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The 15-member NYC Districting Commission released a set of preliminary maps this month for the public to review, updating Council districts to reflect population changes based off the 2020 Census…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Jul 2022

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

The land use plan, part of a broader initiative known as Resilient Edgemere, encompasses the area bound by Beach 35th Street and Beach 50th Street and will change zoning rules…

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Banning Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails is Long Overdue

“Scientific research very clearly demonstrates that solitary confinement is torture. It also shows that it is counterproductive in achieving its goals because it often increases an inmate’s violent behavior.”

ByNancy Holt

ByVaishali Talwar 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

Eric Adams’ “Housing Our Neighbors” blueprint is missing key details about how to track and accomplish its broad goals, according to critics. City officials pledged to include the updated benchmarks…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Jun 2022

Government

‘We Need More Trees’: City Council Probes Planting Progress

The mayor’s office has approved the highest funding for tree planting in half a decade, officials say, allowing the Parks Department to plant 20,000 trees a year for the next…

ByLiz Donovan 2Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Bronx Students Ask: What Kind of Neighbors Are The Yankees?

In 2009, the new Yankee Stadium opened, replacing what used to be a park. Since the Yankees were getting public land, the city said they needed to give back something. How…

ByCUNY Lehman College Podcasting Team 2Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually

Since Jan. 1, City Limits has been publishing more accurate homeless shelter census figures after a Council bill to force the city to publish a true number failed last year. The…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness

The new budget directs $2.4 billion to homeless services in the coming fiscal year, invests billions more in housing over the next decade and funds an increase to rental assistance…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: After Decades Of Rules Benefiting NYC’s Corporate Elites, Let’s Put Public Back In Public Policy

“Even in this wealthiest of American cities, fiscal austerity is too often the implicit mantra, as core government services remain starvation diets while wealthy institutions fatten themselves. That works well…

ByHarvey Robins 1Comment

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Jun 2022

ARTS and CULTURE Education Government

After Tough Time for Art in City Schools, Advocates Seek More Funding

After two pandemic years that wrought havoc on all education but particularly on arts classes, advocates and educators have mounted a drive to win more—and more permanent—funding for visual art,…

ByGail Robinson 1Comment

SEE IT: Your Proposed New NYC Council District

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

Opinion: Banning Solitary Confinement in NYC Jails is Long Overdue

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

‘We Need More Trees’: City Council Probes Planting Progress

Bronx Students Ask: What Kind of Neighbors Are The Yankees?

Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually

Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness

Opinion: After Decades Of Rules Benefiting NYC’s Corporate Elites, Let’s Put Public Back In Public Policy

After Tough Time for Art in City Schools, Advocates Seek More Funding

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