Policy Shop
Policy Shop: Yang on Broadway, Donovan Talks Trash and the Summer of Scott
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Plus, comptroller hopefuls on investing and sex crime, a DA candidate weighs in on cybercrime and calls for a tenant union.
Election 2021
Policy Shop: Power Plants, Pot Jobs, Plea Bargains and more
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NYC’s candidates for mayor, comptroller and district attorney have recently weighed in on everything from ethics to small business to school closures.
Election 2021
Policy Shop: A Latino Agenda, a Small Biz Rescue Plan and a Subway Holiday
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The spotlight was elsewhere last week, but the campaign 2021 policy ideas kept coming.
Policy Shop
The Policy Shop: Gender Crimes, Court Backlogs and Racial Equity
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The latest proposals from NYC candidates running for mayor and Manhattan district attorney.
2021 election
In Confronting Family Homelessness, Candidates Asked to Think Beyond Housing
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Advocates believe the city won’t see meaningful reductions in the number of kids who grow up partly in homeless shelters until policies target the social mobility of women of color.
Election 2021
Policy Shop: Cars, Bars and Czars in NYC’s Future
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Andrew Yang talked traffic on Staten Island. Kathryn Garcia called for letting bars and restaurants use more public space. And both Loree Sutton and Mark Levin have called for new czars of public safety and COVID-19 recovery.
2021 election
What to Ask Mayoral Candidates Who Say They Can Solve NYC’s Housing Crisis
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Thirteen questions for the candidates, to separate meaty plans from mere paperwork.
2021 elections
Policy Shop: Ending Cop Immunity, Hitting Hate Crimes and Growing Urban Farms
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Mayoral candidates Adams, Donovan and McGuire issued detailed reports on farming, health and policing, respectively.
Election 2021
Will NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Commit to Transparency?
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In light of the controversy over Gov. Cuomo’s delay in releasing nursing-home fatalities numbers, we asked the mayoral candidates how they would approach enforcing the Freedom of Information Laws. They were, for candidates, oddly quiet.
Education
Your Video Issues Guide to the 2021 Mayoral Race: Education
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The next mayor will have to deal with the educational damage wrought by COVID-19 and the profound problems of quality and equity that challenged the city’s schools even before the pandemic.