‘We must figure out a path for a right to shelter for homeless youth. Absent that right, young people will continue without the survival resources they need.’
In the wake of a state budget that whiffed on criminal justice reform, Gov. Cuomo has continued to chide Mayor de Blasio for sticking to a 10-year timeline for closing…
The mayor has proposed expanded select bus service. The roll-out is too slow for many advocates. Meanwhile, bus drivers say increased bus-lane enforcement is necessary.
‘When tech companies recruit for their entry-level mid-level jobs, they often recruit from expensive, private universities – elite institutions where few young people like the ones growing up in my…
The city is taking several steps to shore up housing options for aging New Yorkers. The question is whether those moves will offset the displacement pressures many feel.
Giselle Routhier, policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless, talks about the latest shelter numbers, the highlights and low points of Mayor de Blasio’s record on homelessness and the…
CUNY Professor John Mollenkopf, a student of New York City mayors since John Lindsay, says the mayor’s state of the city was on target in diagnosing serious shortcomings in local…
A review of the mayor’s four previous annual addresses finds ideas that lived and others that died, common themes and changes of emphasis. Watch videos and read transcripts!
The chief strategist behind the eight-year effort to get congestion pricing back on the table, Alex Mathiessen, joins City Limits and Gotham Gazette to discuss how we got here, what…
‘New Yorkers want action to fight climate change. They want less pollution and more clean energy. That conclusion came through loud and clear this week at the People’s Hearing on…