The Max & Murphy Show
Concerns Remain About School Reopening, Advocate Says
Jarrett Murphy |
‘Delaying school for 10 days without calling for adequate funding so that schools can meet the needs of this moment, it does nothing.’
Budget
Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal
Jarrett Murphy |
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 to be.
COVID-19
Union Chief Says Plan for School Reopening is Overdue
Jarrett Murphy |
But Michael Mulgrew believes a blended learning model can work.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Lawmakers, Mayor & Governor Must End Solitary Confinement
Jumaane Williams |
‘Now is the time for the state legislature to pass HALT and for the governor to sign it into law. The mayor, City Council, and Board of Correction must go further and abolish solitary confinement.’
Health and Environment
Court Cases in Inwood and Flushing Test Mayor’s Power Over Development
Sadef Ali Kully |
An appeals court heard arguments over the annulled Inwood rezoning just days after activists sued over the approval process for the Flushing Waterfront plan.
Budget
Demands for Deeper NYC Homeless Aid Despite Budget Tightening
David Brand |
As formal budget negotiations get under way homeless advocates have outlined a series of long-term priorities and acute coronavirus-related needs they say the city must fund.
Budget
Opinion: Amid the COVID-19 Crisis, School Budget Cuts are the Wrong Medicine
Lynette Guastaferro |
The mayor’s proposed cuts are ‘devastating and a further disadvantage for schools that were struggling before a pandemic. Combined with the concentrated impact of the virus on low-income families, it’s crippling.’
Bronx
Bronx and Other Hard-Hit Communities Cry Out for COVID-19 Resources
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
As an increasing number of reports reveal COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on low-income, majority minority areas of New York City, leaders in the South Bronx and in other communities have been demanding a more targeted response.
Coronavirus
Following Orders: A Timeline of State and City Action on COVID
Sadef Ali Kully |
As a resource, City Limits has compiled the executive actions taken by Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Murders Demand a Deeper Look at How We Treat the Homeless
Kiana Davis, Craig Hughes and Helen Strom |
‘An honest examination of what happened must consider larger contextual factors at play, which include a marked lack of truly affordable housing, useful mental health services, and easily accessible and appropriate shelter options.’
