de Blasio Archives - Page 27 of 40

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Advocates want the city to require developers who take advantage of rezonings to hire local residents for construction jobs. The city fears a legal challenge, but San Francisco and Los…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Five Big Questions About the 421-a Tax Break Deal

Legislators largely from outside the city are about to spend our local tax dollars on a plan hatched by developers and unions. And that’s not the weirdest part.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

The protestors called on the de Blasio administration to take on a broader rezoning of the area in order to control development. But the mayor isn’t the only politician who…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings

Community groups and trade unions want the construction work done in rezoning neighborhoods to go to local residents and pay union wages. And advocates aren’t convinced that the legal and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Nov 2016

In Depth Investigations Justice

This Man, Busted by the NYPD for Gun Trafficking, Says He’s no Smuggler

In the days after the killing of a policeman last year, Keith Hughes was charged with being part of a gun-trafficking ring. But his claims, and the way courts handled…

ByJosmar Trujillo 0Comments

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Nov 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: New York City Kids Need Free School Lunch for All

As a candidate for mayor, Bill de Blasio said: ‘I think we have to end any stigma around school lunches and universalize it.’ Now more than ever, the author writes,…

ByLiz Accles 1Comment

25

Nov 2016

Land Use and Development Opinion

CityViews: How Safe is the City, Through Young Eyes?

A class of high-school students wrestles with the tension between facts and perceptions when it comes to how safe New York City really is.

ByHealy Tureski 0Comments

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Video

Video: NYCHA Development Plans and Community Concerns

City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy joined Gary Pierre-Pierre on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources to discuss the NYCHA NextGen plan and some of the community concerns it has generated.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Oct 2016

In Depth

Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program

For all its well-documented struggles with delays, the program can also claim milestone achievements for hiring and training local workers, says one community coalition.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2016

Investigations Justice

NYC Jails Fail to Identify Prisoners With Cognitive Problems

There’s new attention to problems diagnosing inmates at Rikers with mental illness. But what about people on the autism spectrum, with a low IQ or dealing with a learning disability?

ByBen Hattem 5Comments

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

Five Big Questions About the 421-a Tax Break Deal

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings

This Man, Busted by the NYPD for Gun Trafficking, Says He’s no Smuggler

CityViews: New York City Kids Need Free School Lunch for All

CityViews: How Safe is the City, Through Young Eyes?

Video: NYCHA Development Plans and Community Concerns

Rare Praise for City’s Build it Back Program

NYC Jails Fail to Identify Prisoners With Cognitive Problems

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