exist. Part of our series on New York’s M/WBE initiative.
Economy
NYC's MWBE Push: Cracking Down, Looking Ahead
Adam Wisnieski |
As local law enforcement follows the feds’ lead in going after city contractors that fake working with minority- and women-owned firms, the future of the MWBE program is in a new mayor’s hands. Part III of our series.
